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The Neds Blue Diamond Prelude Colts & Geldings is a Group 3 race for two-year-old males held at Caulfield Racecourse in February during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival.

The event is contested over a short sprint distance of 1100m and offers $200,000 in prize money to the winner. A set weights race, the Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude is held on CF Orr Stakes Day. The meeting kicks off Group 1 racing for the year with the running of the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m).

CF Orr Stakes Day is home to a host of other early autumn Group status races including the Group 2 Autumn Stakes (1400m), Group 2 Rubiton Stakes (1100m) and the Group 2 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude (1100m), which is the fillies’ equivalent of the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G).

Many juveniles in the Blue Diamond Prelude field for colts and geldings will have previously run in the Listed Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) held at the Caulfield track in late January. I Am Immortal (2019) followed the next year by Hanseatic (2020) are the latest horses to complete the Blue Diamond Preview – Prelude double. The race is the traditional lead-up to the Group 1 $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) held a fortnight later.

Recent winners of the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) – Blue Diamond Stakes double include Written By (2018), Sepoy (2011) and Bel Esprit (2002). Pride Of Dubai (2015) also recently improved on a Prelude second to win the Blue Diamond Stakes.

The Neds Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) 2020 ran on Saturday February 8, 2020 and was won by the Preview champ Hanseatic in an eye-catching late effort.

2020 Neds Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G)
Date:	Saturday February 8, 2020
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	Set Weights
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2020 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Results

• 1st: #1 Hanseatic
• 2nd: #7 Rulership
• 3rd: #2 Rathlin

The Anthony Freedman-trained Preview winner Hanseatic again proved his class saluting for the punters after improving from an impossible position at the top of the straight to charge home late and run down the Team Snowden-trained Rulership in the 2020 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) results.

Read more on the 2020 Blue Diamond Prelude win by Hanseatic.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	1	HANSEATIC	Anthony Freedman	Luke Currie	–	2	55.5kg	$2.30F
2	7	RULERSHIP	Peter & Paul Snowden	Mark Zahra	0.3L	5	55.5kg	$2.90
3	2	RATHLIN	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Melham	0.8L	4	55.5kg	$17
4	6	TAGALOA	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Michael Walker	1.55L	7	55.5kg	$12
5	8	GLENFIDDICH	Robbie Griffiths	Brett Prebble	2.05L	9	55.5kg	$81
6	3	TANKER	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	2.8L	6	55.5kg	$31
7	15	WINSUM	Ken Keys	Craig Williams	3L	11	55.5kg	$14
8	9	VALAQUENTA	James Cummings	Damian Lane	3.75L	3	55.5kg	$21
9	5	JABALI RIDGE	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Jye McNeil	5.75L	8	55.5kg	$31
10	4	HARD LANDING	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	6.5L	12	55.5kg	$21
11	10	SPIRIT OF GIVING	Gareth Andrews	Ben Thompson	11.5L	10	55.5kg	$101
12	14	SOUTHERN	Tim Hughes	Lachlan King (a)	12.75L	1	55.5kg	$151
–	12	MYSTERIOUS ART	Robbie Griffiths	Dean Yendall	–	0	–	–
–	11	BARBARIC	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tim Clark	–	0	–	–
–	13	NORTH PACIFIC	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	–	0	–	–

 

2020 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Betting Odds

The best Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude 2020 odds and betting links to the markets will be found below the week of CF Orr Stakes Day so stay tuned.

2020 Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude Field

The Blue Diamond Prelude for colts & geldings field is made up of a host of Blue Diamond Stakes-bound youngsters and is released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday before CF Orr Stakes Day.

The official 2020 Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude Field and Barriers are set for release on Wednesday February 5, 2020 and will be listed in full below.

Hanseatic heads a quality line-up of two-year-old colts and geldings in the 2020 Blue Diamond Prelude field, the impressive Preview winner drawn well in barrier two with Luke Currie to ride.

Click here to read more on the 2020 Blue Diamond Prelude field dominated by Hanseatic and Rulership. 

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	1×1	HANSEATIC	Anthony Freedman	Luke Currie	2	55.5kg	78
2	7216	RATHLIN	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Melham	4	55.5kg	73
3	15×8	TANKER	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	6	55.5kg	72
4	1x	HARD LANDING	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	14	55.5kg	74
5	21	JABALI RIDGE	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Jye McNeil	8	55.5kg	70
6	31x	TAGALOA	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Michael Walker	7	55.5kg	70
7	1	RULERSHIP	Peter & Paul Snowden	Mark Zahra	5	55.5kg	70
8	59×2	GLENFIDDICH	Robbie Griffiths	Brett Prebble	9	55.5kg	67
9	1	VALAQUENTA	James Cummings	Damian Lane	3	55.5kg	65
10	2	SPIRIT OF GIVING	Gareth Andrews	Ben Thompson	10	55.5kg	63
11	6x	BARBARIC	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tim Clark	11	55.5kg	61
12	6	MYSTERIOUS ART	Robbie Griffiths	Dean Yendall	12	55.5kg	61
13	–	NORTH PACIFIC	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	15	55.5kg	–
14	0	SOUTHERN	Tim Hughes	Lachlan King (a)	1	55.5kg	61
15	–	WINSUM	Ken Keys	Craig Williams	13	55.5kg	–

2020 Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude Nominations

The Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) 2020 nominations close on Monday February 3, 2020 and will be released below as soon as available.

