Horse Racing

The Blue Diamond Stakes is Victoria’s premier sprint race for two year old horses, offering an unmatched $1 million in prize money.

The Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes is held at Melbourne’s Caulfield Racecourse and is run over a distance of 1200m.

As a set-weight race, colts and geldings in the Blue Diamond Stakes are required to carry 55.5kg and fillies must carry 53kg. The winner of the Blue Diamond Stakes takes home $600,000 in prize money plus a trophy worth $15,000.

The 2012 Blue Diamond Stakes will be run at Caulfield Racecourse on Saturday 25th February 2012.

Blue Diamond Stakes History

First run in 1971 and won by Tolerance, the Blue Diamond Stakes went on to be claimed by sprinting champion Manikato in 1978. In 1994, Hurricane Sky managed to record the fastest stakes time with a finishing time of 1 minute 8.10 seconds.

Adding to the list of records is jockey Dwane Dunn who managed his fourth consecutive win with Reaan in 2008 after winning with Sleek Chassis, Nadeem and Undoubtedly the previous years. The major lead-up races to the event are the Group 3 Blue Diamond Prelude for Colts and Geldings and the Blue Diamond Prelude for Fillies. Only one horse has managed to win both their prelude race and the Blue Diamond Stakes race, which is the filly Alinghi in 2004.

Recent Blue Diamond Stakes