Australian Derby 2025 Tips, Field & Race Guide
The Australian Derby will take place on Saturday, April 05, 2025 at Royal Randwick.
Offering prize money of $2 million, the sprint race is open 3 year olds and is run at set weight conditions.
We provide you with Australian Derby tips as well as an in depth guide into the runners, horses, final field, barrier draw, news, betting odds and information, and how you can watch a live stream to watch the race unfold.
CONTENTS: Schedule | Live Stream | Bonus Bets | Tips | Nominations | Field & Barrier Draw | Results & Replays | Odds | History | Winners | Top 5 Winners
| Date | April 05 |
| Track | Royal Randwick |
| Distance | 2400m |
| Class | Group 1 |
| Race Type | Set Weights |
| Prizemoney | $2 million |
| Age | 3YOs |
AUSTRALIAN DERBY TIPS
A strong staying pedigree is one of the essential criteria to assess when looking for the winner of the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick.
Lead up form in races like the Rosehill Guineas also play a big part in Australian Derby form analysis.
Our experts assess all the Australian Derby runners, their form, barrier draws, speedmap and more to help come up with our betting pointers and 2025 tips to help you back the winner.
Our team of expert tipsters will provide 2025 Australian Derby tips and selections once the final field has been declared.
Latest Australian Derby News
AUSTRALIAN DERBY NOMINATIONS
The nominations for the 2025 Australian Derby will take place at 11am on February 11, 2025.
AUSTRALIAN DERBY FIELD & BARRIER DRAW
The final field and barrier draw for the 2025 Australian Derby will be released at 9:00am April 01, 2025.
This page will be updated following the barrier draw.
Check out the Australian Derby barrier draw stats and info.
AUSTRALIAN DERBY 2024 RESULTS & REPLAY
| Finish | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | SP |
| 1 | RIFF ROCKET | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 8 | 56.5kg | $2.20F |
| 2 | CEOLWULF (NZ) | Joseph Pride | Blake Shinn | 4 | 56.5kg | $7 |
| 3 | GLAD YOU THINK SO | John Sargent | Ms Rachel King | 3 | 56.5kg | $91 |
| 4 | TOM KITTEN | James Cummings | Adam Hyeronimus | 2 | 56.5kg | $7 |
| 5 | IMMEDIACY (NZ) | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | Luke Currie | 11 | 56.5kg | $10 |
| 6 | CAP FERRAT | Chris Waller | Nash Rawiller | 5 | 56.5kg | $14 |
| 7 | WYMARK (NZ) | Michael Freedman | Tommy Berry | 12 | 56.5kg | $6.50 |
| 8 | NOISY BOY | Todd Howlett | Jay Ford | 6 | 56.5kg | $31 |
| 9 | GANBARE | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 1 | 56.5kg | $21 |
| 10 | ADAGIO | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Regan Bayliss | 9 | 56.5kg | $81 |
| 11 | ZENMASTER | Craig Carmody | Chad Schofield | 7 | 56.5kg | $201 |
| 12 | HOOLIGAN TOMMY (NZ) | John Sargent | Jason Collett | 10 | 56.5kg | $61 |
🚀 Riff Rocket becomes the 4th horse to complete the Victoria – Australian Derby double!@aus_turf_club @cwallerracing @mcacajamez pic.twitter.com/WefKmqsFt7
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 6, 2024
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AUSTRALIAN DERBY ODDS
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AUSTRALIAN DERBY HISTORY
A staying race for the three-year-olds, the Group 1 event takes place at Sydney’s Royal Randwick Racecourse annually in April during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.
It was first run in 1861 when won by Kyogle when it was known as the AJC Randwick Derby Stakes.
In 1865 the race was renamed the AJC Australia Derby Stakes then from 1873 through to 1993 it was called the AJC Derby.
From 1994 it was known as the AJC Australian Derby.
The race is now known as the ATC Australian Derby or Australian Derby and was taken out in 2015 by New Zealand stayer Mongolian Khan who emulated New Zealand champion Bonecrusher by claiming the New Zealand Derby-Australian Derby double.
With $2 million in prizemoney, it attracts the best staying three-year-olds from Australia and New Zealand and is part of a fantastic day of racing that includes the $3 million Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m), $2.5 million Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) and $1 million Group 1 Sires Produce Stakes (1400m).
The ATC Australian Derby is a set-weights race run over 2400m and is open to fillies, colts and geldings.
Males carry 56.5kg in the race and any fillies taking part in the race get a 2kg allowance as they run with 54.5kg on their back.
Some of the runners in the Australian Derby may have contested the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) held a month earlier and the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) held two weeks earlier.
The honour roll is exceptional with numerous Australian Derby winners going on to become household names with the most famous being Phar Lap who won the race in 1929.
Other former winners of the Australian Derby include The Barb (1866), Robinson Crusoe (1876), Grand Flaneur (1880), Poseidon (1906), Gloaming (1918), Heroic (1924), Peter Pan (1932), Tulloch (1957), Dulcify (1979), Kingston Town (1980), Bonecrusher (1986), Mahogany (1994), Octagonal (1996), Starcraft (2004), It’s A Dundeel (2013) and Criterion (2014).
Many of the horses that have won the Australian Derby have gone on to win some of the country’s most prestigious races in the following years with the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup being likely targets.
| 2024 | Riff Rocket |
| 2023 | Major Beel |
| 2022 | Hitotsu |
| 2021 | Explosive Jack |
| 2020 | Quick Thinker |
| 2019 | Angel Of Truth |
| 2018 | Levendi |
| 2017 | Jon Snow |
| 2016 | Tavago |
| 2015 | Mongolian Khan |
| 2014 | Criterion |
| 2013 | It's A Dundeel |
| 2012 | Ethiopia |
| 2011 | Shamrocker |
| 2010 | Shoot Out |
| 2009 | Roman Emperor |
| 2008 | Nom De Jeu |
| 2007 | Fiumicino |
| 2006 | Headturner |
| 2005 | Eremein |
| 2004 | Starcraft |
| 2003 | Clangalang |
| 2002 | Don Eduardo |
| 2001 | Universal Princ |
| 2000 | Fairway |
TOP 5 AUSTRALIAN DERBY WINNERS
Click here to see our Top 5 Australian Derby Winners.
AUSTRALIAN DERBY LIVE STREAM
TAB customers are able to live stream the 2025 Australian Derby free of charge courtesy of Sky Racing vision.
You can watch the action from your mobile device or desktop for every Australian thoroughbred, greyhound and harness race live.
TAB offers Sky Racing 1, Sky Racing 2 and Sky Thoroughbred Central on their racing live streaming service.
T&Cs Apply. Vision available for all three Sky Racing channels. Data charges may apply.
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AUSTRALIAN DERBY BONUS BETS
With the country’s leading bookmakers offering horse racing promotions and bonus bets every day of the week, you can get more bang for your buck.
The offers really ramp up on Saturday covering most races with promos such as Double Your Winnings, Cash Back and Bonus Bet Back for finishing 2nd, 3rd and even 4th, there are plenty of promos to sink your teeth into.
Racingbase hunts down all the daily bookmaker promos and bonus bets and displays them on one page with their T&C’s so you can see what is on offer.
Free Randwick Betting Tips
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