Twenty-two colts and geldings make-up the boys’ 2020 Blue Diamond Prelude nominations with Anthony Freedman’s impressive Preview winner Hanseatic the clear favourite likely to start odds-on in betting.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp. Rating
1	35	AMISH BOY	C	2	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	64
2	6x	BARBARIC	C	2	Peter & Paul Snowden	61
3	3	FIXATED	C	2	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	64
4	59×2	GLENFIDDICH	C	2	Robbie Griffiths	67
5	1×1	HANSEATIC	C	2	Anthony Freedman	78
6	1x	HARD LANDING	C	2	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	74
7	21	JABALI RIDGE	G	2	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	70
8	2	LARIMER STREET	C	2	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	63
9	6	MYSTERIOUS ART	C	2	Robbie Griffiths	61
10	–	NORTH PACIFIC	C	2	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	–
11	7216	RATHLIN	C	2	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	73
12	1	RULERSHIP	C	2	Peter & Paul Snowden	70
13	4	SEA WITNESS	C	2	Byron Cozamanis	62
14	–	SHIRL’S DREAM	G	2	Carlo Vidotto & Clay Beasy	–
15	0	SOUTHERN	C	2	Tim Hughes	61
16	2	SPIRIT OF GIVING	G	2	Gareth Andrews	63
17	31x	TAGALOA	C	2	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	70
18	15×8	TANKER	C	2	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	72
19	–	THE WATCHMAN	G	2	Greg Eurell	–
20	44	TOSCANINI	C	2	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	61
21	1	VALAQUENTA	C	2	James Cummings	65
22	–	WINSUM	C	2	Ken Keys	–

Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude History

The Blue Diamond (Colts & Geldings) Prelude has been run and won since 1982 and is now sponsored by Ladbrokes.com.au. The inaugural winner was Rancer and since then a host of quality two-year-olds have taken out the race including Lonhro (2011), Sepoy (2011), Flying Artie (2016) and Written By (2018).

The race began as a Listed event and has held its Group 3 status since 1986. For one year in 1996 the Blue Diamond Prelude C&G ran at Sandown Racecourse instead of its traditional home at Caulfield.

Recent Blue Diamond Prelude Winners (Colts & Geldings)

See below for a full list of the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) winners and results going back to 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Hanseatic	1 minute 3.08 seconds
	2nd	Rulership
	3rd	Rathlin
2019 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	I Am Immortal	1 minute 4.44 seconds
	2nd	Shotmaker
	3rd	Hawker Hurricane
2018 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Written By	1 minute 04.98 seconds
	2nd	Plague Stone
	3rd	Native Soldier
2017 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Property	1 minute 03.78 seconds
	2nd	Pariah
	3rd	Wait For No One
2016 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Flying Artie	1 minute 3.0 seconds
	2nd	Star Turn
	3rd	China Dream
2015 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Of The Brave	1 minute 3.6 seconds
	2nd	Pride Of Dubai
	3rd	Sampeah
2014 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Rubick	1 minute 3.7 seconds
	2nd	Jabali
	3rd	Chivalry
2013 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Kuroshio	1 minute 4.0 seconds
	2nd	The Bowler
	3rd	Dissident
2012 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	General Rippa	1 minute 4.1 seconds
	2nd	Rusambo
	3rd	Ferment
2011 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Sepoy	1 minute 3.0 seconds
	2nd	Running Tall
	3rd	Huegill
2010 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Beneteau	1 minute 2.5 seconds
	2nd	General Truce
	3rd	The Greatandthegood
2009 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Real Saga	1 minute 3.7 seconds
	2nd	Reward For Effort
	3rd	Starspangledbanner
2008 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Wilander	1 minute 3.9 seconds
	2nd	Exceedingly Good
	3rd	Minnesota Shark
2007 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Shrewd Rhythm	1 minute 3.4 seconds
	2nd	Zizou
	3rd	Victory Chant
2006 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Due Sasso	1 minute 3.4 seconds
	2nd	Wonderful World
	3rd	Swinging Bachelor
2005 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Perfectly Ready	1 minute 3.9 seconds
	2nd	The Rhine
	3rd	Bradbury’s Luck
2004 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Way West	1 minute 3.4 seconds
	2nd	Oratorio
	3rd	Sanziro
2003 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Hammerbeam	1 minute 3.7 seconds
	2nd	Murphy’s Blu Boy
	3rd	Scaredee Cat
2002 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Bel Esprit	1 minute 5.2 seconds
	2nd	Cool Trent
	3rd	Step Ahead
2001 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Lonhro	1 minute 3.3 seconds
	2nd	Niewand
	3rd	Tosamba
2000 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Happy Giggle	1 minute 4.6 seconds
	2nd	Lord Dane
	3rd	Sparks