The Five Diamonds

The Five Diamonds race is a Listed feature offering $2 million in prize money and run at Rosehill on the Saturday after the Melbourne Cup each year.

2024 The Five Diamonds Results

  • 1st: #5 Pericles
  • 2nd: #12 Freedom Rally
  • 3rd: #8 Yellow Brick




The Five Diamonds is recent addition to the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival with the now Listed race held in early November at Rosehill Gardens.

2024 The Five Diamonds Results

  • 1st: #5 Pericles ($20)
  • 2nd: #12 Freedom Rally
  • 3rd: #8 Yellow Brick

The official The Five Diamonds 2024 race results and finishing order will be updated below following the second running of the $2 million event in Sydney this November.

The Five Diamonds 2024 Odds & Results

Rosehill R8
Five Diamonds (L)
Final Race time:  1731131575
Runner DetailsWinPlace
1st
5. Pericles (11) J: Kerrin McEvoy 58kg
T: James Cummings
2nd
12. Freedom Rally (7) J: Tommy Berry 56kg
T: Tony Gollan
3rd
8. Yellow Brick (9) J: Jason Collett 57kg
T: Tony & Maddysen Sears
4th
1. Attrition (2) J: Ethan Brown 59kg
T: Mitchell Freedman
5th
11. Territory Express (4) J: Zac Lloyd 56kg
T: Paul Niceforo
6th
16. Kingswood (3) J: John Allen 57kg
T: Gavin Bedggood
7th
7. Amor Victorious (10) J: Tyler Schiller 58kg
T: Bjorn Baker
8th
3. Lindermann (6) J: Joao Moreira 59kg
T: Chris Waller
9th
6. Osipenko (13) J: Regan Bayliss 58kg
T: Chris Waller
10th
15. Major Beel (5) J: Tim Clark 59kg
T: G Waterhouse & A Bott
11th
18. Holymanz (1) J: Tom Sherry 57kg
T: Ciaron Maher
12th
14. New Endeavour (14) J: Adam Hyeronimus 56kg
T: G Waterhouse & A Bott
13th
17. Strait Acer (12) J: Reece Jones 56kg
T: Anthony Cummings
14th
4. Rediener (8) J: Rory Hutchings 59kg
T: Chris Waller
Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing.
Data retrieved: 04/12/2024 04:07:05 PM (Australia/Brisbane)

Open only to five-year-old horses, the $2 million showdown runs at Rosehill Gardens as part of Golden Gift Day. The meeting takes place on the Saturday after the Melbourne Cup and runs on the same date as VRC Champions Stakes Day at Flemington.

Along with the now Group 3 $1 million Golden Gift (1100m) for two-year-olds, the other feature on the card is the Group 2 $500,000 Hot Danish Stakes (1400m).

The Five Diamonds took place for the first time in 2022 and was added to the Sydney spring line-up at the same time as the now Listed $3 million The Big Dance (1600m), which runs on Melbourne Cup Day on the first Tuesday of November each year.

The Five Diamonds officially gained Listed status in 2024 the same year Sydney’s $20 million The Everest became a Group 1 race.

In 2022 Sibaaq ran third in the first edition of The Big Dance before a second in The Five Diamonds results.

Run over 1800m, The Five Diamonds is run at set weights plus penalties and serves as a nice attraction for five-year-old horses that may otherwise have been retired.

The race also follows on from the $10 million The Golden Eagle (1500m) for four-year-olds run in the spring.

The $1 million Five Diamonds Prelude (1500m) held at Rosehill in October on the same day as Melbourne’s Cox Plate Day card is the key lead-up into the race.

Ellsberg in 2022 became the inaugural winner of the Five Diamonds Prelude – The Five Diamonds race double.

He also won the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Royal Randwick earlier that spring.

The Five Diamonds 2022 form was franked with the third place-getter Laws Of Indices heading overseas next start to run third in the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m) that December.

In 2023 the Five Diamonds third placegetter Detonator Jack went on to win the lucrative $1 million The Gong race at Kembla Grange a fortnight later.

The third edition of now Listed $2 million The Five Diamonds ran on Saturday November 9, 2024 at Rosehill on the same day as Melbourne’s VRC Champions Stakes Day at Flemington and was won in a narrow upset by the James Cummings-trained Pericles at $20. 

