The Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) is a Group 3 status race run in Melbourne on CF Orr Stakes Day during the autumn as a Blue Diamond Stakes lead-up.
2025 Blue Diamond C&G Prelude Results
- 1st: #3 Field Of Play
- 2nd: #11 Devil Night
- 3rd: #12 Katsumi
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The Blue Diamond Prelude Colts & Geldings is a Group 3 race for two-year-old males held at Caulfield Racecourse in February during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival.
2025 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Results
- 1st: #3 Field OF Play ($2.90)
- 2nd: #11 Devil Night
- 3rd: #12 Katsumi
Field of Play ($2.90), trained by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, was too strong off a front-running ride to narrowly head the 2025 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) results ahead of roughie hopes Devil Night ($41) and Katsumi ($81). The unbeaten son of Deep Field is now two-from-two and looks a chance for a late Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes nomination for February 22.
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Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) 2025 Odds & Results
Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) (G3)
| Runner Details | Win | Place |
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1st
3. Field Of Play (5) J: Blake Shinn 57kg
T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young |
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2nd
11. Devil Night (1) J: Shane Foley 57kg
T: M, W & J Hawkes |
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3rd
12. Katsumi Orochi (3) J: Ben Allen 57kg
T: Wendy Kelly |
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4th
1. Tycoon Star (9) J: Mark Zahra 57kg
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
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5th
2. Aleppo Pine (2) J: Jamie Melham 57kg
T: James Cummings |
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6th
5. Autumn Mystery (11) J: Patrick Moloney 57kg
T: Rory Hunter |
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7th
8. Olatunde (8) J: Billy Egan 57kg
T: Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman |
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8th
7. Menshevik (7) J: Damian Lane 57kg
T: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald |
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9th
14. Victory Tune (4) J: Ben Melham 57kg
T: Robbie Griffiths |
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10th
4. Yamashita's Gold (6) J: Jamie Mott 57kg
T: Gavin Bedggood |
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11th
6. Lofty Thoughts (10) J: Jye McNeil 57kg
T: Julius Sandhu |
Data retrieved: 16/05/2025 01:52:13 AM (Australia/Brisbane)
The event is contested over a short sprint distance of 1100m and offers $350,000 in prize money as of 2025. A set weights race, the Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude is held on CF Orr Stakes Day. The meeting kicks off Group 1 racing for the year with the running of the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m).
CF Orr Stakes Day is home to a host of other early autumn Group status races including the Group 2 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude (1100m) which is the fillies’ equivalent of the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G).
Many juveniles in the Blue Diamond Prelude field for colts and geldings will have previously run in the Listed Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) in late January. In recent years, the Blue Diamond Preview – Blue Diamond Prelude double has been achieved by I Am Immortal (2019), Hanseatic (2020) and General Beau (2021). The race is the traditional lead-up to the Group 1 $2 million Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) held a fortnight later.
Recent winners of the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) – Blue Diamond Stakes double include Written By (2018), Sepoy (2011), and Bel Esprit (2002). Pride Of Dubai (2015) also recently improved on a Prelude second to win the Blue Diamond Stakes.
In 2020 the Blue Diamond Prelude winner Hanseatic came off a lead-up win in the Blue Diamond Preview and went on to run second in that year’s Blue Diamond Stakes results.
The next year, Anamoe ran second in the Blue Diamond Prelude before a third in the Blue Diamond Stakes trifecta and subsequent second in the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes in Sydney. Anamoe also won that autumn’s Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes and returned for a stellar spring headlined by a Group 1 Caulfield Guineas victory and second in the Group 1 Cox Plate back in Melbourne.
The 2022 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G form was franked with the winner Lofty Strike going on to run fourth that spring in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) down the Flemington straight. The Blue Diamond Prelude third place-getter Daumier further franked the form with his next-up win in that year’s Blue Diamond Stakes results before fourths in the Golden Slipper Stakes and Inglis Sires’ in Sydney behind gun filly Fireburn.
The 2023 Blue Diamond Prelude also produced that year’s Blue Diamond Stakes winner with Little Brose improving on a lead-up second in the Prelude to snare victory in the Group 1.
The Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) 2025 ran on Saturday February 8, 2025 at Caulfield Racecourse and was won in a tough effort by the Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young trained Field OF Play ($2.90).
