AAMI Victoria Derby

The AAMI Victoria Derby is a Group 1 classic race for three-year-old gallopers that takes place at Flemington racecourse each year during the Melbourne spring racing carnival in late October or early November . The race is run over a distance of 2500 metres under set weight conditions and worth $1,500,000 in prizemoney. The 2012 AAMI Victoria Derby was won by Fiveandahalfstar from Super Cool with Rawnaq third.

AAMI Victoria Derby day is held on the first day of the four day Flemington Spring racing carnival which is the last Saturday before Melbourne Cup day the following Tuesday.

Derby day is one of the elite days of horse racing in Australia each year with every race a group race and three other Group 1 races on the card including the Mackinnon Stakes, Coolmore Stud Stakes and Myer Classic, with around $5,000,000 total prizemoney on offer for the day.

2013 AAMI Victoria Derby info
Date:	Saturday 2nd November 2013
Track:	Flemington racecourse, Melbourne
Distance:	2500 metres
Race Type:	3yo - Set Weights
Status:	Group 1
Prizemoney:	$1,500,000
2012 Winner:	Fiveandahalfstar
2012 Crowd:	98,823

The AAMI Victoria Derby is one of the great classic races on the racing calendar each year and the premier staying event for three-year-olds during the Melbourne Cup carnival at Flemington. Colts & geldings have had a mortage on the race over the years with Frances Tressady the last female to win the race way back in 1923. The Gr1 Crown Oaks is the fillies equivalent of this race and takes place on the Thursday following the Derby

Derby day is a huge event on the social calendar with Flemington racecourse the place to be on the first day of the Flemington four-day spring carnival and Derby day crowds have topped 115,000 people for the last four years. A record crowd of 129,089 racing fans attended in 2006 which makes Derby Day the most popular day crowd wise in recent times for the Flemington carnival.

The traditional lead up race to the Derby is the Gr2 AAMI Vase which is run over 2040 metres at Moonee Valley the previous Saturday on Gr1 WS Cox Plate day and Efficient (2006) was the last 3yo to win the AAMI Vase & AAMI Victoria Derby double.

The AAMI Vase has proven the best guide to the Victoria Derby in recent times as a high number of winners have come via the Moonee Valley middle distance race. Efficient (2006), Plastered (2004), Helenus (2002), Blevic (1994) and Raveneaux (1986) all won the AAMI Vase on their way to taking out the AAMI Victoria Derby.

Fiveandahalfstar (2012) won a BM72 event for three-year-olds over 1800m at Rosehill in Sydney before taking out this race and recent Victoria Derby winners include Sangster (2011) and Lion Tamer (2010).

Spring Carnival Guide
The VRC AAMI Victoria Derby is one of the oldest classic events in Australia being first run in 1855 and many Derby winners and placegetters have gone on to become quality horses who have gone on to win a number of big races of the Australian turf.

Lion Tamer (2010) returned the following spring to win the Gr1 Underwood Stakes at Caulfield, while Rekindled Interest (5th in 2010) also returned the following spring to win the won the Gr2 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley before finishing third in the WS Cox Plate at the same track.

Monaco Consul (2009) ran third in the 2010 Caulfield Cup the following spring at Caulfield while Whobegotyou (2nd in 2008) has won a number of group races, including the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes for the past two years, since finishing runner-up in the Derby

Efficient (2006) went on to win the 2007 Melbourne Cup in brilliant style and in doing so became the first horse since the mighty Phar Lap (1930) to win the Melbourne Cup the year after winning the Derby.

In earlier times, Elvstroem (2003) came back the following spring as a 4yo to take out the 2004 Caulfield Cup in great fashion, while the brilliant Dulcify (1978) and Red Anchor (1984) both went on to win the WS Cox Plate after winning the Derby. Nothin' Leica Dane (1995) backed up the following Tuesday to run second in the Melbourne Cup.

