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The Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes is Victoria’s premier sprint race for two year old horses, offering an unmatched $1.5 million in prize money.

The Group 1 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes is held at Melbourne’s Caulfield Racecourse each February during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival and is run over a sprint distance of 1200m.

As a set-weights race the colts and geldings in the Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes field are required to carry 55.5kg and fillies must carry 53kg. The winner of the Blue Diamond Stakes takes home $900,000 in prize money plus a trophy worth $15,000.

The Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes Day features a total of three elite level autumn races being accompanied on the card by the Group 1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) and Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m).

The 2018  Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes ran at Caulfield Racecourse on Saturday February 24, 2018 and was won by the favourite Written By.

2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes
Date:	Saturday February 24, 2018
Racecourse:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	2YO Set Weight
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1,500,000

2018 Blue Diamond Stakes Results

• 1st: #2 Written By
• 2nd: #10 Enbihaar
• 3rd: #16 Oohood

See below for the official Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes 2018 Results & Finishing Order, following the link to read more on the dominant win by the well-supported favourite Written By who had two and a half lengths to spare on the second placed filly Enbihaar, both coming off respective Blue Diamond Prelude wins.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	2	WRITTEN BY	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	–	15	56.5kg	$5.50F
2	10	ENBIHAAR	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Cory Parish	2.5L	16	54.5kg	$21
3	16	OOHOOD	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	2.7L	9	54.5kg	$9
4	4	PRAIRIE FIRE	Mick Price	Mark Zahra	3.95L	1	56.5kg	$8.50
5	6	ENCRYPTION	James Cummings	Damian Lane	4.05L	12	56.5kg	$13
6	17e	ARISTOCRATIC MISS	Tony McEvoy	Jamie Kah	4.55L	14	54.5kg	$101
7	15	QAFILA	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	5.3L	13	54.5kg	$20
8	12	LADY HORSEOWNER	Greg Eurell	Ms Nikita Beriman	8.05L	10	54.5kg	$51
9	13	ENNIS HILL	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Stephen Baster	8.8L	3	54.5kg	$7.50
10	18e	MORE THAN EXCEED (NZ)	Phillip Stokes	Dom Tourneur	8.9L	7	56.5kg	$61
11	11	KINKY BOOM	Tony McEvoy	Craig Williams	9.65L	11	54.5kg	$9
12	1	LONG LEAF	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Kerrin McEvoy	11.15L	6	56.5kg	$8.50
13	9	GRAND SYMPHONY Robbie Griffiths	Jye McNeil	12.9L	4	56.5kg	$101
14	8	PLAGUE STONE	James Cummings	Ben Melham	13L	5	56.5kg	$8.50
15	3	RUN NAAN	Tony McEvoy	Andrew Mallyon	13.1L	2	56.5kg	$31
16	14	CROSSING THE ABBEY	Tim Hughes	Luke Nolen	16.6L	8	54.5kg	$101
–	20e	MELVEEN	Henry Dwyer	Damien Thornton	–	0	–	–
–	19e	ROOBEENA	Tony McEvoy	–	–	0	–	–
–	7	NATIVE SOLDIER	Darren Weir	Brad Rawiller	–	0	–	–
–	5	OLLIVANDER	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Chris Symons	–	0	–	–

2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes Tips

• 1st: #13 Ennis Hill
• 2nd: #4 Prairie Fire
• 3rd: #1 Long Leaf

Check out our full 2018 Blue Diamond Stakes Tips & Exotic Selections now.

2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes Form Guide

Check out our insider Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes 2018 Form Guide & Betting Preview.

2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes Betting Odds

The futures markets for the Blue Diamond Stakes field 2018 courtesy of the race sponsor Ladbrokes.com.au will be listed below with all-in pricing on the hopeful two-year-olds heading towards the autumn Group 1 classic as soon as announced.

2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes Field

The official Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes field and barrier draw are released by Racing Victoria the Tuesday before the race.

The Blue Diamond Stakes field is determined after three rounds of earlier declarations that take place from November of the year before. Final Blue Diamond Stakes acceptances cost connections a fee of $5,500.

The Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes Final Field & Barriers are set for release at 9am (local time) on Tuesday February 20, 2018. 

The official Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes 2018 Field has attracted a capacity line-up of two-year-olds including four for last year’s winning stable with the Lindsay Park contingent led by Long Leaf and the BD Fillies Prelude winner Enbihaar. Trainer Darren Weir saddles-up his first Blue Diamond starter with Native Soldier, while jockey Craig Williams chases successive wins jumping on the Tony McEvoy-trained co-favourite Kinky Boom.

Read more on the confirmed 2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes Horses & Jockeys.

The official Blue Diamond Stakes 2018 Barrier Draw is also now out with the rails run belonging to last Saturday’s Talindert Stakes winner Prairie Fire on the quick back-up. Suffering an early blow with a wide alley for the classic were the Prelude winners Written By (18) and Enbihaar (19). Long Leaf is now co-favourite with Plague Stone after the duo fared well in barriers seven and six respectively.

Read more on the official 2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes Barriers.

2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes Field Update: Two early scratchings from the line-up – #5 Ollivander (3) and the widely-drawn Darren Weir-trained #7 Native Soldier (20) – sees the first two emergencies gain a start in the still capacity 16 horse Blue Diamond Stakes 2018 field.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	11×1	LONG LEAF	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Kerrin McEvoy	7	56.5kg
2	1×1	WRITTEN BY	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	18	56.5kg
3	11×35	RUN NAAN	Tony McEvoy	Andrew Mallyon	2	56.5kg
4	31	PRAIRIE FIRE	Mick Price	Mark Zahra	1	56.5kg
5	120	OLLIVANDER	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Chris Symons	3	56.5kg
6	32×2	ENCRYPTION	James Cummings	Damian Lane	15	56.5kg
7	56113	NATIVE SOLDIER	Darren Weir	Brad Rawiller	20	56.5kg
8	2×2	PLAGUE STONE	James Cummings	Ben Melham	6	56.5kg
9	2	GRAND SYMPHONY	Robbie Griffiths	Jye McNeil	5	56.5kg
10	11	ENBIHAAR	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Cory Parish	19	54.5kg
11	1	KINKY BOOM	Tony McEvoy	Craig Williams	14	54.5kg
12	11	LADY HORSEOWNER	Greg Eurell	Ms Nikita Beriman	12	54.5kg
13	41	ENNIS HILL	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Stephen Baster	4	54.5kg
14	4×126	CROSSING THE ABBEY	Tim Hughes	Luke Nolen	9	54.5kg
15	14x	QAFILA	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	16	54.5kg
16	2×32	OOHOOD	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	10	54.5kg
17e	3×332	ARISTOCRATIC MISS	Tony McEvoy	Jamie Kah	17	54.5kg
18e	2×1	MORE THAN EXCEED (NZ)	Phillip Stokes	Dom Tourneur	8	56.5kg
19e	2×65	ROOBEENA	Tony McEvoy	TBA	13	54.5kg
20e	61	MELVEEN	Henry Dwyer	Damien Thornton	11	54.5kg

2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes Nominations

The very first Blue Diamond Stakes nominations close around early July the previous year.

The 2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes nominations attracted a record 1470 early entries that can be found on the official Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) website.

2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes First Declarations

Helping to narrow down the list of youngsters heading towards the Group 1 of the following February, the Blue Diamond Stakes first declarations or first acceptances close the November prior and traditionally feature around 500 – 600 youngsters.Connections are charged a $330 fee at first acceptance stage in the Blue Diamond Stakes, which is the same cost of the nominations of yearlings for the classic.

The 2018 Blue Diamond Stakes first acceptances closed at midday (local time) on Tuesday November 21, 2017.

View the 2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes First Declarations on the official Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) website.

2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes Second Declarations

The Blue Diamond Stakes field begins to take further shape when the Blue Diamond Stakes second declarations or acceptances close in early January, around one and a half months before Blue Diamond Stakes Day. Blue Diamond second declarations cost connections a $440 fee.

The 2018 Blue Diamond Stakes second acceptances closed at midday (local time) on Tuesday January 9, 2018. 

