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

The Group 1 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 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 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 2022 Neds Blue Diamond Stakes ran at Caulfield Racecourse on Saturday February 26, 2022 and was won in an upset by the Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained Preview winner Daumier. 

2022 Blue Diamond Stakes
Date:	Saturday February 26, 2022
Racecourse:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	2YO Set Weight
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1,500,000

2022 Blue Diamond Stakes Results

The Blue Diamond Stakes 2022 results will be published below as soon as the $1.5 million feature takes place on Saturday February 26, 2022.

• 1st: #3 Daumier ($20)
• 2nd: #11 Revolutionary Miss
• 3rd: #6 Jacquinot

Preview winner Daumier ($20) was outstanding with the blinkers going on, improving on a third in the Prelude to hold off a fast-finishing Revolutionary Miss ($4.60) and the beaten favourite Jacquinot ($4.40F) to narrowly head the 2022 Blue Diamond Stakes results.

Click here to read more on the impressive upset win by Daumier in the 2022 Blue Diamond Stakes results. 

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	3	DAUMIER	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Mark Zahra		5	57kg		$20
	2	11	REVOLUTIONARY MISS	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ms Jamie Kah	0.1L	11	55kg		$4.60
	3	6	JACQUINOT	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Damian Lane	0.4L	10	57kg		$4.40F
	4	4	SEBONACK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	1.15L	8	57kg		$6.50
	5	1	SEMILLION	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Damien Oliver	1.35L	15	57kg		$21
	6	14	ENGLISH RIVIERA	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	John Allen	1.45L	4	55kg		$17
	7	8	MERCHANT PRINCE	Peter G Moody	Luke Nolen	2.45L	12	57kg		$101
	8	5	COUNTTHEHEADLIGHTS	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Allen	2.65L	7	57kg		$21
	9	15	WALTZ ON BY	Peter G Moody	Blaike McDougall	2.75L	1	55kg		$16
	10	12	MISS ROSEIANO	Peter Gelagotis	Jordan Childs	3.25L	9	55kg		$8
	11	7	RAMPANT LION	Peter G Moody	Kerrin McEvoy	3.35L	6	57kg		$26
	12	13	KIKI EXPRESS	Mathew Ellerton	Damien Thornton	4.35L	3	55kg		$81
	13	10	HAFEY	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Craig Williams	7.85L	13	57kg		$18
	14	16	SEVEN SISTERS	James Cummings	Fred Kersley	9.1L	14	55kg		$26
	15	9	FLASHING STEEL	Annabel Neasham	Brodie Loy	11.35L	2	57kg		$151
		2	LOFTY STRIKE	Julius Sandhu	Jamie Mott		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 Blue Diamond Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Blue Diamond Stakes tips for 2022 with the top three two-year-olds to back home in the Group 1 autumn classic.

• Favourite: #6 Jacquinot ($5 at time of publish)
• Best Bet: #11 Revolutionary Miss ($7 at time of publish) 
• Best Roughie: #3 Daumier ($14 at time of publish)

2022 Blue Diamond Stakes Betting Odds

The futures markets for the Blue Diamond Stakes field 2022 courtesy of 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.

There was a notable upset in 2022 with the winner Daumier saluting at Blue Diamond Stakes odds of $20.

2022 Blue Diamond Stakes Field

The official 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 2022 Blue Diamond Stakes Final Acceptances close at 9am (local time), Wednesday the 23rd of February, 2022. 

The original Blue Diamond Stakes 2022 field featured a full line-up two-year-olds including both Prelude winners Lofty Strike and Revolutionary Miss; and three runners for trainer Peter Moody who won the race back in 2009 with Reward For Effort.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2022 Blue Diamond Stakes field and betting markets.

The official Blue Diamond Stakes 2022 barrier draw also took place on Tuesday with Lofty Strike in barrier 13, while the also undefeated Sebonack for Team Hawkes drew ideally with gate eight.

SCRATCHINGS UPDATE: #2 Lofty Strike (13) has been scratched from the Blue Diamond Stakes 2022 field due to lameness after failing to pass his final vet’s check. Click here for the full story.

The very first Blue Diamond Stakes nominations of yearlings close in August the previous year.

View the 2022 Blue Diamond Stakes Nominations on the official Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) website.

The 2022 Blue Diamond Stakes nominations attracted 1594 yearlings.

2022 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 2021 Blue Diamond Stakes First Declarations closed in mid-November, 2021 leaving 933 early entries – up from 841 the previous season. 

View the 2022 Blue Diamond Stakes First Declarations on the official Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) website.

2022 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.

2022 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.

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 Dwayne 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.

Anthony & Sam Freedman prepared three of the four Blue Diamond Stakes winners from 2019 – 2022 with Lyre (2019), Artorious (2021) and Daumier (2022).

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
2022 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Daumier	1 minute 09.76 seconds
	2nd	Revolutionary Miss
	3rd	Jacquinot
2021 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Artorius	1 minute 09.57 seconds
	2nd	Ingratiating
	3rd	Anamoe
2020 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Tagaloa	1 minute 08.56 seconds
	2nd	Hanseatic
	3rd	Personal
2019 Blue Diamond Stakes	1st	Lyre	1 minute 9.39 seconds
	2nd	Lankan Star
	3rd	Free Of Debt
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