Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies)

The Blue Diamond Fillies Preview is a Group 3 race run in late January as a traditional lead-up to the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes in February each autumn.

2024 Blue Diamond Fillies Preview Results

  • 1st: #1 Hayasugi
  • 2nd: #8 Tobeornottobe
  • 3rd: #5 Matisse



The Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) is a Group 3 race for two-year-old fillies run at Caulfield Racecourse* in late January. The 1000m sprint is a traditional lead-up to the Group 1 $2 million Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) the following month during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival and offers $200,000 in total prize money.

*In 2023 the Blue Diamond Fillies Preview and Australia Day races in Melbourne took place at Ladbrokes Park Hillside, Sandown. 

Miracles Of Life (2013) was the last winner of the Blue Diamond Fillies Preview – Blue Diamond Stakes double. A set weights plus penalties sprint, the Blue Diamond Fillies Preview is accompanied on the card by the Listed Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Preview (1000m).

Most fillies in the Blue Diamond Preview field will back-up in the Group 2 Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies) run over 1100m back at the track a fortnight later.

The 2022 Blue Diamond Fillies Preview winner Miss Roseiano went on to run second next-up in the Blue Diamond Prelude.

The Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 2024 ran on Friday January 26, 2024 as part of Melbourne’s Australia Day race program and was won narrowly by the experienced Clinton McDonald-trained Hayasugi ($5.50).

2024 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies)
Date: Friday January 26, 2024
Track: Caulfield Racecourse
Distance: 1000m
Race Type: 2YO Fillies – SW+P
Status: Group 3
Prize Money: $200,000

2024 Blue Diamond Fillies Preview Results

  • 1st: #1 Hayasugi ($5.50)
  • 2nd: #8 Tobeornottobe
  • 3rd: #5 Matisse

Clinton McDonald’s progressive Inglis Banner runner-up, Royal Meeting filly Hayasugi ($5.50), was good breaking her maiden status at her third career start coming strongly down the outside over the closing stages to run down Tobeornottobe in a photo-finish 2024 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) result on Australia Day at Caulfield. 

  Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Penalty Starting Price
  1 1 HAYASUGI Clinton McDonald Ms Jamie Kah   8 56kg   $5.50
  2 8 TOBEORNOTTOBE Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock Jye McNeil 0.1L 3 56kg   $6
  3 5 MATISSE Anthony & Sam Freedman Damian Lane 0.5L 1 56kg   $5EF
  4 7 SHEHUNGTHEMOON Anthony & Sam Freedman Mark Zahra 1.5L 7 56kg   $5EF
  5 6 MIND SHIFT Anthony & Sam Freedman Luke Currie 2.75L 2 56kg   $6
  6 2 BELLA CORAZON Annabel Neasham Blake Shinn 4L 4 56kg   $6
  7 3 COOL STAR Tetyana Furdetska Ms Carleen Hefel 6L 5 56kg   $51
  8 9 WHERE’S BRITTANY Leon & Troy Corstens Blaike McDougall 6.3L 9 56kg   $26
  9 4 I ONLY WISH Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock Joe Bowditch 7.05L 6 56kg   $20

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2024 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) Odds

The latest Blue Diamond Fillies Preview 2024 odds will be listed below complete with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au for you to back your Blue Diamond tips at the best price.

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2024 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) Form Guide

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2024 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Blue Diamond Fillies Preview 2024 Tips on the Australia Day showdown this January.

This nicely-bred Microphone filly is on debut without an official trial but there is some hype around the stable (Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained) and think from the inside alley in this field with Damian Lane in the saddle she can make an impact from the get go. 

2024 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) Field

The Blue Diamond Fillies Preview field features a quality line-up of lightly-raced two-year-old fillies at the start of their autumn campaigns and is released by Racing Victoria the week of the race.

The 2024 Blue Diamond Fillies Preview final field features a line-up of promising two-year-old fillies including the Clinton McDonald-trained Group 3 performer Hayasugi having her third career start first-up. 

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Probable Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 25x HAYASUGI Clinton McDonald Ms Jamie Kah 8 56kg      
2   BELLA CORAZON Annabel Neasham Blake Shinn 4 56kg      
3 5 COOL STAR Tetyana Furdetska Ms Carleen Hefel 5 56kg      
4   I ONLY WISH Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock Joe Bowditch 6 56kg      
5   MATISSE Anthony & Sam Freedman Damian Lane 1 56kg      
6   MIND SHIFT Anthony & Sam Freedman Luke Currie 2 56kg      
7   SHEHUNGTHEMOON Anthony & Sam Freedman Mark Zahra 7 56kg      
8   TOBEORNOTTOBE Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock Jye McNeil 3 56kg      
9   WHERE’S BRITTANY Leon & Troy Corstens Blaike McDougall 9 56kg      

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2024 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) Nominations

Early nominations for the Blue Diamond Fillies Preview close the Monday of race week.

  Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Ballot Weight True Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 25x HAYASUGI F 2 Clinton McDonald 1 56kg      
2 5 COOL STAR F 2 Tetyana Furdetska 2 56kg      
3   BELLA CORAZON F 2 Annabel Neasham 3= 56kg      
4   BETWITCHERY F 2 Leon & Troy Corstens 3= 56kg      
5   BROADHURST F 2 Liam Howley 3= 56kg      
6   FLYE F 2 Jason Warren 3= 56kg      
7   I ONLY WISH F 2 Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock 3= 56kg      
8   MATISSE F 2 Anthony & Sam Freedman 3= 56kg      
9   MIND SHIFT F 2 Anthony & Sam Freedman 3= 56kg      
10   SHAROHA F 2 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 3= 56kg      
11   SHE SMASHES F 2 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 3= 56kg      
12   SHEHUNGTHEMOON F 2 Anthony & Sam Freedman 3= 56kg      
13   TOBEORNOTTOBE F 2 Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock 3= 56kg      
14   TONKIN F 2 Anthony & Sam Freedman 3= 56kg      
15   WHERE’S BRITTANY F 2 Leon & Troy Corstens 3= 56kg      

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) History

The Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) was first run in 1982 as a Listed race and Olive Branch was the inaugural winner.

Plenty of classy fillies have since won the event including Bounding Away (1986), Triscay (1990), Rostova (2009), Crystal Lily (2010), Miracles Of Life (2013), and Eloping (2014).

The race was upgraded to a Group 3 event from 1988-2004, dropped back to Listed class from 2005-14 and regained its current Group 3 status again in 2015. From 1982-83 the race was run over 1200m, but has been contested over a shorter 1000m distance since 1984.

Sandown Racecourse has also hosted the Blue Diamond Preview races on a number of occasions. The 2005 edition of the race was declared by stewards as a ‘No Race’ after two of the fillies had a “flying start” and jumped through the stalls before the barriers officially opened.

In 2017 the Blue Diamond Fillies Preview runner-up Tulip went on to run third in that autumn’s Group 1 $5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) in Sydney.

Recent Blue Diamond Preview Fillies Winners

See below for a complete list of Blue Diamond Preview winning fillies and results going back to 2000.

Year Place Horse Time
 
2024 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Hayasugi 58.07 seconds
2nd Tobeornottobe
3rd Matisse
 
2023 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st De Sonic Boom 58.28 seconds
2nd Zousuko
3rd Sensical
 
2022 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Miss Roseiano 57.18 seconds
2nd Written Swoosh
3rd Latizia
 
2021 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Dosh 58.17 seconds
2nd Tayla’s Moment
3rd Frost Flowers
 
2020 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st A Beautiful Night 57.27 seconds
2nd Fresh
3rd Unstoppable
 
2019 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Catch Me 57.28 seconds
2nd Jedastar
3rd Shih Tzou
 
2018 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Lady Horseowner 57.85 seconds
2nd Crossing The Abbey
3rd Oohood
 
2017 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Limestone 56.88 seconds
2nd Tulip
3rd Chateau Griffo
 
2016 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Sword Of Light 57.5 seconds
2nd Emphatically
3rd Dream First
 
2015 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Fontiton 58.1 seconds
2nd Haybah
3rd Pursuits
 
2014 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Eloping 57.6 seconds
2nd Lumosty
3rd Sakitto
 
2013 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Miracles Of Life 57.3 seconds
2nd Diamond Glow
3rd Swing Vote
 
2012 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Malasun 57.2 seconds
2nd Members Joy
3rd Sabie
 
2011 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st One Last Dance 57.8 seconds
2nd Anevay
3rd Graskop
 
2010 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Crystal Lily 56.8 seconds
2nd Shaaheq
3rd Warm Love
 
2009 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Rostova 57.3 seconds
2nd Irish Lights
3rd Baby Corn
 
2008 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Siennas Fury 57.65 seconds
2nd Marveen
3rd Believe’n’succeed
 
2007 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Beauty School 57.14 seconds
2nd Behind
3rd Familial
 
2006 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Jumlah 55.81 seconds
2nd Silverbeat
3rd Red Pluton
 
2005 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Void Race
2nd
3rd
 
2004 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st World Peace 57.14 seconds
2nd Granma Gertey
3rd One World
 
2003 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Halibery 57.41 seconds
2nd Gaelic Princess
3rd Roedean
 
2002 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Bardego 58.68 seconds
2nd Brief Embrace
3rd Romantic Flyer
 
2001 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Ashkaleta 59.49 seconds
2nd Faiza
3rd Patterns
 
2000 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Ponton Flyer 56.86 seconds
2nd Operettas
3rd Happy Empress

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