ATC Australian Derby

The ATC Australian Derby is a Group 1 race for three-year-olds that takes place each April at Randwick racecourse in Sydney, New South Wales. The classic race is run over a distance of 2400 metres under set weight conditions and is worth $2,000,000 in prizemoney. The 2018 ATC Australian Derby was won by Levendi from Ace High with Tangled third.

The revamped Sydney autumn racing carnival sees the ATC Australian Derby moved to the first day of The Championships alongside the Gr1 Doncaster Handicap, Gr1 TJ Smith Stakes and ATC Sires Produce Stakes to make for a fantastic day of feature racing.

The ATC Australian Derby is the premier distance race of the Sydney autumn for three-year-olds and is run over the classic derby distance of 2400m at set weights, which favours the classier types. The ATC Derby has become a prestigous event for three-year-olds on the Australian racing calendar and has a proud history of providing high quality winners who go on to become stars of the Australian turf.

The ATC Derby is a blue ribbon event and can enhance the winners value immensely, should they go on to become a stallion or a broodmare at the end of their career.

Gallopers of the ilk of Sky Heights (1999), Octagonal (1996), Mahogany (1994), Naturalism (1992), and Durbridge (1991) all won the ATC Derby before going on to win many of Australia's premier races year after year.

Any three-year-olds contesting the Derby will typically come via major 3yo races like the Gr1 Randwick Guineas at Randwick in April, or the Gr1 Rosehill Guineas and Gr2 Tulloch Stakes, held during the Rosehill carnival the previous couple of weeks. In recent times Criterion (2014) & It's A Dundeel (2013) have taken out the Rosehill Guineas & ATC Australian Derby double. Both Levendi (2018) and Jon Snow (2017) claimed the Tulloch Stakes and Australian Derby double in recent times.

The ATC Derby has proven a handy guide to the Gr1 Caulfield Cup at Caulfield during the Melbourne spring, with Descarado (2nd in 2010) going on to win the race the following spring and Monaco Consul (3rd in 2010) running third in both races. Nom Du Jeu (2008) and Roman Emperor (2009) both finished runner-up in the Caulfield Cup after winning the ATC Derby beforehand.

Levendi (2018) took out the Gr1 Tulloch Stakes over 2000m at Rosehill before tasting success in this event and recent ATC Australian Derby winners include Jon Snow (2017) and Tavago (2016).

2018 ATC Australian Derby result

1. $6.00 Levendi 56.5 Mark Zahra
2. $5.00 Ace High 56.5 Tye Angland
3. $26.00 Tangled 56.5 Michael Walker

then followed
4. $9.00 Vin De Dance 56.5 Jason Waddell
5. $26.00 Main Stage 56.5 Blake Shinn
6. $5.00 Furore 56.5 Brenton Avdulla
7. $12.00 Mongolianconqueror 56.5 Opie Bosson
8. $51.00 Mongolian Marshal 56.5 Craig Williams
9. $21.00 Weather With You 56.5 Jason Collett
10. $151.00 Condor 56.5 Craig Newitt
11. $71.00 Endowment 56.5 Damien Oliver
12. $14.00 Belfast 56.5 Kerrin McEvoy
13. $12.00 Mission Hill 56.5 Damian Lane
14. $101.00 Capital Gain 56.5 Ben Melham
15. $21.00 Salsamor 56.5 Zac Purton
16. $301.00 Pissaro 56.5 Sam Clipperton
17. $21.00 Astoria 56.5 Glyn Schofield
18. $101.00 The Lord Mayor 56.5 Corey Brown

Margins: 0.1 len, 5.8 len
Time: 2:28.73

Other group races on ATC Australian Derby Day include the Gr2 Chairmans Handicap, Gr3 PJ Bell Stakes, Gr3 Adrian Knox Stakes, Gr3 Kindergarten Stakes and Gr3 ATC Carbine Club Stakes.

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