Richard Gauthier Collection

Australian Jockey Club

Although the first race meeting in Australia was in October 1810 when racing was staged in Hyde Park Sydney, it was to be a further 30 years before the Australian Racing Committee was established in May 1840. Its purpose was to formalise racing throughout the country and by January 1842 the Australian Jockey Club came into being. Over the next 17 years the Club developed until 1859 when the revised set of Racing Rules for New South Wales was published. On 29th May 1860 the principal track of the AJC was Randwick Racecourse and, within a year, the inaugural running of the Australian Jockey Club Derby took place in 1861 when won by Kyogle. A list of recent AJC Derby winners is shown below.
2000 The AJC Derby was won by Fairway
2001 The AJC Derby was won by Universal Prince
2002 The AJC Derby was won by Don Eduardo
2003 The AJC Derby was won by Clangalang
2004 The AJC Derby was won by Starcraft
2005 The AJC Derby was won by Eremein
2006 The AJC Derby was won by Headturner
2007 The AJC Derby was won by Fiumicino
2008 The AJC Derby was won by Nom Du Jeu
2009 The AJC Derby was won by Roman Emperor
2010 The AJC Derby was won by Shoot Out
2011 The AJC Derby was won by Shamrocker
2012 The AJC Derby was won by Ethiopia
2013 The AJC Derby was won by It’s A Dundeel
2014 The AJC Derby was won by Criterion
2015 The AJC Derby was won by Mongolian Khan
2016 The AJC Derby was won by Tavago
2017 The AJC Derby was won by Jon Snow