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The Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies) is a Group 2 race for two-year-old fillies held at Caulfield Racecourse* on CF Orr Stakes Day in February during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival.

*In 2023 the 2023 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude and C.F. Orr Stakes Day card ran at Ladbrokes Park Hillside, Sandown. 

The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) and features a host of other Group status races including the Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies) and the Group 3 Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings).

The Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude is run over 1100m and offers $300,000 in prize money as of 2022. The set weights clash is a traditional lead-up to the Group $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) held back at the Caulfield track a fortnight later. Recent winners of the Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude – Blue Diamond Stakes double include Lyre (2019), Catchy (2017), Earthquake (2014) and Samaready (2012).

Many of the fillies in the Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude field will be kicking off their autumn campaigns. Some may have had an earlier lead-up in the Group 3 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) run over 1000m at the track in late January.

The 2022 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude form was franked with the winner Revolutionary Miss going on to run a next-up second in that year’s Blue Diamond Stakes results. She also returned in the spring and was runner-up in the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) as a three-year-old.

The Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude 2023 ran on Saturday February 11, 2023 as part of the CF Orr Stakes Day card at Ladbrokes Park Hillside, Sandown and was won in an all-the-way upset by the James Cummings-trained Exploring ($15). 

2023 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies)
Date:	Saturday February 11, 2023
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse (Ladbrokes Park Hillside, Sandown in 2023)
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	Set Weights / 2YO Fillies
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300,000

2023 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude Results

• 1st: #3 Exploring ($15)
• 2nd: #6 Party For Two
• 3rd: #16e Extreme Threat

James Cummings and the Godolphin stable enjoyed a Blue Diamond Prelude double on Orr Day with Barber successful in the boys’ division before the all-the-way success of Exploring ($15) in the fillies’ edition thanks to a lovely on-speed ride by jockey Craig Williams.

Click here to read more on the impressive on-speed upset by Exploring in the 2023 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude results.

2023 Blue Diamond Prelude (F) Results & Finishing Order

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	3	EXPLORING	James Cummings	Craig Williams		4	56kg		$15
	2	6	PARTY FOR TWO	Damien Batters	Nikita Beriman	1L	12	56kg		$8.50
	3	16e	EXTREME THREAT	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Ethan Brown	1.75L	9	56kg		$41
	4	11	SENSICAL	Peter G Moody	Daniel Stackhouse	1.85L	10	56kg		$17
	5	8	CIGAR FLICK	Chris Waller	Damian Lane	1.95L	13	56kg		$8
	6	1	CHARM STONE	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Mark Zahra	2.95L	7	56kg		$2.15F
	7	13	BEAUTY RISING	Phillip Stokes	Zac Spain	3.95L	8	56kg		$31
	8	17e	SOJU	Simon Zahra	Damien Thornton	4.7L	1	56kg		$17
	9	7	ZOUSUKO	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	4.8L	6	56kg		$21
	10	15	SUBRISING	Nigel Blackiston	Jordan Childs	5.2L	15	56kg		$151
	11	12	DREAMWOMAN	Leon & Troy Corstens	Jye McNeil	5.4L	3	56kg		$51
	12	2	DE SONIC BOOM	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Blake Shinn	5.5L	11	56kg		$14
	13	14	ATLANTIC SPIRIT	Dean Binaisse	Teo Nugent	7L	5	56kg		$101
	14	10	CHILL THE KRUG	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Daniel Moor	11.5L	14	56kg		$71
	15	5	SHADDOW FEAR	Luke Fernie	Chris Parnham	11.6L	2	56kg		$10
		9	FUROSSHI	Jackie Beriman	Blaike McDougall		0
		4	REMEDIES	James Cummings	Ms Jamie Kah		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude Betting Odds

The latest Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude 2023 odds and betting market links will be available below the week of CF Orr Stakes Day.

Arcaded ($2.70 in 2021) was the last favourite in Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies) betting to salute for the punters.

There was a notable upset in 2023 with Exploring winning at Blue Diamond Prelude odds of $15 for Godolphin.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 BLUE DIAMOND PRELUDE (FILLIES) ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies) Form Guide

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 BLUE DIAMOND PRELUDE (FILLIES) FORM GUIDE

2023 Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies) Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies) 2023 Tips on the important Blue Diamond lead-up this February.

