Australian Derby Winners
From the race’s inauguration in 1861, all the way up to 2025, we have a comprehensive list of Australian Derby winners from past race meets. Included are finishing times, jockey and weights carried to victory by the winners of the Australian Derby at Randwick in the autumn.

Kyogle was the inaugural Australian Derby winner when the event first ran as the Randwick Derby Stakes back in 1861.
Octagonal holds the current Australian Derby record from 1996 winning in a time of 2 minutes 28:40 seconds.
The late TJ Smith holds the current training record having prepared an incredible nine Australian Derby winners.
Research (1989) is the only filly to have won the Australian Derby – Australian Oaks double.
Shamrocker (2011) was the last Australian Derby winning filly.
Riff Rocket (2024) was the last horse to complete the Rosehill Guineas – Australian Derby double. Other recent Australian Derby winners to come off a lead-up Rosehill Guineas victory include Innocent King (1993), Octagonal (1996), Sky Heights (1999), Eremein (2005), Dundeel (2013), and Criterion (2014).
Other notable Australian Derby winners throughout history include The Barb (1866), Grand Flaneur (1880), Poseidon (1906), Gloaming (1918), Heroic (1924), Manfred (1925), Phar Lap (1929), Peter Pan (1932), Hall Mark (1933), Tulloch (1957), Imagele (1973), Dulcify (1979), three-time Cox Plate champion Kingston Town (1980), Strawberry Road (1983), Bonecrusher (1986), and Beau Zam (1988).
The 2022 Australian Derby winner Hitotsu made history becoming the first horse to complete the Victoria Derby – Australian Derby double since Mahogany (1993/94) and the first Australian Guineas champion to win the ATC Derby next-up without a subsequent run.
The Australian Derby 2023 winner was the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Major Beel ($31) who scored a brave upset digging deep off an on-speed run to hold off the challengers and salute on the quick back-up off a Tulloch Stakes second.
The 2024 Australian Derby winner Riff Rocket ($2.20F) saluted for the punters to hand trainer Chris Waller his first victory in the race. Riff Rocket completed the Rosehill Guineas – Australian Derby double and became just the fourth three-year-old in history to win the spring’s Victoria Derby before taking out the Sydney event in the autumn.
The 2025 Australian Derby winner is TBC and will be known when the Group 1 runs at Randwick on Doncaster Mile Day, Saturday the 5th of April 2025.
COMPLETE LIST OF PAST Australian derby WINNERS
Year | Winner | Jockey | Weight | Time |
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2025 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
2024 | Riff Rocket | J. McDonald | 56.5 kgs | 2:33.45 |
2023 | Major Beel | T. Clark | 56.5 kgs | 2:40.37 |
