From the race’s inauguration in 1855, all the way up to the present day, we have every Victoria Derby winner listed from past race meets. Included are finishing times, sex, age and more details of the winning Victoria Derby horses throughout history.

Rose Of May (1855) was the inaugural Victoria Derby winner.

After the opening three editions of the event were won by fillies, Frances Tressady (1923) was the last Victoria Derby winning filly.

Maidens to win the Victoria Derby: Martini Henry (1883), Fire Oak (1990), Redding (1992), Preferment (2014).

In 1995 Gai Waterhouse became the first woman to train a Victoria Derby winner with the success of Nothin’ Leica Dane.

Helenus (2002) is the last horse to complete the Caulfield Guineas – Victoria Derby double.

The 1991 Victoria Derby winner Star Of The Realm holds the current Victoria Derby race record over 2500m winning in a time of 2 minutes 33.60 seconds.

Rebel Raider in 2008 became one of history’s longest-priced Victoria Derby winners saluting at $101 odds.

The 2021 Victoria Derby winner Hitotsu franked the form returning the following autumn to win the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) – Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) interstate double in 2022.

The 2022 Victoria Derby winner was the Chris Waller-trained Manzoice at $21 who ran eighth the Saturday before in Sydney’s Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes only to turn the tables on the winner of that, Sharp ‘N’ Smart, who ran second as the beaten Derby favourite on the quick back-up.

The 2023 Victoria Derby winner was Riff Rocket ($2.20F) who narrowly held on to salute for the punters and hand trainer Chris Waller back-to-back wins and his third VRC Derby success overall.

The 2024 Victoria Derby winner was Goldrush Guru ($8) from South Australia who scored an impressive 1.5 length upset for trainer Andrew Gluyas when ridden to victory by Jamie Kah.

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COMPLETE LIST OF PAST victoria derby WINNERS