The 2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes Second Acceptances attracted 220 hopefuls including Magic Millions 2YO Classic fancy Sunlight and a record 26 entries for last year’s winning stable Lindsay Park including pre-race favourite Qaflia.

Read more on the 2018 Blue Diamond Stakes Second Declarations.

2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes Third Declarations

The third round of Blue Diamond Stakes declarations are the last before the final Blue Diamond Stakes field is announced the week of the race. Blue Diamond Stakes third declarations cost connections a fee of $660 and close in late January.

After third declarations but before the final field is released, connections have a final chance to enter their horses into the Blue Diamond Stakes field the Monday before the race at a hefty late entry fee of $55,000.

The 2018 Blue Diamond Stakes third acceptances closed at midday (local time) on Tuesday January 30, 2018.

The official Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes 2018 Third Acceptances attracted a record-equalling 84 entries including Lindsay Park’s Blue Diamond C&G Preview winner Long Leaf and Tony McEvoy’s promising filly Oohood.

Read more on the 2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes Third Declarations.

Blue Diamond Stakes History & Records

First run in 1971 and won by Tolerance, the Blue Diamond Stakes went on to be claimed by sprinting champion Manikato in 1978.

Adding to the list of recent Blue Diamond Stakes records was jockey Dwane Dunn who managed his fourth consecutive win in the classic with Reaan in 2008 after winning with Sleek Chassis (2007), Nadeem (2006) and Undoubtedly (2005).

David Hayes has trained six Blue Diamond Stakes winners (since 1983) with: Mahassin (1990), Canonise (1991), Nadeem (2006), Sleek Chassis (2007) and Reaan (2008) along with Catchy (2017) in partnership with his son Ben and nephew Tom Dabernig.

See below for a full list of Blue Diamond Stakes winners and placegetters going back to 2000.

Recent Blue Diamond Stakes

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2018 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Written By	1 minute 9.86 seconds
	2nd	Enbihaar
	3rd	Oohood
2017 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Catchy	1 minute 09.38 seconds
	2nd	Pariah
	3rd	Formality
2016 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Extreme Choice	1 minute 8.9 seconds
	2nd	Flying Artie
	3rd	Zamzam
2015 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Pride Of Dubai	1 minute 10.5 seconds
	2nd	Reemah
	3rd	Lake Geneva
2014 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Earthquake	1 minute 09.87 seconds
	2nd	Jabali
	3rd	Cornrow
2013 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Miracles Of Life	1 minute 09.76 seconds
	2nd	Fast ‘N’ Rocking
	3rd	Godiva Rock
2012 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Samaready	1 minute 10.4 seconds
	2nd	No Looking Back
	3rd	Armed for Action
2011 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Sepoy	1 minute 8.5 seconds
	2nd	Hallowell Belle
	3rd	Masthead
2010 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Star Witness	1 minute 10.4 seconds
	2nd	Shaaheq
	3rd	Beneteau
2009 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Reward For Effort	1 minute 9.8 seconds
	2nd	Real Saga
	3rd	Maka Ena
2008 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Reaan	1 minute 11.4 seconds
	2nd	All American
	3rd	Burgeis
2007 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Sleek Chassis	1 minute 9.8 seconds
	2nd	Zizou
	3rd	Shrewd Rhythm
2006 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Nadeem	1 minute 12 seconds
	2nd	Miss Finland
	3rd	Wonderful World
2005 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Undoubtedly	1 minute 8.9 seconds
	2nd	Seidnazar
	3rd	Perfectly Ready
2004 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Alinghi	1 minute 9.8 seconds
	2nd	Wager
	3rd	World Peace
2003 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Kusi	1 minute 11 seconds
	2nd	Halibery
	3rd	Divine Secret
2002 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Bel Esprit	1 minute 9.2 seconds
	2nd	Brief Embrace
	3rd	Pillaging
2001 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	True Jewels	1 minute 9 seconds
	2nd	La Lagune
	3rd	Spectatorial
2000 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Road To Success	1 minute 9.8 seconds
	2nd	Ponton Flyer
	3rd	Mannington