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The Neds Blue Diamond Stakes is the top Group 1 for two-year-olds held during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival at Caulfield Racecourse in late February.
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 | |
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Date: | Saturday February 26, 2022 |
Racecourse: | Caulfield Racecourse |
Distance: | 1200m |
Race Type: | 2YO Set Weight |
Status: | Group 1 |
Prize Money: | $1,500,000 |
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.
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.
Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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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.
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.
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.
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.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight |
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1 | 1×2 | SEMILLION | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Damien Oliver | 16 | 57kg |
2 | 11 | LOFTY STRIKE | Julius Sandhu | Jamie Mott | 13 | 57kg |
3 | 13 | DAUMIER | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Mark Zahra | 5 | 57kg |
4 | 1 | SEBONACK | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Jye McNeil | 8 | 57kg |
5 | 14 | COUNTTHEHEADLIGHTS | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Ben Allen | 7 | 57kg |
6 | 15 | JACQUINOT | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Damian Lane | 10 | 57kg |
7 | 3×2 | RAMPANT LION | Peter G Moody | Kerrin McEvoy | 6 | 57kg |
8 | 512 | MERCHANT PRINCE | Peter G Moody | Luke Nolen | 12 | 57kg |
9 | 338 | FLASHING STEEL | Annabel Neasham | Brodie Loy | 2 | 57kg |
10 | 1 | HAFEY | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Craig Williams | 14 | 57kg |
11 | 221 | REVOLUTIONARY MISS | Peter & Paul Snowden | Ms Jamie Kah | 11 | 55kg |
12 | 12 | MISS ROSEIANO | Peter Gelagotis | Jordan Childs | 9 | 55kg |
13 | 15×7 | KIKI EXPRESS | Mathew Ellerton | Damien Thornton | 3 | 55kg |
14 | 23 | ENGLISH RIVIERA | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | John Allen | 4 | 55kg |
15 | 42 | WALTZ ON BY | Peter G Moody | Blaike McDougall | 1 | 55kg |
16 | 214 | SEVEN SISTERS | James Cummings | Fred Kersley | 15 | 55kg |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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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 |