2022 | Hitotsu | J. Allen | 56.5 kgs | 2:39.39 |
2021 | Explosive Jack | J. Allen | 56.5 kgs | 2:34.13 |
2020 | Quick Thinker | O. Bosson | 56.5 kgs | 2:34.24 |
2019 | Angel Of Truth | C. Brown | 56.5 kgs | 2:35.67 |
2018 | Levendi | M. J Zahra | 56.5 kgs | 2:28.73 |
2017 | Jon Snow | D. M Lane | 56.5 kgs | 2:38.18 |
2016 | Tavago | T. Berry | 56.5 kgs | 2:33.67 |
2015 | Mongolian Khan | O. Bosson | 56.5 kgs | 2:37.10 |
2014 | Criterion | H. Bowman | 56.5 kgs | 2:38.49 |
2013 | It’s A Dundeel | J. B McDonald | 56.5 kgs | 2:33.49 |
2012 | Ethiopia | R. McLeod | 56.5 kgs | 2:28.74 |
2011 | Shamrocker | G. Boss | 54.5 kgs | 2:29.46 |
2010 | Shoot Out | S. Katsidis | 56.5 kgs | 2:32.68 |
2009 | Roman Emperor | J. Cassidy | 56.5 kgs | 2:31.09 |
2008 | Nom du Jeu | J. Lloyd | 56.5 kgs | 2:36.29 |
2007 | Fiumicino | D. Beadman | 56.5 kgs | 2:36.04 |
2006 | Headturner | D. Beadman | 56.5 kgs | 2:29.92 |
2005 | Eremein | C. Brown | 56.5 kgs | 2:35.83 |
2004 | Starcraft | G. Boss | 56.5 kgs | 2:34.81 |
2003 | Clangalang | S. Seamer | 56.5 kgs | 2:32.31 |
2002 | Don Eduardo | D. Oliver | 55.5 kgs | 2:32.76 |
2001 | Universal Prince | J. Sheehan | 55.5 kgs | 2:30.80 |
2000 | Fairway | B. York | 55.5 kgs | 2:34.02 |
1999 | Sky Heights | G. Boss | 55.5 kgs | 2:32.85 |
1998 | Gold Guru | G. Childs | 55.5 kgs | 2:33.49 |
1997 | Ebony Grosve | R.S. Dye | 55.5 kgs | 2:28.83 |
1996 | Octagonal | D. Beadman | 55.5 kgs | 2:28.41 |
1995 | Ivory’s Irish | L. Cassidy | 55.5 kgs | 2:33.84 |
1994 | Mahogany | G. Hall | 55.5 kgs | 2:36.50 |
1993 | Innocent King | J. Cassidy | 55.5 kgs | 2:33.60 |
1992 | Naturalism | L. Dittman | 55.5 kgs | 2:31.20 |
1991 | Durbridge | G. Hall | 55.5 kgs | 2:31.90 |
1990 | Dr. Grace | J. Cassidy | 55.5 kgs | 2:31.70 |
1989 | Research | L. Dittman | 54.5 kgs | 2:34.00 |
1988 | Beau Zam | J. Marshall | 55.5 kgs | 2:34.60 |
1987 | Myocard | M. de Montfort | 55.5 kgs | 2:32.60 |
1986 | Bonecrusher | G. Stewart | 55.5 kgs | 2:35.60 |
1985 | Tristarc | W. Treloar | 54.5 kgs | 2:31.50 |
1984 | Profilic | J. Marshall | 55.5 kgs | 2:34.80 |
1983 | Strawberry Road | L. Dittman | 55.5 kgs | 2:41.80 |
1982 | Rose Of Kingston | G. Willetts | 54.5 kgs | 2:31.00 |
1981 | Our Paddy Boy | R. Mallyon | 55.5 kgs | 2:31.20 |
1980 | Kingston Town | M. Johnston | 55.5 kgs | 2:34.30 |
1979 | Dulcify | B. Thomson | 55.5 kgs | 2:30.70 |
1977 | Belmura Lad | N. Voigt | 55.5 kgs | 2:33.00 |
1976 | Great Lover | K. Langby | 55.5 kgs | 2:33.90 |
1975 | Battle Sign | D. Messingham | 55.5 kgs | 2:33.90 |
1974 | Taras Bulba | J. Stocker | 55.5 kgs | 2:33.60 |
1973 | Imagele | K. Langby | 55.5 kgs | 2:32.10 |
1972 | Gold Brick | R. Selkrig | 55.5 kgs | 2:36.50 |
1971 | Classic Mission | G. Moore | 8 10 stone | 2:36.10 |
