Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies)

The Blue Diamond Fillies Preview is a Group 3 race run in late January as a traditional lead-up to the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes in February each autumn.

2023 Blue Diamond Fillies Preview Results

  • 1st: #9 De Sonic Boom
  • 2nd: #15 Zousuko
  • 3rd: #13 Sensical



The Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) is a Group 3 race for two-year-old fillies run at Caulfield Racecourse* in late January. The 1000m sprint is a traditional lead-up to the Group 1 $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) the following month during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival and offers $200,000 in total prize money.

*In 2023 the Blue Diamond Fillies Preview and Australia Day races in Melbourne took place at Ladbrokes Park Hillside, Sandown. 

Miracles Of Life (2013) was the last winner of the Blue Diamond Fillies Preview – Blue Diamond Stakes double. A set weights plus penalties sprint, the Blue Diamond Fillies Preview is accompanied on the card by the Listed Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Preview (1000m).

Most fillies in the Blue Diamond Preview field will back-up in the Group 2 Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies) run over 1100m back at the track a fortnight later.

The 2022 Blue Diamond Fillies Preview winner Miss Roseiano went on to run second next-up in the Blue Diamond Prelude.

The Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 2023 ran on Thursday January 26, 2023 as part of Melbourne’s Australia Day race program and was won in an upset by the Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained De Sonic Boom ($13) on debut. 

2023 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies)
Date: Thursday January 26, 2023
Track: Ladbrokes Park Hillside, Sandown
Distance: 1000m
Race Type: 2YO Fillies – SW+P
Status: Group 3
Prize Money: $200,000

2023 Blue Diamond Fillies Preview Results

  • 1st: #9 De Sonic Boom ($13)
  • 2nd: #15 Zousuko
  • 3rd: #13 Sensical

Anthony & Sam Freedman’s promising Spirit Of Boom filly De Sonic Boom ($13) made an immediate impact kicking off her career with a three-quarter length upset in the 2023 Blue Diamond Fillies Preview Results on Australia Day in Melbourne. 

  Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Penalty Starting Price
  1 9 DE SONIC BOOM Anthony & Sam Freedman Blake Shinn   2 56kg   $13
  2 15 ZOUSUKO John McArdle Jamie Mott 0.75L 5 56kg   $26
  3 13 SENSICAL Peter G Moody Daniel Stackhouse 0.95L 7 56kg   $9.50
  4 1 EXPLORING James Cummings Craig Williams 1.05L 6 58kg   $9
  5 4 PICKY Leon & Troy Corstens Damien Thornton 2.3L 11 56kg   $21
  6 3 FUROSSHI Jackie Beriman Blaike McDougall 2.4L 3 56kg   $71
  7 2 ADITI Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Ms Jamie Kah 2.7L 1 56kg   $3.80F
  8 5 TABATA SET Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Ethan Brown 3L 12 56kg   $6
  9 10 ELDERBERRY Anthony & Sam Freedman Ben Melham 4.5L 4 56kg   $6
  10 7 CELESTIAL STORM Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock Jye McNeil 5L 10 56kg   $15
  11 6 ODE TO JOY Anthony & Sam Freedman Mark Zahra 7.25L 8 56kg   $15
  12 8 ALL AT ONCE Peter & Paul Snowden Damien Oliver 10.75L 9 56kg   $17
    12 RIGHT TO PARTY Anthony & Sam Freedman Damian Lane   0      
    14 WRITTEN BLIGH Grahame Begg Jordan Childs   0      
    11 GINGER ’N’ PINK Peter G Moody     0      

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) Odds

The latest Blue Diamond Fillies Preview 2023 odds will be listed below complete with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au for you to back your Blue Diamond tips at the best price.

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2023 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) Form Guide

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2023 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Blue Diamond Fillies Preview 2023 Tips on the Australia Day showdown this January.

  • To Win: #2 Aditi ($3.30 at time of publish)

Happy to stick with the Waterhouse/Bott-trained favourite from a top stable for juveniles. This filly was good on debut last October running a narrow second in the Listed Maribyrnong Trial before being turned out. The daughter of Exceed And Excel prepares for her second start fresh now off a winning barrier trial at Warwick Farm. Looks well-weighted and gets the rails run from barrier one.

2023 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) Field

The Blue Diamond Fillies Preview field features a quality line-up of lightly-raced two-year-old fillies at the start of their autumn campaigns and is released by Racing Victoria the week of the race. The 2023 Blue Diamond Preview final field features a line-up of promising young fillies including Godolphin’s Flemington winner on New Year’s Day Exploring.

