James McDonald celebrates his Victoria Derby 2023 win. Photo by Getty Images
The Victoria Derby jockeys, weights, and barriers for the 2024 Victoria Derby at Flemington – taking place on Saturday the 2nd of November 2024 – have been released.
The full field is below:
| No | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EL CASTELLO | Anthony Cummings | Joshua Parr | 18 | 57kg |
| 2 | RED ACES | Nick Ryan | Jamie Mott | 4 | 57kg |
| 3 | KEENELAND (NZ) | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | Hugh Bowman | 11 | 57kg |
| 4 | GOLDRUSH GURU | Andrew Gluyas | Ms Jamie Kah | 15 | 57kg |
| 5 | SAINT EMILION | Ciaron Maher | Tim Clark | 6 | 57kg |
| 6 | KINGOFWALLSTREET | Matt Cumani | Michael Dee | 10 | 57kg |
| 7 | POLITELY DUN | Danny O’Brien | Damian Lane | 5 | 57kg |
| 8 | KING OF THUNDER (NZ) | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | James McDonald | 1 | 57kg |
| 9 | TENBURY WELLS | Brad Widdup | Blake Shinn | 14 | 57kg |
| 10 | PERU | Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson | Declan Bates | 2 | 57kg |
| 11 | CHINA SEA | John Sargent | Mark Zahra | 7 | 57kg |
| 12 | HOT TOO GO | Danny O’Brien | Jordan Childs | 13 | 57kg |
| 13 | SCARY (NZ) | Emma-Lee & David Browne | Luke Nolen | 8 | 57kg |
| 14 | OXFORD BLUE | Julius Sandhu | Ethan Brown | 16 | 57kg |
| 15 | WEST INDIES (NZ) | Mark Walker | Craig Newitt | 17 | 57kg |
| 16 | AUTUMNHEAT | Matt Cumani | Eoin Walsh | 12 | 57kg |
| 17e | WAR RIBBON | David Payne | John Allen | 3 | 57kg |
| 18e | CECCHETTI | Matt Cumani | Daniel Stackhouse | 9 | 57kg |
We have a quick preview of Saturday’s big races below as well:
And, of course all the markets for the weekend racing too: