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The Ladbrokes 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 Ladbrokes 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. The race is the traditional lead-up to the Group 1 $1.5 million Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) held a fortnight later.

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

The Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) 2018 ran on Saturday February 10, 2018 and was won by Written By from the outside barrier.

2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G)
Date:	Saturday February 10, 2018
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	Set Weights
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Results

• 1st: #3 Written By
• 2nd: #6 Plague Stone
• 3rd: #5 Native Soldier

Check out the official Ladbrokes Blue Diamond C&G Prelude 2018 Results & Finishing Order below, following the link to read more on the impressive win by the Grahame Begg-trained Written By ($6) who had a half-length to spare on the beaten Godolphin-raced favourite Plague Stone ($4.80), while the Darren Weir-trained Native Soldier ran two lengths back for third.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	3	WRITTEN BY	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	–	13	55.5kg	$6
2	6	PLAGUE STONE	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	0.5L	4	55.5kg	$4.80F
3	5	NATIVE SOLDIER	Darren Weir	Mark Zahra	2L	8	55.5kg	$9.50
4	7	SEBERATE	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Damien Oliver	2.75L	11	55.5kg	$15
5	1	RUN NAAN	Tony McEvoy	Andrew Mallyon	3.15L	9	55.5kg	$12
6	14	TITAN BLINDERS	Leon & Troy Corstens	Stephen Baster	5.4L	10	55.5kg	$101
7	8	HIGH RATIO	Mick Price	Michael Dee	5.8L	12	55.5kg	$5.50
8	13	THE RUNNING MAN	Robbie Griffiths	Dwayne Dunn	6.55L	7	55.5kg	$81
9	11	HALVORSEN	Robbie Griffiths	Jye McNeil	7.05L	6	55.5kg	$101
10	2	OLLIVANDER	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Chris Symons	8.8L	2	55.5kg	$6.50
11	9	BEN HERCULES	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Craig Williams	8.9L	5	55.5kg	$17
12	10	HINCHRIDER	Archie Alexander	Regan Bayliss	9.1L	1	55.5kg	$51
13	4	BIONICS	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	10.35L	3	55.5kg	$15
–	12	JOHN BOOKE	Robbie Griffiths	Ben Thompson (a)	–	0	–	–

2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Betting Odds

The best Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude 2018 odds and betting links to the markets will be found below the week of CF Orr Stakes Day so stay tuned.

2018 Ladbrokes 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 2018 Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude Field and Barriers are set for release on Wednesday February 7, 2018 and will be listed in full below.

The 2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Final Field features 14 youngsters heading towards the Group 1 in a fortnight including the highly-spruiked Godolphin-raced Plague Stone who blitzed a recent Warwick Farm trial, the Darren Weir-trained Native Soldier chasing a third win on the trot and Charge Forward colt Ollivander coming off a second in the Blue Diamond Preview.

Read more on the Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude 2018 Field & Odds.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	11×3	RUN NAAN	Tony McEvoy	Andrew Mallyon	9	55.5kg	74
2	12	OLLIVANDER	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Chris Symons	2	55.5kg	70
3	1x	WRITTEN BY	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	14	55.5kg	68
4	24x	BIONICS	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	3	55.5kg	68
5	5611	NATIVE SOLDIER	Darren Weir	Mark Zahra	8	55.5kg	68
6	2x	PLAGUE STONE	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	4	55.5kg	65
7	41	SEBERATE	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Damien Oliver	12	55.5kg	63
8	1x	HIGH RATIO	Mick Price	Michael Dee	13	55.5kg	63
9	2	BEN HERCULES	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Craig Williams	5	55.5kg	62
10	4	HINCHRIDER	Archie Alexander	Regan Bayliss	1	55.5kg	61
11	–	HALVORSEN	Robbie Griffiths	Jye McNeil	6	55.5kg	–
12	–	JOHN BOOKE	Robbie Griffiths	Ben Thompson (a)	10	55.5kg	–
13	–	THE RUNNING MAN	Robbie Griffiths	Dwayne Dunn	7	55.5kg	–
14	–	TITAN BLINDERS	Leon & Troy Corstens	Stephen Baster	11	55.5kg	–

2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude Nominations

The Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) 2018 nominations close on Monday February 5, 2018 and will be released below as soon as available.

The official 2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude Nominations attracted 19 two-year-olds including co-favourite in Blue Diamond Stakes betting Long Leaf chasing a fourth win from as many career starts.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp. Rating
1	2	BEN HERCULES	C	2	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	62
2	24x	BIONICS	C	2	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	68
3	3	CONCRETE	C	2	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	61
4	–	HALVORSEN	C	2	Robbie Griffiths	–
5	1x	HIGH RATIO	C	2	Mick Price	63
6	4	HINCHRIDER	G	2	Archie Alexander	61
7	–	JOHN BOOKE	C	2	Robbie Griffiths	–
8	11×1	LONG LEAF	C	2	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	77
9	5611	NATIVE SOLDIER	C	2	Darren Weir	68
10	12	OLLIVANDER	C	2	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	70
11	5×3	OSORNO	C	2	James Cummings	63
12	2x	PLAGUE STONE	C	2	James Cummings	65
13	11×3	RUN NAAN	C	2	Tony McEvoy	74
14	41	SEBERATE	C	2	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	63
15	–	STRATEGIC PHIL	C	2	David Brideoake	–
16	–	THE RUNNING MAN	C	2	Robbie Griffiths	–
17	–	TITAN BLINDERS	C	2	Leon & Troy Corstens	–
18	1x	WRITTEN BY	C	2	Grahame Begg	68
19	5	ZAIDIN	C	2	David Brideoake	–

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) and Flying Artie (2016).

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 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) winners and results going back to 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Prelude C&G	1st	Written By	1 minute 04.98 seconds
	2nd	Plague Stone
	3rd	Native Soldier
2017 Ladbrokes 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