Queensland Derby
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Group races
Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...
Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horse race for three year olds at, set weights, run over a distance of 2400 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse
Eagle Farm Racecourse
Eagle Farm Racecourse is a horse racing venue in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located in the suburb of Ascot, 7 km from the Brisbane central business district....
, Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
in June. Total prizemoney is A$500,000.
The race was first run in Gayndah
Gayndah, Queensland
Gayndah is a town located on the Burnett River in Queensland, Australia. It is north of the state capital, Brisbane, and west of the regional city of Maryborough. The Burnett Highway passes through the town. At the 2006 census, Gayndah had a population of 1,745.-History:Exploration of the...
in 1868, before moving to Eagle Farm in 1871.
The winners
- 2011 - Shootoff
- 2010 - Dariana
- 2009 - Court Ruler
- 2008 - Riva San
- 2007 - Empires Choice
- 2006 - Ice Chariot
- 2005 - Lachlan River
- 2004 - Toulouse Lautrec
- 2003 - Half Hennessy
- 2002 - County Tyrone
- 2001 - De Gaulle Lane
- 2000 - Freemason
- 1999 - Camarena
- 1998 - Dodge
- 1997 - Yippyio
- 1996 - Valance
- 1995 - Turridu
- 1994 - Tenor
- 1993 - Air Seattle
- 1992 - Royal Magic
- 1991 - Dorset Downs
- 1990 - Rough HabitRough HabitRough Habit was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won 11 Group One races on both sides of the Tasman, and won New Zealand's Horse of the Year Award in 1992 and 1995....
- 1989 - Hidden Rhythm
- 1988 - Bravery
- 1987 - Princess Gracious
- 1986 - Handy Proverb
- 1985 - Tristina
- 1984 - Librici
- 1983 - Strawberry RoadStrawberry RoadStrawberry Road was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who went on to race in Germany, France, the United States, and Japan...
- 1982 - Our Planet
- 1981 - Mr. Cromwell
- 1980 - Kingston TownKingston TownKingston Town was an outstanding Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won a record three Cox Plates and 11 other Group One races in a career spanning from 1979 to 1982...
- 1979 - Double Century
- 1978 - Lefroy
- 1977 - Florissa
- 1976 - Cheyne Walk
- 1975 - Bottled Sunshine
- 1974 - Count Rapier
- 1973 - Analie
- 1972 - not held
- 1971 - Amby's Love
- 1970 - Silver Sharpe
- 1969 - Intrepid Clipper
- 1968 - Tails
- 1967 - Minto Crag
- 1966 - Dark Briar
- 1965 - Bahram Star
- 1964 - Royal Sovereign
- 1963 - Confidence
- 1962 - Honest Man
- 1961 - Raajpoot
- 1960 - Persian Lyric
- 1959 -Travel Boy
- 1958 - Earlwood
- 1957 - TullochTulloch (horse)Tulloch was a Thoroughbred racehorse, who is regarded as one of the three finest racehorses in Australian racing history...
- 1956 - Book Link
- 1955 - Regal Dignity
- 1954 - The Wash
- 1953 - Castillo
- 1952 - Headstockman
- 1951 - Forest Beau
- 1950 - Basha Felika
- 1949 - Pocket Money
- 1948 - Blue Slipper
- 1947 - Sefiona
- 1946 - Te Tana
- 1945 - not held
- 1944 - not held
- 1943 - not held
- 1942 - not held
- 1941 - Lord Spear
- 1940 - Fearless Fox
- 1939 - Spearace
- 1938 - Hendra Lad
- 1937 - Spear Chief
- 1936 - Six Fifty
- 1935 - Auto Buz
- 1934 - Glen's Spear
- 1933 - Waikare
- 1932 - Braeburn
- 1931 - Lough Neagh
- 1930 - Monash Valley
- 1929 - Bernfield
- 1928 - Paddi Eve
- 1927 - High Syce
- 1926 - Kitty Paddington
- 1925 - Wee Glen
- 1924 - Serelot
- 1923 - Ardglen
- 1922 - Kingslot
- 1921 - Lawn Mower
- 1920 - Seremist
- 1919 - Boy Syce
- 1918 - Syce Lad
- 1917 - Symposium
- 1916 - Lord Acre
- 1915 - Rascasse
- 1914 - Fog Bell
- 1913 - Signal Lamp
- 1912 - King Cleo
- 1911 - Maritoria
- 1910 - Persian Jewel
- 1909 - Braw Laddie
- 1908 - Flaxen
- 1907 - Euroa
- 1906 - Togo
- 1905 - Alexis
- 1904 - Joyance
- 1903 - Fitz Grafton
- 1902 - Balfour
- 1901 - Narelle
- 1900 - Musket
- 1899 - Master Bernie
- 1898 - Boreas II
- 1897 - The Guard
- 1896 - Greyleg
- 1895 - Black Diamond
- 1894 - Czarina
- 1893 - Triton
- 1892 - Tridentate
- 1891 - Splendide
- 1890 - Garuda
- 1889 - Fernando
- 1888 - Greywing
- 1887 - Lord Headington
- 1886 - Fano
- 1885 - Elbe
- 1884 - Petronel
- 1883 - Wheatmeat
- 1882 - Goldfinder
- 1881 - Legerdemain
- 1880 - Waterloo
- 1879 - Elastic
- 1878 - Whisker
- 1877 - not held
- 1876 - not held
- 1875 - not held
- 1874 - not held
- 1873 - not held
- 1872 - J.L.
- 1871 - Florence
- 1870 - Grafton
- 1870 - Grafton
- 1869 - Zambesi
- 1868 - Hermit