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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.
2025 The Five Diamonds Results
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
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.
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 fourth edition of the Listed $2 million The Five Diamonds runs on Saturday November 8, 2025 at Rosehill on the same day as Melbourne’s VRC Champions Stakes Day at Flemington.
| The Five Diamonds 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday November 8, 2025 |
| Track: | Rosehill Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1800m |
| Race Type: | Set Weights + Penalties – 5YOs only |
| Status: | Listed |
| Prize Money: | $2 million |
2025 The Five Diamonds Results
The official The Five Diamonds 2025 race results and finishing order will be updated below following the second running of the $2 million event in Sydney this November.
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
2025 The Five Diamonds Betting
The Five Diamonds 2025 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.
2025 The Five Diamonds Form Guide
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2025 The Five Diamonds Tips
Stay tuned for our insider The Five Diamonds 2025 Tips on the new $2 million event!
- To Win: TBD
2025 The Five Diamonds Field
The confirmed The Five Diamonds 2025 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 Five Diamonds Nominations
Early The Five Diamonds 2025 nominations close on the Monday of race week and will be updated in full below once confirmed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 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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