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The Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) is a Group 3 status race run at Caulfield Racecourse on CF Orr Stakes Day during the autumn as a Blue Diamond Stakes lead-up.
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.
In 2020 the Blue Diamond Prelude winner Hanseatic came off a lead-up win in the Blue Diamond Preview and went on to run second in that year’s Blue Diamond Stakes results.
The Neds Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) 2021 runs on Saturday February 6, 2021.
2021 Neds Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) | |
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Date: | Saturday February 6, 2021 |
Track: | Caulfield Racecourse |
Distance: | 1100m |
Race Type: | Set Weights |
Status: | Group 3 |
Prize Money: | $200,000 |
The best Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude 2021 odds and betting links to the markets will be found below the week of CF Orr Stakes Day so stay tuned.
Hanseatic ($2.30 in 2020) was the last Blue Diamond Prelude Colts & Geldings favourite to salute for the punters.
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 2021 Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude Field and Barriers are set for release on Wednesday February 3, 2021 and will be listed in full below.
The Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) 2021 nominations close on Monday February 1, 2021 and will be released below as soon as available.
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.
See below for a full list of the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) winners and results going back to 2000.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2021 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | TBD | TBD |
2nd | TBD | ||
3rd | TBD | ||
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 |