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 1 EXPLORING James Cummings Craig Williams 7 58kg    
2 2x ADITI Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Ms Jamie Kah 1 56kg    
3 2x FUROSSHI Jackie Beriman Blaike McDougall 4 56kg    
4 2 PICKY Leon & Troy Corstens Damien Thornton 13 56kg    
5 49x TABATA SET Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Ethan Brown 14 56kg    
6 3 ODE TO JOY Anthony & Sam Freedman Mark Zahra 9 56kg    
7 5x CELESTIAL STORM Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock Jye McNeil 12 56kg    
8   ALL AT ONCE Peter & Paul Snowden Damien Oliver 10 56kg    
9   DE SONIC BOOM Anthony & Sam Freedman Blake Shinn 3 56kg    
10   ELDERBERRY Anthony & Sam Freedman Ben Melham 5 56kg    
11   GINGER ’N’ PINK Peter G Moody Ms Linda Meech 2 56kg    
12   RIGHT TO PARTY Anthony & Sam Freedman Damian Lane 11 56kg    
13   SENSICAL Peter G Moody Daniel Stackhouse 8 56kg    
14   WRITTEN BLIGH Grahame Begg Jordan Childs 15 56kg    
15   ZOUSUKO John McArdle Jamie Mott 6 56kg    

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) Nominations

Early nominations for the Blue Diamond Fillies Preview close the Monday of race week.

Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) History

The Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) was first run in 1982 as a Listed race and Olive Branch was the inaugural winner.

Plenty of classy fillies have since won the event including Bounding Away (1986), Triscay (1990), Rostova (2009), Crystal Lily (2010), Miracles Of Life (2013) and Eloping (2014). The race was upgraded to a Group 3 event from 1988-2004, dropped back to Listed class from 2005-14 and regained its current Group 3 status again in 2015. From 1982-83 the race was run over 1200m, but has been contested over a shorter 1000m distance since 1984.

Sandown Racecourse has also hosted the Blue Diamond Preview races on a number of occasions. The 2005 edition of the race was declared by stewards as a ‘No Race’ after two of the fillies had a “flying start” and jumped through the stalls before the barriers officially opened.

In 2017 the Blue Diamond Fillies Preview runner-up Tulip went on to run third in that autumn’s Group 1 $5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) in Sydney.

Recent Blue Diamond Preview Fillies Winners

See below for a complete list of Blue Diamond Preview winning fillies and results going back to 2000.

Year Place Horse Time
 
2023 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st De Sonic Boom 58.28 seconds
2nd Zousuko
3rd Sensical
 
2022 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Miss Roseiano 57.18 seconds
2nd Written Swoosh
3rd Latizia
 
2021 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Dosh 58.17 seconds
2nd Tayla’s Moment
3rd Frost Flowers
 
2020 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st A Beautiful Night 57.27 seconds
2nd Fresh
3rd Unstoppable
 
2019 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Catch Me 57.28 seconds
2nd Jedastar
3rd Shih Tzou
 
2018 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Lady Horseowner 57.85 seconds
2nd Crossing The Abbey
3rd Oohood
 
2017 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Limestone 56.88 seconds
2nd Tulip
3rd Chateau Griffo
 
2016 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Sword Of Light 57.5 seconds
2nd Emphatically
3rd Dream First
 
2015 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Fontiton 58.1 seconds
2nd Haybah
3rd Pursuits
 
2014 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Eloping 57.6 seconds
2nd Lumosty
3rd Sakitto
 
2013 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Miracles Of Life 57.3 seconds
2nd Diamond Glow
3rd Swing Vote
 
2012 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Malasun 57.2 seconds
2nd Members Joy
3rd Sabie
 
2011 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st One Last Dance 57.8 seconds
2nd Anevay
3rd Graskop
 
2010 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Crystal Lily 56.8 seconds
2nd Shaaheq
3rd Warm Love
 
2009 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Rostova 57.3 seconds
2nd Irish Lights
3rd Baby Corn
 
2008 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Siennas Fury 57.65 seconds
2nd Marveen
3rd Believe’n’succeed
 
2007 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Beauty School 57.14 seconds
2nd Behind
3rd Familial
 
2006 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Jumlah 55.81 seconds
2nd Silverbeat
3rd Red Pluton
 
2005 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Void Race
2nd
3rd
 
2004 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st World Peace 57.14 seconds
2nd Granma Gertey
3rd One World
 
2003 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Halibery 57.41 seconds
2nd Gaelic Princess
3rd Roedean
 
2002 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Bardego 58.68 seconds
2nd Brief Embrace
3rd Romantic Flyer
 
2001 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Ashkaleta 59.49 seconds
2nd Faiza
3rd Patterns
 
2000 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 1st Ponton Flyer 56.86 seconds
2nd Operettas
3rd Happy Empress

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