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 News
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
Five Diamonds (L)
Runner Details | Win | Place |
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1st
5. Pericles (11)
J: Kerrin McEvoy 58kg
T: James Cummings |
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2nd
12. Freedom Rally (7)
J: Tommy Berry 56kg
T: Tony Gollan |
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3rd
8. Yellow Brick (9)
J: Jason Collett 57kg
T: Tony & Maddysen Sears |
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4th
1. Attrition (2)
J: Ethan Brown 59kg
T: Mitchell Freedman |
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5th
11. Territory Express (4)
J: Zac Lloyd 56kg
T: Paul Niceforo |
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6th
16. Kingswood (3)
J: John Allen 57kg
T: Gavin Bedggood |
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7th
7. Amor Victorious (10)
J: Tyler Schiller 58kg
T: Bjorn Baker |
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8th
3. Lindermann (6)
J: Joao Moreira 59kg
T: Chris Waller |
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9th
6. Osipenko (13)
J: Regan Bayliss 58kg
T: Chris Waller |
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10th
15. Major Beel (5)
J: Tim Clark 59kg
T: G Waterhouse & A Bott |
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11th
18. Holymanz (1)
J: Tom Sherry 57kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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12th
14. New Endeavour (14)
J: Adam Hyeronimus 56kg
T: G Waterhouse & A Bott |
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13th
17. Strait Acer (12)
J: Reece Jones 56kg
T: Anthony Cummings |
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14th
4. Rediener (8)
J: Rory Hutchings 59kg
T: Chris Waller |
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 | |
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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 | |
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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
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- 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 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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) |