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Australian Derby 2022 Barrier Draw & Final Field

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Last updated: Tue 29 Mar 2022 05:42

Bets.com.au Staff 29 Mar 2022

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The barrier draw has been conducted for the 2022 Australian Derby
This Group One will be contested on Saturday, April 2 at Randwick
Full field available below

Hitotsu has drawn gate four in the 2022 Australian Derby. (Getty)

Hitotsu went straight from the mile of the Caulfield Guineas to contest the 2500m Victoria Derby last spring and is attempting a similar pattern here, stepping from the 1600m of the Australian Guineas.

The favourite will jump from barrier four under John Allen, who is looking for back-to-back Australian Derby wins for the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace stable, having combined with Explosive Jack last year.

Can't Go Wrong (barrier 6) and Elzamee (barrier 1) are also prepared by Ciaron Maher & David Eustace.

Champion New Zealand trainer Murray Baker will retire at the end of the Sydney Autumn Carnival and co-trainer Andrew Forsman is set to take over the stable going forward.

Baker has prepared 22 Australian Group 1 winners, a record for a NZ-based trainer and will be looking to add yet another Australian Derby, with Regal Lion (barrier 10) and White Noise (barrier 21) his 2022 contenders.

Murray's son, Bjorn Baker has War Eternal (barrier 9), Maurice's Medad (barrier 16), Sea Treasures (barrier 17) and Akahata (barrier 20) in the Australian Derby final field.

James Cummings (Alegron - barrier 3, Character - barrier 11), Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young (Forgot You - barrier 13, Footlights - barrier 2) and Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott (Castlereagh Kid - barrier 12, Zoumon - barrier 5) have dual representation.

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Australian Derby 2022 Barriers & Final Field

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1	Hitotsu	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	4	56.5kg	$3
2	Alegron	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	3	56.5kg	$15
3	Forgot You (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Mark Zahra	13	56.5kg	$6.50
4	Castlereagh Kid	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Nash Rawiller	12	56.5kg	$18
5	Regal Lion (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	James McDonald	10	56.5kg	$7
6	White Noise (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Robbie Dolan	21	56.5kg	$26
7	War Eternal (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Damian Lane	9	56.5kg	$19
8	Character	James Cummings	Tommy Berry	11	56.5kg	$11
9	Can't Go Wrong (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jamie Kah	6	56.5kg	$26
10	Maurice's Medad	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	16	56.5kg	$34
11	Raging Bull	David Payne	Craig Williams	15	56.5kg	$34
12	Elzamee	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Chad Schofield	1	56.5kg	$26
13	Zoumon	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	5	56.5kg	$61
14	Clyde	Gary Portelli	Shaun Guymer	8	56.5kg	$61
15	Benaud	John O'Shea	Brenton Avdulla	19	56.5kg	$15
16	Footlights (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	William Pike	2	56.5kg	$51
17	Sea Treasures (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Rachel King	17	56.5kg	$71
18	Akahata (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Brock Ryan	20	56.5kg	$101
19e	Asternishing	Mick Bell	Dean Holland	18	56.5kg	$201
20e	Mediaro	Matthew Smith	Jay Ford	14	56.5kg	$61
21e	Lukey Luke	Gwenda Markwell	Keagan Latham	7	56.5kg	$101

Odds courtesy of PlayUp & correct at 3.40pm on 29/03/2022.

Australian Derby Winners

Dating back to 1861 is the Australian Derby, making it one of Australia's oldest races with Phar Lap, Tulloch, Dulcify, Kingston Town and Bonecrusher some of the famous winners.

The champion Octagonal holds the time record for the Australian Derby with a 2:28.41 victory in 1996 with the biggest winning margin coming in 1886 when Trident strolled away to win the Australian Derby by 10 lengths.

Recent Australian Derby winners include Explosive Jack (2021), Quick Thinker (2020) and Angel Of Truth (2019).