VICTORIA DERBY · AUSTRALIA
Victoria Derby prize money
The Victoria Derby is worth AU$2,000,000 for the 2025 running . That makes it the 60th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 16th richest in Australia.
Every figure here is the money the race announces, in the currency it announces it in. The currency control at the top swaps the whole page.
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY AU$2,000,000
WORLD RANK 60th
RUNNINGS HELD 171
What the Victoria Derby is
Group 1 · 2,500 metres · Turf · Flemington Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Flemington Racecourse
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 1
- Distance
- 2,500 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred - Flat racing
- Open to
- Three-year-olds
- Direction
- Left-handed
We hold the total fund for the Victoria Derby and no separate winner's cheque. What the winner takes is a rule the racecourse sets rather than a national one, and it varies race by race.
Every Victoria Derby winner
171 runnings, 1855 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Observer | ||
| 2024 | Goldrush Guru | ||
| 2023 | Riff Rocket | ||
| 2022 | Manzoice | ||
| 2021 | Hitotsu | ||
| 2020 | Johnny Get Angry | ||
| 2019 | Warning | ||
| 2018 | Extra Brut | ||
| 2017 | Ace High | ||
| 2016 | Prized Icon | ||
| 2015 | Tarzino | ||
| 2014 | Preferment | ||
| 2013 | Polanski | ||
| 2012 | Fiveandahalfstar | ||
| 2011 | Sangster | ||
| 2010 | Lion Tamer | ||
| 2009 | Monaco Consul | ||
| 2008 | Rebel Raider | ||
| 2007 | Kibbutz | ||
| 2006 | Efficient | ||
| 2005 | Benicio | ||
| 2004 | Plastered | ||
| 2003 | Elvstroem | ||
| 2002 | Helenus | ||
| 2001 | Amalfi | ||
| 2000 | Hit The Roof | ||
| 1999 | Blackfriars | ||
| 1998 | Arena | ||
| 1997 | Second Coming | ||
| 1996 | Portland Player | ||
| 1995 | Nothin' Leica Dane | ||
| 1994 | Blevic | ||
| 1993 | Mahogany | ||
| 1992 | Redding | ||
| 1991 | Star Of The Realm | ||
| 1990 | Fire Oak | ||
| 1989 | Stylish Century | ||
| 1988 | King's High | ||
| 1987 | Omnicorp | ||
| 1986 | Raveneaux | ||
| 1985 | Handy Proverb | ||
| 1984 | Red Anchor | ||
| 1983 | Bounty Hawk | ||
| 1982 | Grosvenor | ||
| 1981 | Brewery Boy | ||
| 1980 | Sovereign Red | ||
| 1979 | Big Print | ||
| 1978 | Dulcify | ||
| 1977 | Stormy Rex | ||
| 1976 | Unaware | ||
| 1975 | Galena Boy | ||
| 1974 | Haymaker | ||
| 1973 | Taj Rossi | ||
| 1972 | Dayana | ||
| 1971 | Classic Mission | ||
| 1970 | Silver Sharpe | ||
| 1969 | Daryl's Joy | ||
| 1968 | Always There | ||
| 1967 | Savoy | ||
| 1966 | Khalif | ||
| 1965 | Tobin Bronze | ||
| 1964 | Royal Sovereign | ||
| 1963 | Craftsman | ||
| 1962 | Coppelius | ||
| 1961 | New Statesman | ||
| 1960 | Sky High | ||
| 1959 | Travel Boy | ||
| 1958 | Sir Blink | ||
| 1957 | Tulloch | ||
| 1956 | Monte Carlo | ||
| 1955 | Sailor's Guide | ||
| 1954 | Pride Of Egypt | ||
| 1953 | Prince Morvi | ||
| 1952 | Advocate | ||
| 1951 | Hydrogen | ||
| 1950 | Alister | ||
| 1949 | Delta | ||
| 1948 | Comic Court | ||
| 1947 | Beau Gem | ||
| 1946 | Prince Standard | ||
| 1945 | Magnificent | ||
| 1944 | San Martin | ||
| 1943 | Precept | ||
| 1942 | Great Britain | ||
| 1941 | Skipton | ||
| 1940 | Lucrative | ||
| 1939 | Reading | ||
| 1938 | Nuffield | ||
| 1937 | Hua | ||
| 1936 | Talking | ||
| 1935 | Feldspar | ||
| 1934 | Theo | ||
| 1933 | Hall Mark | ||
| 1932 | Liberal | ||
| 1931 | Johnnie Jason | ||
| 1930 | Balloon King | ||
| 1929 | Phar Lap | ||
| 1928 | Strephon | ||
| 1927 | Trivalve | ||
| 1926 | Rampion | ||
| 1925 | Manfred | ||
| 1924 | Spearfelt | ||
| 1923 | Frances Tressady | ||
| 1922 | Whittier | ||
| 1921 | Furious | ||
| 1920 | Salitros | ||
| 1919 | Richmond Main | ||
| 1918 | Eusebius | ||
| 1917 | Biplane | ||
| 1916 | Wolaroi | ||
| 1915 | Patrobas | ||
| 1914 | Carlita | ||
| 1913 | Beragoon | ||
| 1912 | Wolawa | ||
| 1911 | Wilari | ||
| 1910 | Beverage | ||
| 1909 | Prince Foote | ||
| 1908 | Alawa | ||
| 1907 | Mountain King | ||
| 1906 | Poseidon | ||
| 1905 | Lady Wallace | ||
| 1904 | Sylvanite | ||
| 1903 | F.J.A | ||
| 1902 | Abundance | ||
| 1901 | Hautvilliers | ||
| 1900 | Maltster | ||
| 1899 | Merriwee | ||
| 1898 | Cocos | ||
| 1897 | Amberite | ||
| 1896 | Newhaven | ||
| 1895 | Wallace | ||
| 1894 | The Harvester | ||
| 1893 | Carnage | ||
| 1892 | Carmoola | ||
| 1891 | Strathmore | ||
| 1890 | The Admiral | ||
| 1889 | Dreadnought | ||
| 1888 | Ensign | ||
| 1887 | The Australian Peer | ||
| 1886 | Trident | ||
| 1885 | Nordenfeldt | ||
| 1884 | Rufus | ||
| 1883 | Martini Henry | ||
| 1882 | Navigator | ||
| 1881 | Darebin | ||
| 1880 | Grand Flaneur | ||
| 1879 | Suwarrow | ||