Year	Winner	Colour	Sex	Age	Weight	Time
2024	Goldrush Guru	Bay	Colt	3	57 kg	2:37.78
2023	Riff Rocket	Bay	Gelding	3	57 kg	2:37.38
2022	Manzoice	Bay	Colt	3	57 kg	2:40.86
2021	Hitotsu	Brown	Colt	3	57 kg	2:37.32
2020	Johnny Get Angry	Bay	Gelding	3	57 kg	2:41.91
2019	Warning	Chestnut	Gelding	3	55.5 kg	2:40.83
2018	Extra Brut	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:34.31
2017	Ace High	Brown/Black	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:37.55
2016	Prized Icon	Brown	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:36.16
2015	Tarzino	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:38.39
2014	Preferment	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:37.81
2013	Polanski	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:38.66
2012	Fiveandahalfstar	Bay	Gelding	3	55.5 kg	2:35.92
2011	Sangster	Bay	Gelding	3	55.5 kg	2:40.33
2010	Lion Tamer	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:46.43
2009	Monaco Consul	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:41.68
2008	Rebel Raider	Brown	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:36.9
2007	Kibbutz	Bay	Gelding	3	55.5 kg	2:40.92
2006	Efficient	Grey	Gelding	3	55.5 kg	2:38.35
2005	Benicio	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:37.08
2004	Plastered	Brown	Gelding	3	55.5 kg	2:35.49
2003	Elvstroem	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:38.99
2002	Helenus	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:40.54
2001	Amalfi	Bay	Collt	3	55.5 kg	2:34.63
2000	Hit The Roof	Chestnut	Gelding	3	55.5 kg	2:39.0
1999	Blackfriars	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:36.32
1998	Arena	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:35.16
1997	Second Coming	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:36.37
1996	Portland Player	Brown	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:35.20
1995	Nothin Leica Dane	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:36.50
1994	Blevic	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:35.70
1993	Mahogany	Brown	Gelding	3	55.5 kg	2:34.90
1992	Redding	Chestnut	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:40.0
1991	Star Of The Realm (G	Chestnut	Gelding	3	55.5 kg	2:33.60
1990	Fire Oak	Brown	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:35.80
1989	Stylish Century	Brown	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:23.20
1988	Kings High(	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:36.10
1987	Omnicorp	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:38.9
1986	Raveneaux	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:36.6
1985	Handy Proverb	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:36.4
1984	Red Anchor	Chestnbut	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:35.9
1983	Bounty Hawk	Bay/Brown	Gelding	3	55.5 kg	2:38.5
1982	Grosvenor	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:35.9
1981	Brewery Boy	Brown	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:36.2
1980	Sovereign Red	Chestnut	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:38.4
1979	Big Print	Brown	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:35.00
1978	Dulcify	Bay	Elding	3	55.5 kg	2:37.5
1977	Stormy Rex	Brown	Gelding	3	55.5 kg	2:35.5
1976	Unaware	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:36.1
1975	Galena Boy	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:44.4
1974	Haymaker	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:42.4
1973	Taj Rossi	Bay	Colt	3	55.5 kg	2:39.4
1972	Dayana	Brown	Gelding	3	55.5 kg	2:29.9
1971	Classic Mission	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:32.5
1970	Silver Sharpe	Bay	Gelding	3	8.1 Stone	2:30.5
1969	Daryls Joy	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:33.3
1968	Always There	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:31.0
1967	Savoy	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:30.0
1966	Khalif	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:30.1
1965	Tobin Bronze	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:34.0
1964	Royal Sovereign	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:28.2
1963	Craftsman	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:30.4
1962	Coppelius	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:31.5
1961	New Statesman	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:45.0
1960	Sky High	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:32.0
1959	Travel Boy	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:34.0
1958	Sir Blink	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:30.5
1957	Tulloch	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	–
1956	Monte Carlo	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:34.5
1955	Sailors Guide	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:31.75
1954	Pride Of Egypt	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:32.5
1953	Prince Morvi	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:31.5
1952	Advocate	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:30.0
1951	Hydrogen	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:31.0
1950	Alister	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:35.0
1949	Delta	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:33.75
1948	Comic Court	Bay/Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:35.25
1947	Beau Gem	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:30.5
1946	Prince Standard	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:33.0
1945	Magnificent	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:33.0
1944	San Martin	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:33.5
1943	Precept	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:34.25
1942	Great Britain	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:31.75
1941	Skipton	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:34.5
1940	Lucrative	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:32.0
1939	Reading	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:33.0
1938	Nuffield	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:34.75
1937	Hua	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:32.75
1936	Talking	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:33.0
1935	Feldspar	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:31.25
1934	Theo	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:35.75
1933	Hall Mark	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:31.75
1932	Liberal	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:34.75
1931	Johnnie Jason	Bay	Gelding	3	8.1 Stone	2:33.75
1930	Balloon King	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:33.5
1929	Phar Lap	Chestnut	Gelding	3	8.1 Stone	23:12.5
1928	Strephon	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:33.0
1927	Trivalve	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:33.0
1926	Rampion	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:32.5
1925	Manfred	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:31.5
1924	Spearfelt	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:35.0
1923	Frances Tressady	Bay	Filly	3	8.5 Stone	2:33.25
1922	Whittier	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:34.0
1921	Furious	Chestnut	Filly	3	8.5 Stone	2:35.0
1920	Salitros	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:37.75
1919	Richmond Main	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:35.75
1918	Eusebius	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:47.75
1917	Biplane	Black	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:35.25
1916	Wolaroi	Black	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:42.5
1915	Patrobas	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:37.0
1914	Carlita	Bay/Brown	Filly	3	8.5 Stone	2:37.5
1913	Beragoon	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:35.25
1912	Wolawa	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:39.5
1911	Wilari	Bay	Filly	3	8.5 Stone	2:28.75
1910	Beverage	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:37.25
1909	Prince Foote	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:37.0
1908	Alawa	Bay/Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:35.5
1907	Mountain King	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:39.0
1906	Poseidon	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:40.5
1905	Lady Wallace	Brown	Filly	3	8.5 Stone	2:40.0
1904	Sylvanite	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:39.0
1903	F.j.a	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:36.25
1902	Abundance	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:36.25
1901	Hautvillers	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:37.0
1900	Maltster	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:48.0
1899	Merriwee	Brown/Black	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:41.25
1898	Cocos	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:41.25
1897	Amberite	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:39.5
1896	Newhaven	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:39.5
1895	Wallace	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:46.0
1894	The Harvester	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:40.5
1893	Carnage	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:39.0
1892	Camoola (late Cobar)	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:42.0
1891	Strathmore	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:41.5
1890	The Admiral	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:46.75
1889	Dreadnought	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:41.0
1888	Ensign	Bay	Gelding	3	8.5 Stone	2:45.5
1887	Trident	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:39.0
1886	Trident	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.1 Stone
1885	Nordenfeldt	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:48.75
1884	Rufus	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:41.75
1883	Martini-henry	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:39.0
1882	Navigator	Black	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:41.5
1881	Darebin	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:41.5
1880	Grand Flaneur	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:44.0
1879	Suwarrow	Grey	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:43.0
1878	Wellington	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:47.0
1877	Chester	Bay/Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:43.0
1876	Briseis	Brown	Filly	3	8.5 Stone	2:43.25
1875	Robin Hood	Bay/Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:48.0
1874	Melbourne	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:46.5
1873	Lapidist	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:51.00
1872	Loup Garou	Brown	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:46.00
1871	Florence	Bay	Filly	3	8.5 Stone	3:00.0
1870	Florence	Bay	Filly	3	8.5 Stone	–
1869	Charon	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:48.0
1868	Fireworks	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:53.0
1867	Fireworks	Bay	Colt	3	8.1 Stone	2:56.0
1866	Seagull	Brown/Roan	Filly	3	8.5 Stone	3.04.0
1865	Angler	Brown	Colt	3	8.7 Stone	2:51.0
1864	Lantern	Brown	Colt	3	8.7 Stone	2:58.0
1863	Oriflamme	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.7 Stone	–
1863	Oriflamme	Chestnut	Colt	3	8.7 Stone	3:03.0
1862	Barwon	Bay	Colt	3	8.7 Stone	–
1862	Barwon	Bay	Colt	3	8.7 Stone	2:59.0
1861	Camdem	Bay	Colt	3	8.7 Stone	–
1861	Camdem	Bay	Colt	3	8.7 Stone	2:53.0
1860	Flying Colors	Bay	Filly	3	8.4 Stone	–
1860	Flying Colors	Bay	Filly	3	8.4 Stone	3:02.0
1859	Buzzard	Bay	Colt	3	8.7 Stone	–
1859	Buzzard	Bay	Colt	3	8.7 Stone	2:51.0
1858	Brown	–	Colt	3	8.5 Stone	–
1858	Brownlock	Brown	Colt	3	8.7 Stone	2:59.0
1858	Brownlock	Brown	Colt	3	8.5 Stone	2.58.0
1857	Tricolor	Bay	Filly	3	8.7 Stone	–
1857	Tricolor	Bay	Filly	3	8.7 Stone	3.03.0
1857	Union Jack	Brown	Colt	3	8.5 Stone	–
1856	Flying Doe	Brown	Filly	3	8.2 Stone	–
1856	Flying Doe	Brown	Filly	3	8.2 Stone	3:01.0
1855	Rose Of May	Chestnut	Filly	3	8.5 Stone	–
1855	Rose Of May	Chestnut	Filly	3	8.5 Stone	2:59.0