• To Win: #2 De Sonic Boom ($10 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Anthony & Sam Freedman’s Spirit Of Boom filly was huge on debut hitting the button to salute in the Preview here in an Australia Day upset by three-quarters of a length. She’s over more distance second-up but has the benefit of the run and looks overs in betting again. Against some progressive types and isn’t drawn ideally, but did enough fresh to suggest she could be a force again at a nice price.

2023 Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies) Field

The Blue Diamond Prelude Fillies field features a host of the season’s top young two-year-old fillies who are eyeing a run in the Blue Diamond Stakes field in a fortnight.

The official 2023 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude field and barriers will be released by Racing Victoria on Wednesday February 8, 2023 and published in full below.

The 2023 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies) final field features a capacity hope of Group 1 hopefuls led in betting by the likes of returning Group 3 Ottawa Stakes winner Charm Stone and the progressive Chris Waller-trained Churchill filly Cigar Flick.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	31x	CHARM STONE	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Mark Zahra	8	56kg		72
2	1	DE SONIC BOOM	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Blake Shinn	12	56kg		72
3	14	EXPLORING	James Cummings	Craig Williams	4	56kg		67
4	14x	REMEDIES	James Cummings	Ms Jamie Kah	5	56kg		67
5	11	SHADDOW FEAR	Luke Fernie	Chris Parnham	2	56kg		70
6	311	PARTY FOR TWO	Damien Batters	Nikita Beriman	13	56kg		68
7	2	ZOUSUKO	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	7	56kg		66
8	14	CIGAR FLICK	Chris Waller	Damian Lane	15	56kg		68
9	2×6	FUROSSHI	Jackie Beriman	Blaike McDougall	14	56kg		62
10	2	CHILL THE KRUG	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Daniel Moor	16	56kg		63
11	3	SENSICAL	Peter G Moody	Daniel Stackhouse	11	56kg		64
12	1	DREAMWOMAN	Leon & Troy Corstens	Jye McNeil	3	56kg		63
13	2	BEAUTY RISING	Phillip Stokes	Zac Spain	9	56kg		62
14		ATLANTIC SPIRIT	Dean Binaisse	Teo Nugent	6	56kg
15		SUBRISING	Nigel Blackiston	Jordan Childs	17	56kg
16e		EXTREME THREAT	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Ethan Brown	10	56kg
17e		SOJU	Simon Zahra	Damien Thornton	1	56kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies) Nominations

The Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude 2023 nominations close on Monday February 6, 2023 and will be published below ahead of the CF Orr Stakes Day Group 2 event.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	31x	CHARM STONE	F	2	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	1	56kg		72
2	1	DE SONIC BOOM	F	2	Anthony & Sam Freedman	2	56kg		72
3	14	EXPLORING	F	2	James Cummings	3	56kg		67
4	14x	REMEDIES	F	2	James Cummings	4	56kg		67
5	11	SHADDOW FEAR	F	2	Luke Fernie	5	56kg		70
6	311	PARTY FOR TWO	F	2	Damien Batters	6	56kg		68
7	2	ZOUSUKO	F	2	John McArdle	7	56kg		66
8	2×7	ADITI	F	2	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	8	56kg		66
9	14	CIGAR FLICK	F	2	Chris Waller	9	56kg		68
10	2×6	FUROSSHI	F	2	Jackie Beriman	10	56kg		62
11	2	KUNDALINI	F	2	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	11	56kg		64
12	2	CHILL THE KRUG	F	2	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	12=	56kg		63
13	2	EXTREMELY WICKED	F	2	Matt Laurie	12=	56kg		63
14	3	SENSICAL	F	2	Peter G Moody	14	56kg		64
15	1	DREAMWOMAN	F	2	Leon & Troy Corstens	15	56kg		63
16	22	IMMINANCE	F	2	Aaron Laing	16	56kg		61
17	2	BEAUTY RISING	F	2	Phillip Stokes	17	56kg		62
18		ANTHOPHILA	F	2	Shawn Mathrick	18=	56kg
19		ATLANTIC SPIRIT	F	2	Dean Binaisse	18=	56kg
20	9	ELDERBERRY	F	2	Anthony & Sam Freedman	18=	56kg		61
21		EXTREME THREAT	F	2	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	18=	56kg
22		FOREVER MORE	F	2	Leon & Troy Corstens	18=	56kg
23		SHEVA	F	2	Ben & JD Hayes	18=	56kg
24		SOJU	F	2	Simon Zahra	18=	56kg
25		SUBRISING	F	2	Nigel Blackiston	18=	56kg
26		SUTHERLAND	F	2	Tom Dabernig	18=	56kg
27		TREASURWAY	F	2	Jason Warren	18=	56kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies) History

The Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude has been run and won since 1982 when it started out as a Listed race. It gained Group 3 status in 1986 before being run as a Group 2 feature since 2015.

For one year in 1996 it ran at Sandown Racecourse, but all other editions of the now Ladbrokes sponsored event have run at Caulfield Racecourse.

In 2023 the race will again run at Ladbrokes Park Hillside at Sandown.

Notable recent Blue Diamond Prelude Fillies winners include Lyre (2019), Cathy (2017), Earthquake (2014), Samaready (2012), Alinghi (2004) and earlier in the race’s history Courtza (1989). The 2017 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude winner Catchy went on to beat the boys in the Blue Diamond Stakes results next start as did Lyre two years later. Lyre also backed-up from her Blue Diamond Stakes win in 2019 to finish third next start in the Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m) in Sydney that March.

See below for the full Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude results dating back to 2000.

Recent Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies) Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Exploring	1 minute 3.49 seconds
	2nd	Party For Two
	3rd	Extreme Threat
2022 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Revolutionary Miss	1 minute 3.87 seconds
	2nd	Miss Roseiano
	3rd	English Riviera
2021 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Arcaded	1 minute 4.55 seconds
	2nd	Scorched Earth
	3rd	Wolves
2020 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Letzbeglam	1 minute 2.79 seconds
	2nd	Muntaseera
	3rd	Geist
2019 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Lyre	1 minute 4.39 seconds
	2nd	Vinicunca
	3rd	Athiri
2018 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Enbihaar	1 minute 05.22 seconds
	2nd	Oohood
	3rd	Seabrook
2017 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Catchy	1 minute 03.64 seconds
	2nd	Limestone
	3rd	Arctic Angel
2016 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Samara Dancer	1 minute 3.1 seconds
	2nd	Concealer
	3rd	Miss Nymeria
2015 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Fontiton	1 minute 2.8 seconds
	2nd	Miss Gidget
	3rd	Flamboyant Lass
2014 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Earthquake	1 minute 3.7 seconds
	2nd	Eloping
	3rd	Lumosty
2013 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Guelph	1 minute 3.8 seconds
	2nd	Montsegur
	3rd	Godiva Rock
2012 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Samaready	1 minute 3.3 seconds
	2nd	Formidable
	3rd	Sweetener
2011 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	One Last Dance	1 minute 3.6 seconds
	2nd	Glissade
	3rd	Hallowell Belle
2010 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Psychologist	1 minute 2.6 seconds
	2nd	She’s Got Gears
	3rd	Jalsah
2009 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Rostova	1 minute 4.5 seconds
	2nd	Corsaire
	3rd	Rose Darmore
2008 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Believe’n’succeed	1 minute 3.7 seconds
	2nd	Sugar Babe
	3rd	Burgeis
2007 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Camarilla	1 minute 3.7 seconds
	2nd	Belcentra
	3rd	Behind
2006 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Nediym’s Glow	1 minute 3.4 seconds
	2nd	Satin Robes
	3rd	Anhinga
2005 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Doubting	1 minute 4.2 seconds
	2nd	Amarazetti
	3rd	Street Smart
2004 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Alinghi	1 minute 3.6 seconds
	2nd	Find The Cash
	3rd	Marie Madelaine
2003 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Halibery	1 minute 3.2 seconds
	2nd	Rinky Dink
	3rd	Gaelic Princess
2002 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Brief Embrace	1 minute 5.2 seconds
	2nd	Coupe
	3rd	Romantic Flyer
2001 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Faiza	1 minute 3.2 seconds
	2nd	Titanic Rose
	3rd	Magic Heaven
2000 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude	1st	Mannington	1 minute 4.9 seconds
	2nd	Operettas
	3rd	Ponton Flyer