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Victoria Derby Form Guide

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2025 Victoria Derby Form Guide

The official Victoria Derby 2025 Form Guide will be published below once the field is announced on the Tuesday of race week.

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Victoria Derby 2025 Results

Flemington R7 - Howden Victoria Derby (G1)
Final Race time: 
1st
1. Observer (4)
J: Mark Zahra 57kg
5x231 T: Ciaron Maher
2.50WIN
1.50PLACE
2nd
8. Arcora (11)
J: John Allen 57kg
31005 T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
61.00WIN
11.00PLACE
3rd
16. Deal Done Fast (1)
J: Daniel Stackhouse 57kg
244 T: Matt Cumani
31.00WIN
6.50PLACE
4th
13. One Step Closer (2)
J: Jye McNeil 57kg
x5104 T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton
126.00WIN
18.00PLACE
5th
6. Providence (12)
J: Craig Williams 57kg
60382 T: Chris Waller
5.00WIN
1.95PLACE
6th
14. Savisanta (3)
J: Ben Melham 57kg
2223 T: Chris Waller
20.00WIN
4.80PLACE
7th
4. Miewa (8)
J: Jordan Childs 57kg
44122 T: Nick Ryan
17.00WIN
4.40PLACE
8th
3. Autumn Mystery (15)
J: Blake Shinn 57kg
52211 T: Rory Hunter
10.00WIN
3.00PLACE
9th
9. O'sheamus (5)
J: Kerrin McEvoy 57kg
x4613 T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton
10.00WIN
3.10PLACE
10th
5. Options (7)
J: Harry Coffey 57kg
11315 T: Tony & Calvin McEvoy
12.00WIN
3.40PLACE
11th
11. Engine Of War (9)
J: Tommy Berry 57kg
3x127 T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr
31.00WIN
6.50PLACE
12th
2. Highvol (13)
J: Jamie Mott 57kg
76402 T: Nick Ryan
35.00WIN
7.50PLACE
13th
10. Amazake (6)
J: Declan Bates 57kg
7x673 T: Ciaron Maher
71.00WIN
12.00PLACE
14th
15. Mcwoody (14)
J: Jamie Melham 57kg
15 T: Mark Walker
46.00WIN
9.00PLACE
15th
12. Matsuda (16)
J: Thomas Stockdale 57kg
24814 T: Ciaron Maher
81.00WIN
13.00PLACE
16th
7. Azazel (10)
J: Michael Dee 57kg
141 T: Mark Walker
31.00WIN
6.50PLACE
For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing. Data retrieved: 26/09/2026 12:13:50 AM (Australia/Brisbane)

Run on the opening day of the annual Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington Racecourse, the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) attracts a field of the season’s best three-year-old stayers and the best way to back the winner is to study the Victoria Derby form guide.

The Victoria Derby form guide can be found alongside the Victoria Derby odds at an online bookmaker like Ladbrokes and provide punters with all the need-to-know betting info like the lead-up form of the runners in the Victoria Derby field and their strike rate over the track / distance.

What’s in a Victoria Derby Form Guide

A good, detailed Victoria Derby form guide will list all the crucial facts and stats on the runners in the field.

Basic Victoria Derby form information includes:

  • Saddlecloth numbers
  • Jockeys
  • Trainers
  • Barriers
  • Weight
  • Lead-up runs (Last 6 or Last 10)

Delving deeper into the Victoria Derby guide and form lines punters can find out key things on each runner to help with their Victoria Derby tips including:

  • Track / Distance form
  • Win / Place rates
  • Form on all track conditions
  • First-up / Second-up form
  • Winning distance range
  • Recent starting prices
Use the Victoria Derby form guide available at Ladbrokes.com.au for the best facts and stats on this year's classic!

Victoria Derby Form Guide: Facts & Key Stats

Looking back over recent Victoria Derby history reveals a number of key Victoria Derby form guide trends and facts to look out for when doing the form for this year’s edition of the classic.

Last-Start Winners: The last Victoria Derby champion to come off a win was Goldrush Guru (2024) who won the Listed Hill Stakes (1800m) at Adelaide.

Best Form Race: From 2001 – 2024 nine of the VRC Derby winners came off a run in the Group 2 Moonee Valley Vase (2040m) with the last to complete the double being Efficient (2006).

Favourites: Victoria Derby betting favourites have a poor recent record with just four winners since 2006 – Tarzino (2015), Ace High (2017), Hitotsu (2012), and Riff Rocket ($2.20 in 2023).

Trainers: Lee Freedman is the most successful VRC Derby trainer in the past 30 years with three winners.

Jockeys: Damien Oliver and Hugh Bowman have ridden more Victoria Derby winners than any other jockeys in the past three decades. Oliver celebrated his record sixth Victoria Derby victory in 2019 aboard Warning.

Barriers: Barrier 1 has produce the most VRC Derby winners in the past 30 years.

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