Track records and attendances at Victoria Racing Club

Flemington track records

Playing host to 14 Group 1 races each year, Flemington attracts champion racehorses across all distances. The racecourse has been the setting for record-breaking wins by legendary thoroughbreds including Black Caviar and Makybe Diva, which remain track records to this day.

Distance (m)	Horse	Time	Date
1000	Black Caviar	55.42	Saturday, 16 February 2013
1100	Loveyamadly	1:02.15	Saturday, 2 March 2013
1200	Iglesia	1:07.16	Monday, 1 January 2001
1400	Lovey	1:20.60	Saturday, 12 December 1992
1600	Scenic Peak	1:33.49	Saturday, 9 November 2002
1700	Niconoise	1:40.83	Saturday, 16 February 2013
1800	Tahuna Gold	1:47.36	Tuesday, 2 November 1999
2000	Makybe Diva (GB)	1:58.73	Saturday, 12 March 2005
2500	Kawtuban (IRE)	2:33.00	Saturday, 7 November 1992
2600	Jovial Knight	2:41.00	Saturday, 2 October 1965
2800	Verdant (GB)	2:52.40	Tuesday, 6 November 2012
3200	Kingston Rule (USA)	3:16.30	Tuesday, 6 November 1990

Track attendance

The Melbourne Cup Carnival attracts huge crowds each year. It continues to be recognised as the highlight of the Australian racing calendar, and draws attendees from across Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and internationally.

Melbourne Cup Day was always the most popular race of the year until a new trend emerged in 2001, when both Derby Day and Oaks Day attendances surpassed Melbourne Cup Day as the popularity of the Melbourne Cup Carnival exploded.

When Makybe Diva won the first of her three Melbourne Cups in 2003 the official attendance was a record 122,736, which was only surpassed by the Derby Day crowd of 129,089 in 2006.

In 2007, the VRC introduced a new ticketing strategy which would cap attendance figures at 120,000 to avoid overcrowding.

Year	Derby	Cup	Oaks	Stakes	Total
2025	86,343	84,373	51,239	65,012	286,967
2024	81,612	91,168	50,873	62,022	285,675
2023	73,056	84,492	46,596	58,021	262,165
2022	71,327	73,816	45,046	54,019	244,208
2021	5,000*	10,000*	10,000*	10,000*	35,000*
2020	0**	0**	0**	0**	0**
2019	80,214	81,408	57,296	57,268	276,186
2018	91,194	83,471	61,355	67,567	303,587
2017	87,526	90,536	63,673	68,873	310,608
2016	90,136	97,479	60,888	70,351	318,854
2015	85,943	101,015	57,560	68,711	313,229
2014	90,244	100,794	64,430	70,051	325,519
2013	95,223	104,169	66,757	65,047	331,196
2012	98,823	106,162	71,825	74,546	351,356
2011	92,336	105,979	71,659	85,112	355,086
2010	90,361	110,223	75,088	77,506	353,178
2009	108,178	102,161	80,112	78,478	368,929
2008	117,776	107,280	89,338	81,652	396,046
2007	115,705	102,411	95,230	84,067	397,413
2006	129,089	106,691	104,131	78,158	418,069
2005	115,660	106,479	100,263	61,382	383,784
2004	115,542	98,161	110,677	45,734	370,114
2003	97,059	122,736	101,179	55,793	376,767
2002	101,898	102,533	103,269	47,593	355,293
2001	93,029	92,477	101,201	42,760	329,467
2000	92,581	121,015	96,406	42,311	352,313
1999	76,514	104,028	83,870	31,728	296,140
1998	75,805	100,607	77,301	31,249	284,962
1997	64,528	94,143	75,482	26,357	260,510
1996	64,099	90,149	67,086	25,736	247,070
1995	60,404	74,843	62,388	25,318	222,953
1994	54,467	81,650	50,176	22,624	208,917
1993	49,029	74,766	46,744	22,162	192,701
1992	45,729	86,206	50,925	21,495	204,355
1991	46,781	94,632	54,023	22,587	218,023
1990	47,497	92,536	50,196	21,414	211,643
1989	47,226	96,722	51,673	23,712	219,333
1988	44,848	93,440	48,490	23,341	210,119
1987	41,878	81,012	45,329	22,196	190,415
1986	42,824	87,129	42,649	21,051	193,653
1985	40,522	79,126	39,051	18,675	177,374
1984	39,771	82,740	40,812	19,739	183,062
1983	40,017	80,776	38,633	22,162	181,588
1982	42,519	91,152	37,028	19,725	190,424
1981	39,729	87,641	37,353	24,378	189,101
1980	38,032	101,261	37,098	25,262	201,653

**Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no patrons on course.

*Crowd numbers were restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Flemington track records

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Melbourne Cup Carnival track attendances