1970 | Silver Sharpe | N. Voigt | 8 10 stone | 2:31.90 |
1969 | Divide And Rule | R. McCarthy | 8 10 stone | 2:33.50 |
1968 | Wilton Park | H. Cope | 8 10 stone | 2:31.20 |
1967 | Swift Peter | R. Selkrig | 8 10 stone | 2:30.30 |
1966 | El Gordo | N. Campton | 8 10 stone | 2:34.50 |
1965 | Prince Grant | R. Dawkins | 8 10 stone | 2:29.90 |
1964 | Royal Sovereign | R. Selkrig | 8 10 stone | 2:33.50 |
1963 | Summer Fiesta | G. Moore | 8 10 stone | 2:32.30 |
1962 | Summer Prince | G. Moore | 8 10 stone | 2:29.70 |
1961 | Summer Fair | T. Hill | 8 10 stone | 2:32.20 |
1960 | Persian Lyric | A. Mulley | 8 10 stone | 2:30.60 |
1959 | Martello Towers | G. Podmore | 8 10 stone | 2:32.40 |
1958 | Skyline | M. Schumacher | 8 10 stone | 2:28.80 |
1957 | Tulloch | G. Moore | 8 10 stone | 2:29.10 |
1956 | Monte Carlo | J. Thompson | 8 10 stone | 2:31.30 |
1955 | Caranna | A. Mulley | 8 10 stone | 2:33.60 |
1954 | Prince Delville | R. Selkrig | 8 10 stone | 2:33.00 |
1953 | Prince Morvi | N. Sellwood | 8 10 stone | 2:31.75 |
1952 | Deep River | N. Sellwood | 8 10 stone | 2:38.25 |
1951 | Channel Rise | B. Smith | 8 10 stone | 2:33.75 |
1950 | Alister | R. Heather | 8 10 stone | 2:32.25 |
1949 | Playboy | G. Moore | 8 10 stone | 2:34.00 |
1948 | Carbon Copy | A. Breasley | 8 10 stone | 2:33.50 |
1947 | Valiant Crown | N. McCrowdie | 8 10 stone | 2:35.00 |
1946 | Concerto | W. Cook | 8 10 stone | 2:34.50 |
1945 | Magnificent | R. Heather | 8 10 stone | 2:36.75 |
1944 | Tea Rose | H. Darke | 8 5 stone | 2:33.50 |
1943 | Moorland | E. Bartle | 8 10 stone | 2:37.75 |
1942 | Main Topic | D. Munro | 8 10 stone | 2:31.50 |
1941 | Laureate | M. McCarten | 8 10 stone | 2:32.00 |
1940 | Pandect | W. Cook | 8 10 stone | 2:37.00 |
1939 | Reading | D. Munro | 8 10 stone | 2:34.00 |
1938 | Nuffield | D. Munro | 8 10 stone | 2:32.00 |
1937 | Avenger | E. Bartle | 8 10 stone | 2:36.50 |
1936 | Talking | A. Knox | 8 10 stone | 2:32.50 |
1935 | *Allunga | D. Munro | 8 10 stone | 2:33.75 |
1935 | *Homer | A. Knox | 8 10 stone | 0:00.00 |
1934 | Theo | M. McCarten | 8 10 stone | 2:32.75 |
1933 | Hall Mark | D. Munro | 8 10 stone | 2:37.50 |
1932 | Peter Pan | J. Pike | 8 10 stone | 2:34.00 |
1931 | Ammon Ra | M. McCarten | 8 10 stone | 2:34.75 |
1930 | Tregilla | E. Bartle | 8 10 stone | 2:33.25 |
1929 | Phar Lap | J. Pike | 8 10 stone | 2:31.25 |
1928 | Prince Humphrey | J. Munro | N/A | 2:32.75 |
1927 | Trivalve | R. Lewis | N/A | 2:33.00 |
1926 | Rampion | S. Cracknell | N/A | 2:33.00 |
1925 | Manfred | W. Duncan | N/A | 2:35.25 |
1924 | Heroic | N. Cairns | N/A | 2:34.00 |
1923 | Ballymena | M. McCarten | N/A | 2:33.50 |
1922 | Rivoli | P. Brown | N/A | 2:35.00 |
1921 | Cupidon | G. Young | N/A | 2:33.75 |
1920 | Salitros | M. Connell | N/A | 2:32.00 |
1919 | *Artilleryman | G. Harrison | N/A | 2:35.00 |