2012 AAMI Victoria Derby result
1. $41 Fiveandahalfstar 55.5 Damien Oliver
2. $6 Super Cool 55.5 Michael Rodd
3. $101 Rawnaq 55.5 Michael Walker

then followed
4. $8 Hvasstan 55.5 Glen Boss
5. $14 Electric Fusion 55.5 Nicholas Hall
6. $51 Escado 55.5 Ben Melham
7. $2.70 It'S A Dundeel 55.5 James McDonald
8. $10 Honorius 55.5 Corey Brown
9. $15 Subiaso 55.5 Steven Arnold
10. $18 Our Desert Warrior 55.5 Nash Rawiller
11. $21 Malabar Man 55.5 Craig Williams
12. $101 Nisos 55.5 Billy Egan
13. $71 Costa Nova 55.5 Hugh Bowman
14. $301 Bullion Express 55.5 Vlad Duric
15. $201 Batistuta 55.5 Dean Yendall
16. $41 Jimando 55.5 Matthew Neilson

Margins: 1 1/2 len, 3/4 len
Time: 2:35.92

AAMI Victoria Derby recent winners & placegetters
Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Time
2012	Fiveandahalfstar	Super Cool	Rawnaq	2:35.9
2011	Sangster	Induna	Sabrage	2:40.3
2010	Lion Tamer	Praecido	Retrieve	2:46.4
2009	Monaco Consul	Extra Zero	Viking Legend	2:41.6
2008	Rebel Raider	Whobegotyou	Pre Eminence	2:36.9
2007	Kibbutz	Littorio	Marching	2:40.9
2006	Efficient	Gorky Park	Teranaba	2:38.3
2005	Benicio	Duelled	Headturner	2:37.0
2004	Plastered	Savabeel	Count Ricardo	2:35.4
2003	Elvstroem	Kempinsky	Our Bahare	2:38.9
2002	Helenus	Hydrometer	Aint There	2:40.5
2001	Amalfi	Zarek	Pentastic	2:34.6
2000	Hit The Roof	Universal Prince	Falls The Shadow	2:39.0
1999	Blackfriars	Shogun Lodge	Diatribe	2:36.3
1998	Arena	Sky Heights	Lawyer	2:35.1
1997	Second Coming	Tie The Knot	Kalastaire	2:36.3
1996	Portland Player	Alfa	Ebony Grosve	2:35.2
1995	Nothin Leica Dane	Octagonal	Donar	2:36.5
1994	Blevic	Danewin	Stony Bay	2:35.7
1993	Mahogany	Shelved	Waikikamukau	2:34.9
1992	Redding	Muirfield Village	Raising Kentucky	2:40.0
1991	Star Of The Realm	Naturalism	Ready To Explode	2:33.6
1990	Fire Oak	Centro	Lord Revenir	2:35.8
1989	Stylish Century	Zamoff	Dr. Grace	2:34.2
1988	Kings High	Sir Midas	Big Grey Roo	2:36.1
1987	Omnicorp	All Ashore	Ascot Lane	2:38.9
1986	Raveneaux	Drought	Imprimataur	2:36.6
1985	Handy Proverb	Acumen	Born To Be Queen	2:36.4
1984	Red Anchor	National Gallery	Clovelly Bay	2:35.9
1983	Bounty Hawk	Cobbobonee	Albany Bay	2:38.5
1982	Grosvenor	Cossack Prince	Veloso	2:35.9
1981	Brewery Boy	Birchwood	Binbinga	2:36.2
1980	Sovereign Red	Real Force	Our Paddy Boy	2:38.4
1979	Big Print	Kingston Town	Runaway Kid	2:35.0
1978	Dulcify	Karaman	Turf Ruler	2:37.5
1977	Stormy Rex	Jury	Lefroy	2:35.5
1976	Unaware	Salamander	Family Of Man	2:36.1
1975	Galena Boy	Romantic Archer	Gold And Black	2:44.4
1974	Haymaker	Pyramul	Fortunate	2:44.4
1973	Taj Rossi	Leica Lover	Craig Win	2:39.4
1972	Dayana	Sobar	Longfella	2:29.9
1971	Classic Mission	Column	Altai Khan	2:32.5
1970	Silver Sharpe	Gay Icarus	Royal Show	2:30.5