The Five Diamonds 2024
Date: Saturday November 9, 2024
Track: Rosehill Racecourse
Distance: 1800m
Race Type: Set Weights + Penalties – 5YOs only
Status: Listed
Prize Money: $2 million

2024 The Five Diamonds Finishing Order

Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Penalty Starting Price
1 5 PERICLES James Cummings Kerrin McEvoy 11 58kg $20
2 12 FREEDOM RALLY Tony Gollan Tommy Berry 0.13L 7 56kg $15
3 8 YELLOW BRICK Tony & Maddysen Sears Jason Collett 0.49L 9 57kg $9
4 1 ATTRITION Mitchell Freedman Ethan Brown 1.51L 2 59kg $4EF
5 11 TERRITORY EXPRESS Paul Niceforo Zac Lloyd (a) 1.54L 4 56kg $4EF
6 16e KINGSWOOD (GB) Gavin Bedggood John Allen 1.98L 3 57kg $5.50
7 7 AMOR VICTORIOUS Bjorn Baker Tyler Schiller 2.56L 10 58kg $41
8 3 LINDERMANN Chris Waller Joao Moreira 3.13L 6 59kg $7.50
9 6 OSIPENKO (NZ) Chris Waller Regan Bayliss 3.55L 13 58kg $61
10 15e MAJOR BEEL (NZ) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 3.66L 5 59kg $26
11 18e HOLYMANZ (NZ) Ciaron Maher Tom Sherry 3.85L 1 57kg $26
12 14 NEW ENDEAVOUR (IRE) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Adam Hyeronimus 4.33L 14 56kg $61
13 17e STRAIT ACER Anthony Cummings Reece Jones 8.37L 12 56kg $81
14 4 REDIENER Chris Waller Rory Hutchings 19.13L 8 59kg $61
20e MAGNASPIN Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin 0
19e SOUNDS OF HEAVEN (GB) Joseph Pride Reece Jones 0
9 DOCKLANDS (GB) Harry Eustace 0
2 DESERT LIGHTNING (NZ) Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 0
13 RELENTLESS VOYAGER (GB) Ciaron Maher Jay Ford 0
10 IKNOWASTAR Bjorn Baker Ms Rachel King 0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 The Five Diamonds Betting

The Five Diamonds 2024 betting odds will be available at Ladbrokes.com.au and published here at Races.com.au.

Ellsberg ($3.30 in 2022) won the inaugural The Five Diamonds as the race favourite carrying the equal 59kg topweight to victory.

There was a notable upset in 2024 with Pericles winning at Five Diamonds odds of $20.

2024 The Five Diamonds Form Guide

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2024 The Five Diamonds Tips

Stay tuned for our insider The Five Diamonds 2024 Tips on the new $2 million event!

  • To Win: #3 Lindermann ($9 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Wide open edition of Sydney’s Five Diamonds on Saturday but happy to stick with Chris Waller’s Group 1 winner Lindermann after his return to winning form last time out. The son of Lonhro won last year’s Rosehill Guineas but has been in the winner’s stall just twice since. Fresh he was flat in the $1.5 million Alan Brown when 15th at 30/1 from a wide alley. He atoned in the Group 3 Craven Plate (1800m) at Randwick when saluting narrowly to defeat Spirit Ridge with 59kg. He’s a three-time Rosehill winner from four starts here, presents fit and back in confidence now third-up, and the ‘Magic Man’ Joao Moreira rides. Can win.

2024 The Five Diamonds Field

The confirmed The Five Diamonds 2024 field of five-year-old contenders is announced on Wednesday before the race and will be published in full below.

The Five Diamonds field has a 14-starter limit.

The 2024 The Five Diamonds final field features a smart line-up of five-year-olds led in betting by Kembla Grange galloper Territory Express who ran second in the Prelude.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the Five Diamonds 2024 field and betting markets.