1919 | *Richmond Main | A. Wood | N/A | 0:00.00 |
1918 | Gloaming | B. Deeley | N/A | 2:33.50 |
1917 | Biplane | B. Deeley | N/A | 2:31.75 |
1916 | Kilboy | W. McLachlan | N/A | 2:39.75 |
1915 | Cetigne | A. Wood | N/A | 2:37.00 |
1914 | Mountain Knight | W. McLachlan | N/A | 2:35.25 |
1913 | Beragoon | J. Pike | N/A | 2:35.75 |
1912 | Cider | P. J. Foley | N/A | 2:38.00 |
1911 | Cisco | W. Osborne | N/A | 2:37.50 |
1910 | Tanami | W. Foulsham | N/A | 2:36.25 |
1909 | Prince Foote | B. McCarthy | N/A | 2:37.50 |
1908 | Parsee | T. Clayton | N/A | 2:38.25 |
1907 | Mountain King | F. Hickey | N/A | 2:41.75 |
1906 | Poseidon | T. Clayton | N/A | 2:38.00 |
1905 | Noctuiform | L. H. Hewitt | N/A | 2:37.50 |
1904 | Sylvanite | R. Lewis | N/A | 2:37.25 |
1903 | Belah | W. H. Smith | N/A | 2:39.75 |
1902 | Abundance | J. Barden | N/A | 2:45.00 |
1901 | Hautvilliers | R. Lewis | N/A | 2:37.50 |
1900 | Malster | R. Lewis | N/A | 2:39.25 |
1899 | Cranberry | F. Fielder | N/A | 2:44.50 |
1898 | Picture | A. Delaney | N/A | 2:49.00 |
1897 | Amberite | M. Harris | N/A | 2:45.00 |
1896 | Charge | M. Harris | N/A | 3:14.00 |
1895 | Bob Ray | E. Huxley | N/A | 2:41.00 |
1894 | Bonnie Scotland | W. Morrison | N/A | 2:44.00 |
1893 | Trenchant | H. Gardiner | N/A | 2:54.00 |
1892 | Camoola | E. Huxley | N/A | 2:40.00 |
1891 | Stromboli | E. Huxley | N/A | 2:41.00 |
1890 | Gibraltar | T. Nerriker | N/A | 2:39.00 |
1889 | Singapore | E. Huxley | N/A | 2:44.00 |
1888 | Melos | E. Power | N/A | 2:46.00 |
1887 | Abercorn | T. Hales | N/A | 2:39.50 |
1886 | Trident | T. Hales | N/A | 2:38.00 |
1885 | Nordenfeldt | R. Ellis | N/A | 2:47.25 |
1884 | Bargo | T. Hales | N/A | 2:42.25 |
1883 | Le Grand | B. Colley | N/A | 2:46.50 |
1882 | Navigator | T. Hales | N/A | 2:48.75 |
1881 | Wheatear | W. Yeomans | N/A | 2:52.00 |
1880 | Grand Flaneur | T. Hales | N/A | 2:45.50 |
1879 | Nellie | B. Colley | N/A | 2:51.50 |
1878 | His Lordship | J. Morrison | N/A | 2:55.00 |
1877 | Woodlands | B. Colley | N/A | 2:49.00 |
1876 | Robinson Crusoe | J. Morrison | N/A | 2:43.50 |
1875 | Richmond | T. Hales | N/A | 2:45.00 |
1874 | Kingsborough | W. Yeomans | N/A | 2:50.00 |
1873 | Benvolio | T. Brown | N/A | 2:48.50 |
1872 | Loup Garou | T. Brown | N/A | 2:46.50 |
1871 | Javelin | J. Keen | N/A | 2:47.00 |
1870 | Florence | C. Stanley | N/A | 2:51.00 |
1869 | Charon | J. Morrison | N/A | 2:47.50 |
1868 | The Duke | J. Bishop | N/A | 2:50.00 |
1867 | Fireworks | C. Stanley | N/A | 2:48.00 |
1866 | The Barb | C. Stanley | N/A | 2:48.50 |
1865 | Clove | F. Martineer | N/A | 2:51.00 |
1864 | Yattendon | S. Holmes | N/A | N/A |
1863 | Ramornie | J. Driscoll | N/A | N/A |
1862 | Regno | J. Higgerson | N/A | 2:59.00 |
1861 | Kyogle | J. Driscoll | N/A | 3:00.00 |