Australian Derby 2023 Tips, Field & Race Guide

The Australian Derby will take place on Saturday, April 1, 2023 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

AUSTRALIAN DERBY 2023 SCHEDULE

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 2023 tips to help you back the winner.

Our team of expert tipsters will provide 2023 Australian Derby tips and selections once the final field has been declared.

AUSTRALIAN DERBY NOMINATIONS

There are two rounds of nominations for the 2023 Australian Derby with the first taking place at 11am on February 8, 2023, while the final nominations are taken at 12:00pm on March 7, 2023.

AUSTRALIAN DERBY FIELD & BARRIER DRAW

The final field and barrier draw for the 2023 Australian Derby will be released at 9:00am March 28, 2023.

This page will be updated following the barrier draw.

AUSTRALIAN DERBY 2022 RESULTS & REPLAY

See more Australian Derby results and replays here.

AUSTRALIAN DERBY ODDS

Leading bookmakers Sportsbet, Ladbrokes, Neds, bet365 & Palmerbet have the latest 2023 Australian Derby betting odds available. There will be plenty of movements in the Australian Derby betting markets in the days leading up to the race. See the latest market below or click on the links to take you direct to the bookmakers.

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.

Australian Derby Winners (Since 2000)

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 2023 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.

Watch the 2023 Australian Derby with TAB:

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.

ROYAL RANDWICK RACECOURSE: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

To read all about Royal Randwick Racecourse, including the history of the track and which Group 1 races will be held at Royal Randwick, click the button below.