12-691: The Australian Derby is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds at set weights held at Randwick Racecourse , Sydney , Australia in April, during the Autumn ATC Championships Carnival. The race is considered to be the top ranked event for three-year-olds in Australian and New Zealand race classifications. Inaugurated in 1861 as the AJC Randwick Derby Stakes,
24-677: A jockey : Notes: The premier race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds in other countries: Australian Turf Club Australian Turf Club ( ATC ) owns and operates thoroughbred racing, events and hospitality venues across Sydney , Australia. The ATC came into being on 7 February 2011 when the Australian Jockey Club ( AJC ) and the Sydney Turf Club ( STC ) merged. The ATC primarily operates out of their offices at Randwick Racecourse and employs approximately 270 full-time staff and over 1,000 casual staff across
36-888: A merger as they were financially stable. Nevertheless, the board of the STC decided to proceed with a merger. The Australian Jockey and Sydney Turf Clubs Merger Act 2010 merged the two clubs under the name of the Australian Turf Club. Five venues are operated by the ATC: ATC's Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival includes the Golden Slipper Carnival at Rosehill Gardens consisting of Ladies Day, Golden Slipper Day and Stakes Day, followed by three racedays at Royal Randwick: The Championships Day 1 (Derby Day), The Championships Day 2 (Queen Elizabeth Stakes Day) and All Aged Stakes Day. The Everest Carnival in spring features
48-499: The 1928 Derby, but he wasn't in the race. It was a horse called Cragsman, by the same sire but with a different dam. This substitution came to light when Dick Tate of Toowoomba saw a picture of the Derby winner and was aware that Prince Humphrey had different markings, and had photographs to prove it. From 1932 to 1956, geldings were banned from competing in the Derby. Originally run at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles, in 1972
60-487: The New South Wales racing industry from collapse. The Government of New South Wales pledged $ 174 million for Sydney racing if the merger went ahead, including a major revitalisation of Randwick Racecourse . The move for a merger was controversial, with members of both clubs hesitant to lose their respective identities. While AJC members voted in favour of a merger due to financial issues, STC members voted against
72-461: The early 1940s. However, the first push for a merger came at the start of the century, with STC chairman Graeme Pash opening up the possibility of a merger during his tenure. Mentioned briefly in jest by Sydney Morning Herald journalist Craig Young in 2003, the first real push for a merger came with the release of a report by Ernst & Young in June 2009 which recommended that a merger would save
84-768: The first race was won by Kyogle, a grandson of the Touchstone who was a four-time Champion sire in Great Britain & Ireland . In 1865 the name of the race was changed to the AJC Australia Derby Stakes then from 1873 through 1993 it was called the AJC Derby. Although the race officially became the AJC Australian Derby in 1994, it is still commonly referred to as the AJC Derby. The official records show that Prince Humphrey won
96-607: The five venues. The venues include Randwick, Rosehill Gardens , Canterbury Park , Warwick Farm and the Rosehill Bowling Club. The Australian Jockey Club (AJC) was founded in January 1842. It morphed from the former Australian Racing Committee set up in May 1840 to set the standards for racing in the colony. Races were held at the newly established Homebush Course which was headquarters of NSW racing until 1860. The AJC
108-501: The race was changed to 2,400 metres (~11.93 furlongs) to conform to the metric system . In 1978 there was no race held and under a reorganisation, it was changed from a spring racing event to be run in the autumn beginning in 1979. Contested over 2,400 metres on a right-handed turf course, it has been won by some of the greats of the Australian turf, including Phar Lap , Tulloch , and Kingston Town . Time record: (at current 2,400 metres distance) Largest winning margin: Most wins by
120-837: The world's richest race on turf - the $ 15m The Everest , run in October over 1200m at Royal Randwick. It also features the new "Golden Slam", which gives horses the opportunity to win the Golden Slipper Stakes at age 2, the Golden Rose at age 3 and the Golden Eagle at age 4, with an added $ 5 million in prizemoney for the trio. In 2008 the Autumn Carnival was delayed by four weeks due to the 2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak. Sydney Morning Herald Too Many Requests If you report this error to
132-663: Was considered the senior racing club in Australia and was responsible for founding the Australian Stud Book , which the combined club still oversees today. The club also, in conjunction with the Victoria Racing Club , formulated the Rules of Racing that are followed by all Australian race clubs. The Sydney Turf Club (STC) was founded in 1943 and was the youngest of Australia's principal race clubs. It
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#1732773384865144-660: Was formed following an Act passed by the New South Wales parliament called the Sydney Turf Club Act. The Act had taken 40 years to draft and gave the club the power to hold 62 race meetings a year at the tracks and empowered it to wind up other proprietary clubs that still existed in the Sydney area through a special Racing Compensation Fund. Both the AJC and the STC had co-existed as independent bodies since
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