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Victoria Derby Tips News
Our Victoria Derby tips guide is your essential source of expert analysis, betting insights, and race day predictions for Australia’s premier staying race for three-year-olds. Run over 2500 metres at Flemington on Victoria Derby Day, the Group 1 classic presents a unique challenge for punters, with emerging stayers tested over a distance many tackle for the first time. The best Victoria Derby 2026 tips are built around key factors including staying credentials, lead-up race form, barrier draws, track conditions, jockey bookings, and proven performances in races such as the Moonee Valley Vase, Spring Champion Stakes, and Caulfield Classic. On this page, you’ll find the latest Victoria Derby betting tips, expert VRC Derby tips, top selections, value runners, roughie chances, and market analysis designed to help punters make informed decisions in one of the most prestigious and challenging betting races of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
Victoria Derby Betting Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Victoria Derby 2026 betting tips to be detailed below the week of the race.
Read our full 2026 Victoria Derby Tips, Best Bets & Same Race Multi Selections now!
Favourite: No. 1 Cormier
| 1. Cormier (3) 57kgx0843 |
Each Way Danger: No. 3 True Rebel
| 3. True Rebel (15) 57kg3121 |
Best Roughie: No. 4 King Snitz
| 4. King Snitz (5) 57kg9311 |
Next Best: No. 6 Vallice
| 6. Vallice (12) 57kg44522 |
Bet on Your 2026 Victoria Derby Tips
| 2. Stormy Marco (14) 57kgx2954 | |||
| 14. Cold Shower (4) 57kg316 | |||
| 16. Quick Finish (9) 55kg5111 | |||
| 5. Murshidi (16) 57kgx7321 | |||
| 3. True Rebel (15) 57kg3121 | |||
| 8. Cignetti (10) 57kgx1233 | |||
| 1. Cormier (3) 57kgx0843 | |||
| 4. King Snitz (5) 57kg9311 | |||
| 9. Icy You (8) 57kg21242 | |||
| 6. Vallice (12) 57kg44522 | |||
| 13. Russian Rock (6) 57kg3×154 | |||
| 12. Written Empire (2) 57kg4136 | |||
| 7. Skua (11) 57kg31662 | |||
| 10. True Tone (13) 57kg44213 | |||
| 15. King Winston (7) 57kg0245 | |||
| 17. Meet The Prince (1) 57kgx0622 | |||
| 11. Hierarchy (4)SCRATCHED: | |||
| 18. Locked In (8)SCRATCHED: | |||
As the first of the major Group 1 races held during the annual Melbourne Cup Carnival the Victoria Derby tips are some of the most sought after of the spring.
Each season the Group 1 $3 million Victoria Derby (2500m) attracts a field of the best current three-year-old stayers, and the race runs at Flemington Racecourse on the Saturday before Melbourne Cup Day on the first Tuesday of November.
As soon as the Victoria Derby field is released on the Tuesday before race day, punters are chasing the Victoria Derby tips.
Victoria Derby Favourite
Many Victoria Derby tips favour the shortest-priced three-year-old in the Victoria Derby betting markets, but backing the Victoria Derby favourite historically hasn’t been the best for punters.
From 2006 – 2025 just five of the Victoria Derby winners jumped favourite in the markets: Efficient (2006), Tarzino (2015), Ace High (2017), Hitotsu (2021), Riff Rocket ($2.20 in 2023) and most recently Observer ($2.45 in 2025).
A better Victoria Derby betting tip then is to lay the favourite and back a longer-priced runner in the Victoria Derby odds.
Plenty of double-figure outsiders have been successful in the race including Manzoice ($21 in 2022), Johnny Get Angry ($21 in 2020), Prized Icon ($17 in 2016), Fiveandahalfstar ($41 in 2012), Sangster ($13 in 2011), Lion Tamer ($13 in 2010) and even triple-figure roughie Rebel Raider ($101 in 2007) so don’t be afraid to include a longer-priced three-year-old in your 2026 Victoria Derby Tips.
Victoria Derby Lead-Up Races
When it comes to Victoria Derby tips one of the key things to consider is the lead-up races and runs of the youngsters in the field.
Checking out the full Victoria Derby form guide provided at an online bookmaker like Ladbrokes or right here at Races.com.au is a top Victoria Derby tip as it can uncover real value in the markets.
Traditionally the key Victoria Derby lead-up race is the Group 2 Moonee Valley Vase (2040m) run the Saturday before on Cox Plate Day. Efficient (2006) and Observer (2025) nearly two decades later are the latest three-year-olds to complete the Moonee Valley Vase – VRC Derby double.
The other standout Victoria Derby lead-up race is the Norman Robinson Stakes – now known as the Group 3 Caulfield Classic (2000m) and run on Caulfield Cup Day a fortnight before VRC Derby Day.
Polanski (2013) was the last horse to complete the Caulfield Classic – Victoria Derby double, while in 2019 the Victoria Derby winner Warning improved on a lead-up second in the Caulfield Classic from Caulfield Cup Day.
Riff Rocket (2nd in 2023) was the last Victoria Derby winner to come via a lead-up run in the Caulfield Classic.
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