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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.
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) | |
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Date: | Friday January 26, 2024 |
Track: | Caulfield Racecourse |
Distance: | 1000m |
Race Type: | 2YO Fillies – SW+P |
Status: | Group 3 |
Prize Money: | $200,000 |
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 | |
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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.
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.
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.
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 |
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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.
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 | |
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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.
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.
See below for a complete list of Blue Diamond Preview winning fillies and results going back to 2000.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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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 |