Ladbrokes Tip: The Rosehill Guineas – Australian Derby is a popular autumn betting double
The Australian Derby, also known as the ATC Derby, is one of four Group 1 races taking place at Royal Randwick Racecourse on the first Saturday in April on Day 1 of The Championships. The meeting is also referred to as Doncaster Mile Day and the other elite levels on the card are the TJ Smith Stakes, ATC Inglis’ Sires Produce Stakes and the Doncaster Mile.
The Australian Derby is open to three-year-old horses and offers $2 million in total prize money including $1.2 million to the winning youngster.
The Australian Derby prizemoney for 2020 was reduced to $1 million including $580,000 for the winning three-year-old because of the Coronavirus pandemic and it’s impact on Australian racing.
Run at set weights over 2400m the colts and geldings in the Australian Derby field carry 56.5kg and the fillies 54.5kg.
The winners of the Randwick Guineas and Rosehill Guineas are exempt from Australian Derby ballot each year and provide key lead-ups to the mile and a half classic. The Rosehill Guineas – Australian Derby double was last completed by Criterion (2014).
The latest edition of the Australian Derby took place on Saturday April 4, 2020 with co-trainer Murray Baker claiming his fifth success with Quick Thinker.
Australian Derby Race Info
- Date: Saturday April 4, 2020
- Track: Royal Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 2400m
- Conditions: Set Weights – 3YOs
- Status: Group 1
- Prize Money: $2 million ($1 million in 2020 due to Coronavirus)
- First Run: 1861
2020 Australian Derby Results
The 2020 Australian Derby results and finishing order will be known on Saturday April 4, 2020 and published below.
- 1st: #6 Quick Thinker
- 2nd: #7 Zebrowksi
- 3rd: #5 Eric The Eel
Quick Thinker made history as the fourth three-year-old in as many years to back-up off a Group 2 Tulloch Stakes success and win the Group 1 ATC Derby. The 2020 ATC Derby results also so Kiwi trainer Murray Baker celebrate his fifth win in the feature.
| Place |
# |
Horse |
Trainer |
Jockey |
Margin |
Barrier |
Weight |
SP |
| 1 |
6 |
QUICK THINKER |
Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman |
Opie Bosson |
– |
6 |
56.5kg |
$8 |
| 2 |
7 |
ZEBROWSKI (NZ) |
Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
Hugh Bowman |
0.2L |
4 |
56.5kg |
$13 |
| 3 |
5 |
ERIC THE EEL |
Stuart Kendrick |
Nash Rawiller |
1.5L |
10 |
56.5kg |
$19 |
| 4 |
2 |
SHADOW HERO |
Mark Newnham |
Joshua Parr |
7.5L |
7 |
56.5kg |
$5.50 |
| 5 |
12 |
SACRAMENTO |
Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
Adam Hyeronimus |
8.5L |
3 |
56.5kg |
$41 |
| 6 |
3 |
WARNING |
Anthony Freedman |
Tommy Berry |
9L |
9 |
56.5kg |
$5 |
| 7 |
8 |
CHAINS OF HONOUR |
Gerald Ryan |
Robbie Dolan (a) |
9.3L |
5 |
56.5kg |
$101 |
| 8 |
4 |
SHERWOOD FOREST |
Tony Pike |
Kerrin McEvoy |
11.3L |
11 |
56.5kg |
$19 |
| 9 |
1 |
CASTELVECCHIO |
Richard Litt |
James McDonald |
21.5L |
8 |
56.5kg |
$2.60F |
| 10 |
9 |
SKIDDAW |
Danny O’Brien |
Brenton Avdulla |
21.9L |
2 |
56.5kg |
$41 |
| 11 |
10 |
DIASONIC |
Richard Laming |
Tim Clark |
40.1L |
1 |
56.5kg |
$61 |
| – |
11 |
GET THE IDEA |
John Sargent |
Jason Collett |
– |
0 |
– |
– |
Australian Derby Odds & Betting
Australian Derby betting markets are dominated by young staying types showing a potential to step up to 2400m and run out the distance.
The best performers in the Rosehill Guineas over 400m shorter a fortnight earlier always feature highly in the Australian Derby odds and the double was achieved twice in three years when It’s A Dundeel (2013) and Criterion (2014) scored both Group 1s.
Mongolian Khan (5th in 2015) was the last ATC Derby winner to back-up from a run in the Rosehill Guineas.
Fillies have a very poor record against the boys in the Australian Derby and make a risky punt with only one beating home the boys in over 30 years in Shamrocker (2011) as they are usually taking on their own kind in the Australian Oaks the following weekend.
Australian Derby betting favourites saluted three times from 2006 – 2020 most recently with Criterion (2014).