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Probable Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 01x80x2741 ATTRITION Mitchell Freedman Ethan Brown 5 59kg 111
2 131139×314 DESERT LIGHTNING (NZ) Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 20 59kg 110
3 88x6310x01 LINDERMANN Chris Waller Joao Moreira 10 59kg 110
4 11x110x407 REDIENER Chris Waller Rory Hutchings 12 59kg 106
5 2572×31349 PERICLES James Cummings Kerrin McEvoy 16 58kg 108
6 30x96x9450 OSIPENKO (NZ) Chris Waller Regan Bayliss 18 58kg 103
7 x1174x2318 AMOR VICTORIOUS Bjorn Baker Tyler Schiller 15 58kg 101
8 20x251x214 YELLOW BRICK Tony & Maddysen Sears Jason Collett 14 57kg 108
9 x3x222x7x5 DOCKLANDS (GB) Harry Eustace 3 56kg 108
10 2231322×51 IKNOWASTAR Bjorn Baker Ms Rachel King 1 56kg 107
11 5x12143x62 TERRITORY EXPRESS Paul Niceforo Zac Lloyd (a) 7 56kg 106
12 x3241x4983 FREEDOM RALLY Tony Gollan Tommy Berry 11 56kg 105
13 436x31328x RELENTLESS VOYAGER (GB) Ciaron Maher Jay Ford (late alt) 8 56kg 103
14 x7622x0379 NEW ENDEAVOUR (IRE) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Adam Hyeronimus 19 56kg 102
15e 9x740x1570 MAJOR BEEL (NZ) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 9 59kg 100
16e 5x24x95x11 KINGSWOOD (GB) Gavin Bedggood John Allen 6 57kg 99
17e 5622484×86 STRAIT ACER Anthony Cummings 17 56kg 99
18e 1428×65365 HOLYMANZ (NZ) Ciaron Maher Tom Sherry 2 57kg 98
19e 36x5x0x601 SOUNDS OF HEAVEN (GB) Joseph Pride Reece Jones 13 54kg 95
20e 716165×304 MAGNASPIN Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin 4 57kg 94

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

The Five Diamonds Nominations

Early The Five Diamonds 2024 nominations close on the Monday of race week and will be updated in full below once confirmed.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 0x220x2252 AMELIA’S JEWEL M 5 Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 112
2 x1174x2318 AMOR VICTORIOUS G 5 Bjorn Baker 101
3 01x80x2741 ATTRITION H 5 Mitchell Freedman 111
4 2x14131x28 BELVEDERE BOYS G 5 Matthew Dunn 74
5 3113527×03 CEERSEVEN (NZ) G 5 Mitchell Freedman 76
6 00890×9775 COMMUNIST G 5 Michael Freedman 93
7 131139×314 DESERT LIGHTNING (NZ) G 5 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 110
8 x3x222x7x5 DOCKLANDS (GB) H 5 Harry Eustace 108
9 x3241x4983 FREEDOM RALLY G 5 Tony Gollan 105
10 022097×422 HE’LL RIP G 5 Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin 68
11 1428×65365 HOLYMANZ (NZ) G 5 Ciaron Maher 98
12 2231322×51 IKNOWASTAR G 5 Bjorn Baker 107
13 5x24x95x11 KINGSWOOD (GB) H 5 Gavin Bedggood 99
14 24234×9005 KNIGHT’S CHOICE G 5 John Symons & Sheila Laxon 98
15 88x6310x01 LINDERMANN G 5 Chris Waller 110
16 716165×304 MAGNASPIN G 5 Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin 94
17 9x740x1570 MAJOR BEEL (NZ) G 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 100
18 132x2112x1 NATION’S CALL (IRE) G 5 Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock 81
19 x7622x0379 NEW ENDEAVOUR (IRE) G 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 102
20 30x96x9450 OSIPENKO (NZ) G 5 Chris Waller 103
21 2572×31349 PERICLES G 5 James Cummings 108
22 151x437x15 POISON CHALICE (NZ) G 5 Paul Preusker 93
23 11x110x407 REDIENER G 5 Chris Waller 106
24 436x31328x RELENTLESS VOYAGER (GB) G 5 Ciaron Maher 103
25 1225×10547 ROBUSTO G 5 Bjorn Baker 96
26 36x5x0x601 SOUNDS OF HEAVEN (GB) M 5 Joseph Pride 95
27 5622484×86 STRAIT ACER G 5 Anthony Cummings 99
28 11x1256x61 TAVI TIME (NZ) G 5 Kris Lees 90
29 5x12143x62 TERRITORY EXPRESS G 5 Paul Niceforo 106
30 20x251x214 YELLOW BRICK G 5 Tony & Maddysen Sears 108

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

The Five Diamonds History

The Five Diamonds ran for the first time in 2022 at Rosehill Racecourse and was won by that year’s Group 1 Epsom Handicap – Five Diamonds Prelude winner Ellsberg.

Ellsberg won the 2022 The Five Diamonds in a track record time of 1 minute 47.43 seconds.

The Five Diamonds Winners

The Five Diamonds winners going back to the race’s inauguration in 2022 are detailed below.

YEAR WINNER 2ND 3RD TIME
2024 Pericles Freedom Rally Yellow Brick 1:48.04
2023 Unspoken Zoumon Detonator Jack 1:49.93
2022 Ellsberg Sibaaq Laws Of Indices 1:47.43 (R)

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