| 1878 | Wellington | ||
| 1877 | Chester | ||
| 1876 | Briseis | ||
| 1875 | Robin Hood | ||
| 1874 | Melbourne | ||
| 1873 | Lapidist | ||
| 1872 | Loup Garou | ||
| 1871 | Miss Jessie | ||
| 1870 | Florence | ||
| 1869 | Charon | ||
| 1868 | Fireworks | ||
| 1867 | Fireworks | ||
| 1866 | Sea Gull | ||
| 1865 | Angler | ||
| 1864 | Lantern | ||
| 1863 | Oriflamme | ||
| 1862 | Barwon | ||
| 1861 | Camden | ||
| 1860 | Flying Colours | ||
| 1859 | Buzzard | ||
| 1858 | Brownlock | ||
| 1857 | Tricolor | ||
| 1856 | Flying Doe | ||
| 1855 | Rose Of May |
0 of the 171 runnings name the rider, 0 name the trainer and 0 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Victoria Derby more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
Fireworks has won it 2 times, which is more than any other horse.
1 horse has won it more than once across 171 runnings.
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Fireworks | 2 | 1867, 1868 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Victoria Derby in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Queen's Silver Jubilee CupSha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | AU$2,154,600AU$2.2m | HK$12,000,000 |
| 51 | Kentucky OaksChurchill Downs | United States | AU$2,131,579AU$2.1m | $1,500,000 |
| 52 | Turf Classic StakesChurchill Downs | United States | AU$2,131,579AU$2.1m | $1,500,000 |
| 53 | Australian DerbyRandwick Racecourse | Australia | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m | AU$2,000,000 |
| 54 | Blue Diamond StakesCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m | AU$2,000,000 |
| 55 | Coolmore Stud StakesFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m | AU$2,000,000 |
| 56 | Hill StakesRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m | AU$2,000,000 |
| 57 | Newmarket HandicapFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m | AU$2,000,000 |
| 58 | Spring Champion StakesRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m | AU$2,000,000 |
| 59 | Sydney StakesRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m | AU$2,000,000 |
| 62 | Grand NationalAintree Racecourse | Great Britain | AU$1,890,000AU$1.9m | £1,000,000 |
| 63 | Apple Blossom HandicapOaklawn Park | United States | AU$1,776,316 | $1,250,000 |
| 64 | Arkansas DerbyOaklawn Park Race Track, | United States | AU$1,776,316 | $1,250,000 |
| 65 | Blue Grass StakesKeeneland Race Course, Lexington, Kentucky, USA | United States | AU$1,776,316 | $1,250,000 |
| 66 | Coolmore Turf Mile StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | AU$1,776,316 | $1,250,000 |
| 67 | Japan Breeding Farms' Cup ClassicChanges yearly | Japan | AU$1,619,352 | ¥170,000,000 |
| 68 | Tokyo DerbyOhi Racecourse | Japan | AU$1,619,352 | ¥170,000,000 |
| 69 | Arabian World CupLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$1,615,385 | €1,000,000 |
| 70 | Irish DerbyCurragh Racecourse | Ireland | AU$1,615,385 | €1,000,000 |
| 71 | Prix de DianeChantilly Racecourse | France | AU$1,615,385 | €1,000,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Victoria Derby in what they pay, above and below it. Follow the ranking all the way up on the richest races in the world.
The rest of the money in Australia
291 races, 16th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hill Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 2 | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m |
| Newmarket Handicap | Flemington Racecourse | Group 1 | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m |
| Spring Champion Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 1 | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m |
| Sydney Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Group 3 | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m |
| All Aged Stakes | Randwick Racecourse | Group 1 | AU$1,500,000 |
| The Gold Rush | Ascot Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$1,500,000 |
| Eagle Farm Cup | Doomben Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$1,200,000 |
| Arrowfield 3YO Sprint | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Victoria Derby prize money?
AU$2,000,000, for the 2025 running.
Where does the Victoria Derby rank among the richest races in the world?
60th of 997. 59 races pay more, the nearest of them Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup. In Australia it is 16th of 291.
Which horse has won the Victoria Derby most often?
Fireworks, 2 times, in 1867, 1868.
When was the Victoria Derby first run?
This page holds 171 runnings, from 1855 to 2025.
How far is the Victoria Derby?
2,500 metres, on turf, at Flemington Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money