2020 Australian Derby Betting
The Australian Derby odds 2020 will be published below as soon as our markets are open on the three-years-old autumn classic.
Australian Derby Field
The Australian Derby field features a selection of the season’s best staying three-year-olds facing off over the mile and a half, many seeing the distance for the first time.
The traditional lead-up for horses heading into the Australian Derby field is the Group Rosehill Guineas (2000m) held a fortnight before.
Criterion (2014) is one of the last Australian Derby betting favourites to salute for the punters. Photo Credit: Steve Hart.
Three times since 2003, 18 horses have lined-up in the Australian Derby field when Clangalang (2003), Criterion (2014) and Levendi (2018) won against capacity fields.
Australian Derby nominations are taken on a Monday in early February before first acceptances a month later in the first week of March.
Final Australian Derby acceptances then close on the Tuesday before the race attracting a fee of $7,700 for connections when the field and barrier draw is released.
2020 Australian Derby Field
The Australian Derby 2020 field and barrier draw will be published here when they are released.
Rosehill Guineas winner Castelvecchio leads a 12-horse 2020 Australian Derby final field drawn in barrier nine, while the danger in betting from gate seven is Randwick Guineas champ Shadow Hero.
- Scratchings: #11 Get The Idea (8)
| # |
Form (Last 10) |
Horse |
Trainer |
Jockey |
Barrier |
Weight |
Hcp. Rating |
| 1 |
1x4722x681 |
CASTELVECCHIO |
Richard Litt |
James McDonald |
9 |
56.5kg |
110 |
| 2 |
4x3115x514 |
SHADOW HERO |
Mark Newnham |
Joshua Parr |
7 |
56.5kg |
107 |
| 3 |
x34121x755 |
WARNING |
Anthony Freedman |
Tommy Berry |
10 |
56.5kg |
103 |
| 4 |
x151341317 |
SHERWOOD FOREST |
Tony Pike |
Kerrin McEvoy |
12 |
56.5kg |
100 |
| 5 |
45x30x6131 |
ERIC THE EEL |
Stuart Kendrick |
Nash Rawiller |
11 |
56.5kg |
– |
| 6 |
x1356x4231 |
QUICK THINKER |
Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman |
Opie Bosson |
6 |
56.5kg |
83 |
| 7 |
26×112 |
ZEBROWSKI (NZ) |
Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
Hugh Bowman |
4 |
56.5kg |
77 |
| 8 |
17x11x98 |
CHAINS OF HONOUR |
Gerald Ryan |
Robbie Brewer |
5 |
56.5kg |
76 |
| 9 |
947319×241 |
SKIDDAW |
Danny O’Brien |
Brenton Avdulla |
2 |
56.5kg |
– |
| 10 |
155×4233 |
DIASONIC |
Richard Laming |
Tim Clark |
1 |
56.5kg |
73 |
| 11 |
1120 |
GET THE IDEA |
John Sargent |
Jason Collett |
8 |
56.5kg |
67 |
| 12 |
x66300x112 |
SACRAMENTO |
Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
Adam Hyeronimus |
3 |
56.5kg |
65 |
2020 Australian Derby First Acceptances
The official Australian Derby 2020 first acceptances feature 53 hopefuls including the Rosehill Guineas winner Castelvecchio.
| # |
Form (Last 10) |
Horse |
Sex |
Age |
Trainer |
Hcp. Rating |
| 1 |
3212×7815 |
BLAZING SUNRISE |
G |
3 |
Kris Lees |
63 |
| 2 |
17104×18 |
BONVICINI |
F |
3 |
Ciaron Maher & David Eustace |
87 |
| 3 |
x22122x134 |
BRANDENBURG (NZ) |
C |
3 |
John Sargent |
107 |
| 4 |
1x4722x681 |
CASTELVECCHIO |
C |
3 |
Richard Litt |
110 |
| 5 |
17x11x98 |
CHAINS OF HONOUR |
G |
3 |
Gerald Ryan |
76 |
| 6 |
12×349 |
CHENIER |
C |
3 |
Anthony Freedman |
84 |
| 7 |
4254126×31 |
CHUCK A LUCK (NZ) |
G |
3 |
Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young |
74 |
| 8 |
7×61107 |
CLASSIC BRIGHT |
C |
3 |
Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
– |
| 9 |
1423642129 |
CONQUEROR |
C |
3 |
David & B Hayes & T Dabernig |
87 |
| 10 |
4182x406x6 |
CREATOR |
C |
3 |
Peter & Paul Snowden |
69 |
| 11 |
155×4233 |
DIASONIC |
G |
3 |
Richard Laming |
73 |
| 12 |
36×31 |
ENTENTE |
G |
3 |
Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
62 |
| 13 |
45x30x6131 |
ERIC THE EEL |
G |
3 |
Stuart Kendrick |
– |
| 14 |
5x1421x438 |
FASCINO (NZ) |
F |
3 |
Ciaron Maher & David Eustace |
85 |
| 15 |
1134×906 |
FORTRESS COMMAND |
C |
3 |
Gerald Ryan |
74 |
| 16 |
6230×344 |
FRANKIE BLUE EYES (NZ) |
G |
3 |
Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young |
– |
| 17 |
11x211x214 |
FUNSTAR |
F |
3 |
Chris Waller |
106 |
| 18 |
54x832x195 |
GAME OF THORNS |
F |
3 |
Kris Lees |
76 |
| 19 |
1120 |
GET THE IDEA |
G |
3 |
John Sargent |
67 |
| 20 |
86224 |
GREYDOTCOM |
G |
3 |
Michael Moroney |
– |
| 21 |
113×40 |
HEART OF PUISSANCE |
C |
3 |
Ciaron Maher & David Eustace |
72 |
| 22 |
6×34317 |
HIGHMASTER |
G |
3 |
Gwenda Markwell |
58 |
| 23 |
452127 |
HOLY SUNDAY |
G |
3 |
John Sargent |
54 |
| 24 |
4120 |
IMPACTFUL |
C |
3 |
Chris Waller |
66 |
| 25 |
31×63 |
LEGION OF MERIT (NZ) |
G |
3 |
Mitchell Freedman |
– |
| 26 |
52121×90 |
LEWIS |
G |
3 |
Chris Waller |
69 |
| 27 |
26724×426 |
LIAM’S THE BOSS |
G |
3 |
Brad Widdup |
– |
| 28 |
x113411x84 |
MIAMI BOUND (NZ) |
F |
3 |
Danny O’Brien |
– |
| 29 |
7182295 |
MOUNT MADEIRA (NZ) |
G |
3 |
Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young |
– |
| 30 |
18×6367 |
MYSTERY TRICK |
G |
3 |
Bjorn Baker |
– |
| 31 |
3x3121x406 |
PANCHO |
G |
3 |
Chris Waller |
87 |
| 32 |
651x |
PINEAPPLE GIRL |
F |
3 |
Michael Moroney |
– |
| 33 |
2×2118 |
PRIDE OF ADELAIDE |
G |
3 |
Nathan Doyle |
65 |
| 34 |
x1356x4231 |
QUICK THINKER |
C |
3 |
Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman |
83 |
| 35 |
123×8243 |
RELOADED |
C |
3 |
Chris Waller |
96 |
| 36 |
23234×1424 |
RELUCENT (NZ) |
G |
3 |
Chris Waller |
69 |
| 37 |
x66300x112 |
SACRAMENTO |
G |
3 |
Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
65 |
| 38 |
6717×53523 |
SCICONIC |
G |
3 |
Richard & Michael Freedman |
57 |
| 39 |
7631113230 |
SCORPZ (NZ) |
C |
3 |
Stephen Marsh |
– |
| 40 |
77x8259x61 |
SERENGETI |
G |
3 |
Danny O’Brien |
– |
| 41 |
4x3115x514 |
SHADOW HERO |
G |
3 |
Mark Newnham |
107 |
| 42 |
x151341317 |
SHERWOOD FOREST |
G |
3 |
Tony Pike |
100 |
| 43 |
31666×2049 |
SIRMAZE |
G |
3 |
Jason Coyle |
60 |
| 44 |
947319×241 |
SKIDDAW |
C |
3 |
Danny O’Brien |
– |
| 45 |
01141×5060 |
THE HOLY ONE (NZ) |
C |
3 |
Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young |
83 |
| 46 |
51×21155 |
THINK ’N’ FLY |
C |
3 |
David & B Hayes & T Dabernig |
– |
| 47 |
3x25110x78 |
THOUGHT OF THAT |
G |
3 |
Ciaron Maher & David Eustace |
– |
| 48 |
2323x |
TIBETAN (NZ) |
G |
3 |
Andrew R Campbell |
– |
| 49 |
6275 |
UNAMERICAN |
G |
3 |
Richard & Michael Freedman |
– |
| 50 |
771197 |
VISCOSITY (NZ) |
G |
3 |
Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young |
– |
| 51 |
x34121x755 |
WARNING |
G |
3 |
Anthony Freedman |
103 |
| 52 |
11x7L0x674 |
YOURDEEL (NZ) |
G |
3 |
David & B Hayes & T Dabernig |
– |
| 53 |
26×112 |
ZEBROWSKI (NZ) |
G |
3 |
Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
77 |
Australian Derby Tips
Australian Derby tips are usually determined by the results of the Rosehill Guineas two weeks earlier at Sydney’s other premier track.
