Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G)
Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G)
Group Three Betting Guide
| Date: | Saturday, February 8, 2025 |
| Location: | Caulfield Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria |
| Prize Money: | $350,000 |
| Distance: | 1100m |
The Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) is a Group 3 race for two-year-old colts and geldings.
Conducted by the Melbourne Racing Club at Caulfield Racecourse, in 2025 the race carries a $350,000 prize pool. .
First run in 1982 and won by Rancher, The Blue Diamond Prelude for Colts and Geldings is contested over 1100m under set weight conditions.
Past winners to complete the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G)/Blue Diamond Stakes double include Rancher, Let’s Get Physical, Bel Esprit, Sepoy, and Written By, while Danzero, Flying Spur, Prowl, and Sepoy also claimed the Golden Slipper.
The 2024 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) was won by Bodyguard, who defeated Stay Focused and Holmes A Court.
2025 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) betting odds
Odds for the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) as of February 7, 2025 – Courtesy of Neds
- Aleppo Pine Win $2.50 Place $1.28
- Field Of Play Win $3.50 Place $1.45
- Tycoon Star Win $5.50 Place $1.85
- Victory Tune Win $13.00 Place $3.30
- Lofty Thoughts Win $17.00 Place $4.00
- Yamashita’s Gold Win $19.00 Place $4.40
- Menshevik Win $21.00 Place $4.60
- Katsumi Orochi Win $27.00 Place $5.50
- Lord Coda Win $27.00 Place $5.50
- Devil Night Win $35.00 Place $6.50
- Autumn Mystery Win $51.00 Place $9.00
- Olatunde Win $81.00 Place $12.00
How to bet on the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G)
All Australian online bookmakers featuring horse racing will have Caulfield races available to bet on.
This means the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) can be wagered upon as soon as acceptances are in. Like most Group 3 races, the Blue Diamond Prelude for Colts and Geldings does not have an all-in or futures market weeks out from the race.
The top Blue Diamond Prelude betting sites are accessible via several different means, including via betting apps.
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Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) News
2025 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Final Field
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Previous Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Fields
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
High Octane Peter & Paul Snowden Blake Shinn 1 57kg 2 WolfgangLloyd Kennewell & Lucy YeomansJamie Kah1057kg3 Bodyguard Peter & Paul Snowden Mark Zahra 9 57kg 4 Stay Focused Phillip Stokes Daniel Stackhouse 3 57kg 5 Holmes A Court Peter & Paul Snowden Jye McNeil 8 57kg 6 Innervisions Annabel Neasham Michael Dee 5 57kg 7 Pieris Robbie Laing Craig Williams 6 57kg 8 Hellberg Ben Brisbourne Connor Murtagh 7 57kg 9 Cardiologist Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Damian Lane 4 57kg 10 Untapped Greg Eurell Daniel Moor 2 57kg
2024 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) result
1st – Bodyguard (+320)
2nd – Stay Focused (-250)
3rd – Holmes A Court (+150)
Recent runnings of the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G):
- The Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Bodyguard ($4.20) demolished his rivals in the Group 3 Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) at Caulfield, staking his claim for Group 1 glory later in the campaign. The son of I Am Invincible was given a confident steer by Mark Zahra from barrier nine, sliding across to sit three wide throughout, gaining cover on the eventual runner-up Stay Focused ($3.40). The speed was genuine courtesy of Innervisions ($51.00) who elected to bowl along on speed, ensuring a testing 1100m for the two-year-olds and allowing some eye-catching performances in behind the speed. Bodyguard showed an electric turn-of-foot at the top of the straight, bounding clear of his rivals and putting some significant margins on the field despite not having the most economical run.
- Barber continued to strengthen is case for the 2023 Blue Diamond Stakes, winning the Group 3 Blue Diamond Prelude for the colts and geldings, extending his winning streak and unbeaten start to his racing career to three in a row. With this colt returning from a two-month spell, there could have been excuses for him, but that was not the case. This son of Exceed And Excel sat just behind the speed and when the field turned into the home straight, there was only one horse that wasn’t under pressure cruising along, and that was the eventual winner. There was some question marks around Barber being first-up, as he drifted out in the betting from $3 to run over the line as a $4 commodity with most online bookmakers.
- Lofty Strike kept his unbeaten record in-tact, when winning the Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude (1100m) at Caulfield. The colt, by Snitzel, was impressive in winning on debut at Flemington, and he backed that up winning by over a length to Semillion in the Group 3 feature. After jumping only fairly from barrier eight, Jamie Mott restrained the colt back to third-last, before bringing him to the extreme outside around the turn. Mott and Lofty Strike hit the front inside the final 100m and drew away to win by 1.25 lengths, with a further half-length back to Daumier in third, while the two market fancies – Counttheheadlights (4th) and Jacquinot (5th) – finished two lengths behind the winner.
Previous winners of the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G)
| Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Past Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2024 | Bodyguard | Mark Zahra | Peter & Paul Snowden |
| 2023 | Barber | Jamie Kah | James Cummings |
| 2022 | Lofty Strike | Jamie Mott | Julius Sandhu |
| 2021 | General Beau | Jamie Kah | Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra |
| 2020 | Hanseatic | Luke Currie | Anthony Freedman |
| 2019 | I Am Immortal | Ben Melham | Anthony Freedman |
| 2018 | Written By | Jordan Childs | Grahame Begg |
| 2017 | Property | Craig Williams | Robert Smerdon |
| 2016 | Flying Artie | Damien Oliver | Mick Price |
| 2015 | Of the Brave | Stephen Baster | Mark Riley |
| 2014 | Rubick | Brenton Avdulla | Gerald Ryan |
| 2013 | Kuroshio | Kerrin McEvoy | Peter Snowden |
| 2012 | General Rippa | Damien Oliver | David Hayes |
| 2011 | Sepoy | Mark Zahra | Peter Snowden |
| 2010 | Beneteau | Daniel Ganderton | Paul Messara |
| 2009 | Real Saga | Damien Oliver | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes |
| 2008 | Wilander | Luke Nolen | Lee Freedman |
| 2007 | Shrewd Rhythm | Glen Boss | Greg Eurell |
| 2006 | Due Sasso | Nash Rawiller | Brian Mayfield-Smith |
| 2005 | Perfectly Ready | Steven King | Mick Price |
| 2004 | Way West | Nash Rawiller | Tony McEvoy |
| 2003 | Hammerbeam | Darren Gauci | John Hawkes |
| 2002 | Bel Esprit | Wayne Treloar | John Symons |
| 2001 | Lonhro | Brett Prebble | John Hawkes |
| 2000 | Happy Giggle | Darren Beadman | Jim Mason |
Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) winners pre-2000
| Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Past Winners Pre 2000 | |||
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| Year | Horse | ||
| 1999 | Charm Scene Lad | ||
| 1998 | Prowl | ||
| 1997 | Millward | ||
| 1996 | Winger Charger | ||
| 1995 | Flying Spur | ||
| 1994 | Danzero | ||
| 1993 | Alacqua | ||
| 1992 | Yachtie | ||
| 1991 | Chief Headhunter | ||
| 1990 | Unspoken Word | ||
| 1989 | Ark Regal | ||
| 1988 | Nanutarra | ||
| 1987 | Square Deal | ||
| 1986 | Western Ace | ||
| 1985 | Let’s Get Physical | ||
| 1984 | Slick Draw | ||
| 1983 | Brave Show | ||
| 1982 | Rancher | ||
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