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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 $300,000 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. In recent years, the Blue Diamond Preview – Blue Diamond Prelude double has been achieved by: I Am Immortal (2019), Hanseatic (2020) and General Beau (2021). 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 next year, Anamoe ran second in the Blue Diamond Prelude before a third in the Blue Diamond Stakes trifecta and subsequent second in the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes in Sydney. Anamoe also won that autumn’s Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes and returned for a stellar spring headlined by a Group 1 Caulfield Guineas victory and second in the Group 1 Cox Plate back in Melbourne.

The Neds Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) 2022 runs on Saturday February 12, 2022. 

2022 Neds Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G)
Date:	Saturday February 12, 2022
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	Set Weights
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$300,000

2022 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2022 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Betting Odds

The best Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude 2022 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) followed by General Beau ($3.10 in 2021) are the latest Blue Diamond Prelude Colts & Geldings favourites to salute for the punters.

2022 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 2022 Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude Field and Barriers are set for release on Wednesday February 9, 2022 and will be listed in full below.

2022 Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude Nominations

The Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) 2022 nominations close on Monday February 7, 2022 and will be released below as soon as available.

Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude History

The Blue Diamond (Colts & Geldings) Prelude has been run and won since 1982. 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
2022 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2021 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	General Beau	1 minute 3.58 seconds
	2nd	Anamoe
	3rd	Jigsaw
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