Only three times from 2001-2020 has an Australian Derby winner run worse than fourth in their lead-up run with Roman Emperor (2009) and Mongolian Khan (2015) both coming off fifths in the Rosehill Guineas, and Tavago (2016) improving on a sixth in the NZ Derby before his upset win at Australian Derby odds of $31.
Other Australian Derby betting tips include avoiding fillies who have a very bad record in the race and sticking to Sydney form with just three winners in over 30 years not coming off a Rosehill run last time out.
The other key tip is to look at the Group 2 Tulloch Stakes winner with all four champions from 2017-20 going on to take out the ATC Derby: Jon Snow (2017), Levendi (2018), Angel Of Truth (2019) and Quick Thinker (2020).
2020 Australian Derby Tips
Our exclusive Australian Derby 2020 betting tips on the three-year-old stayers to back and sack in the feature autumn staying showdown will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned.
Australian Derby Form Guide
The Australian Derby form guide shows the full field, barriers, jockeys, trainers and lead-up runs of the three-year-olds in the mix. Using the information to place a well-informed tip is essential and it is a great idea to look at horses that ran top three in the Rosehill Guineas last time out when doing the Australian Derby form.
Historical data dating back from 1983 shows that most Australian Derby winners jumped from barriers 1 – 8 with the most successful gates in that time being 1 with six winners and 8 with seven winners up until 2016.
Australian Derby Form Facts
- Just three fillies from 1983 – 2020 have won the Australian Derby
- Rosehill is the best form to follow into the race with all but three of the Australian Derby winners (from 1983 – 2020) having come off a run at Sydney’s other best race track
- The Rosehill Guineas – Australian Derby betting double is a popular one with punters and history shows Criterion (2014) was the last horse to win both races
- Barrier one has produced the most successful Australian Derby results in the past 30 years including three straight wins from 2014 – 2017
2020 Australian Derby Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Australian Derby 2020 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Australian Derby Results
The Australian Derby results and finishing order are known when the race runs on Day 1 of Sydney’s The Championships on the first Saturday in April. Along with the Australian Derby winner the results reveal the winning trainer, jockey, margin and time as well as the starting prices of all the runners.
The most notable upset Australian Derby results in recent years include Tavago ($31 in 2016), Ethiopia ($15 in 2012) and Nom Du Jeu ($26 in 2008).
Notable Australian Derby winners in the past 10 years include trainer Murray Baker’s fifth champion Quick Thinker (2020), Mongolian Khan (2015), Criterion (2014), It’s A Dundeel (2013) and Headturner (2006).
Australian Derby Winners
| Year |
Winner |
2nd |
3rd |
Time |
| 2020 |
Quick Thinker |
Zebrowski |
Eric The Eel |
2:34.2 |
| 2019 |
Angel Of Truth |
Madison County |
Surely Sacred |
2:35.6 |
| 2018 |
Levendi |
Ace High |
Tangled |
2:28.7 |
| 2017 |
Jon Snow |
Harper’s Choice |
Hardham |
2:38.1 |
| 2016 |
Tavago |
Jameka |
Tally |
2:37.1 |
| 2015 |
Mongolian Khan |
Hauraki |
Volkstok’n’barrell |
2:37.1 |
| 2014 |
Criterion |
Tupac Amaru |
Hooked |
2:38.4 |
| 2013 |
It’s A Dundeel |
Philippi |
Kingdoms |
2:33.4 |
| 2012 |
Ethiopia |
Polish Knight |
Laser Hawk |
2:28.7 |
| 2011 |
Shamrocker |
Retrieve |
Anacheeva |
2:29.4 |
| 2010 |
Shoot Out |
Descarado |
Monaco Consul |
2:32.6 |
| 2009 |
Roman Emperor |
Harris Tweed |
Predatory Pricer |
2:31.0 |
| 2008 |
Nom De Jeu |
Red Ruler |
Littorio |
2:36.2 |
| 2007 |
Flumicino |
Ambitious General |
Tuesday Joy |
2:36.4 |
| 2006 |
Headturner |
De Beers |
Testafiable |
2:29.9 |
| 2005 |
Eremein |
Stella Grande |
Railings |
2:35.8 |
| 2004 |
Starcraft |
Braeloch |
Delzao |
2:34.8 |
| 2003 |
Clangalang |
Strasbourg |
Mummify |
2:32.3 |
| 2002 |
Don Eduardo |
Carnegie Express |
Pentastic |
2:32.7 |
| 2001 |
Universal Prince |
Sir Clive |
Danamite |
2:30.8 |
| 2000 |
Fairway |
Shogun Lodge |
Now Voyager |
2:34.0 |