| 2025 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) | |
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| Date: | Saturday February 8, 2025 |
| Track: | Caulfield Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1100m |
| Race Type: | Set Weights |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $300,000 |
2025 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Finishing Order
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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| 1 | 3 | FIELD OF PLAY | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | Blake Shinn | 5 | 57kg | $2.90 | |||
| 2 | 11 | DEVIL NIGHT | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | Shane Foley | 0.46L | 1 | 57kg | $41 | ||
| 3 | 12 | KATSUMI OROCHI | Wendy Kelly | Ben Allen | 2.46L | 3 | 57kg | $81 | ||
| 4 | 1 | TYCOON STAR | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Mark Zahra | 2.52L | 9 | 57kg | $6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | ALEPPO PINE | James Cummings | Ms Jamie Melham | 3.52L | 2 | 57kg | $2.45F | ||
| 6 | 5 | AUTUMN MYSTERY | Rory Hunter | Patrick Moloney | 3.92L | 11 | 57kg | $61 | ||
| 7 | 8 | OLATUNDE | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | Billy Egan | 4.17L | 8 | 57kg | $101 | ||
| 8 | 7 | MENSHEVIK | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | Damian Lane | 4.92L | 7 | 57kg | $26 | ||
| 9 | 14 | VICTORY TUNE | Robbie Griffiths | Ben Melham | 5.67L | 4 | 57kg | $15 | ||
| 10 | 4 | YAMASHITA’S GOLD | Gavin Bedggood | Jamie Mott | 7.92L | 6 | 57kg | $17 | ||
| 11 | 6 | LOFTY THOUGHTS | Julius Sandhu | Jye McNeil | 12.42L | 10 | 57kg | $21 | ||
| 10 | ANARCHIST | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Ethan Brown | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | LORD CODA | Ciaron Maher | Thomas Stockdale | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | ALGORITHMIC | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | Shane Foley | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Betting
The best Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude 2025 betting odds will be available at Ladbrokes.com.au and published here at Races.com.au the week of CF Orr Stakes Day so stay tuned.
Hanseatic ($2.30 in 2020) followed by General Beau ($3.10 in 2021) are the latest Blue Diamond Prelude Colts & Geldings favourites to salute for the punters.
2025 Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude Form Guide
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2025 Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude Tips
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- To Win: #3 Field Of Play ($3.60 at time of publish) – BET NOW
A Prelude field where anything could win but have Field Of Play on top to make it a perfect two-from-two start to his career. The Deep Field gelding saluted on debut on December 28 at Moonee Valley in style putting over three lengths on his closest rival carrying 58kg over 1200m. This distance first-up is well within his limits and he will relish coming back to 57kg with Blake Shinn getting plenty of favours from an ideal gate five draw. Can salute again.
2025 Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude Field
The Blue Diamond Prelude for colts & geldings field is made up of a host of Blue Diamond Stakes-bound youngsters and is released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday before CF Orr Stakes Day.
The official 2025 Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude Field and Barriers are set for release the Wednesday of race week and will be listed in full below.
The Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) 2025 final field features a quality line-up of Group 1 bound youngsters led in betting by the resuming Godolphin raced Blue Point colt Aleppo Pine.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | H Rating |
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| 1 | 14x | TYCOON STAR | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Mark Zahra | 11 | 57kg | 72 | ||
| 2 | 1x | ALEPPO PINE | James Cummings | Ms Jamie Melham | 2 | 57kg | 67 | ||
| 3 | 1 | FIELD OF PLAY | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | Blake Shinn | 5 | 57kg | 67 | ||
| 4 | 2 | YAMASHITA’S GOLD | Gavin Bedggood | Jamie Mott | 7 | 57kg | 66 | ||
| 5 | 33 | AUTUMN MYSTERY | Rory Hunter | Patrick Moloney | 13 | 57kg | 62 | ||
| 6 | 3 | LOFTY THOUGHTS | Julius Sandhu | Jye McNeil | 12 | 57kg | 62 | ||
| 7 | 4 | MENSHEVIK | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | Damian Lane | 8 | 57kg | 63 | ||
| 8 | 5 | OLATUNDE | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | Billy Egan | 9 | 57kg | 61 | ||
| 9 | ALGORITHMIC | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | Shane Foley | 6 | 57kg | ||||
| 10 | ANARCHIST | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Ethan Brown | 14 | 57kg | ||||
| 11 | DEVIL NIGHT | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | Shane Foley | 1 | 57kg | ||||
| 12 | KATSUMI OROCHI | Wendy Kelly | Ben Allen | 3 | 57kg | ||||
| 13 | LORD CODA | Ciaron Maher | Thomas Stockdale | 10 | 57kg | ||||
| 14 | 0x | VICTORY TUNE | Robbie Griffiths | Ben Melham | 4 | 57kg | 60 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude Nominations
The Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) 2025 nominations close the Monday of race week and will be released below as soon as available.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | H Rating | |
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| 1 | 1x | ALEPPO PINE | C | 2 | James Cummings | |
| 2 | ALGORITHMIC | C | 2 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | ||
| 3 | ANARCHIST | C | 2 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 4 | 33 | AUTUMN MYSTERY | G | 2 | Rory Hunter | |
| 5 | 3 | BERMONDSEY | G | 2 | Reece Goodwin | |
| 6 | BLETHYN | C | 2 | Matt Laurie | ||
| 7 | DEVIL NIGHT | C | 2 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | ||
| 8 | 3x | EXTRACTOR | C | 2 | Michael Freedman | |
| 9 | 1 | FIELD OF PLAY | G | 2 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | |
| 10 | IN THE VAULT | C | 2 | Clinton McDonald | ||
| 11 | KATSUMI OROCHI | C | 2 | Wendy Kelly | ||
| 12 | 3 | LOFTY THOUGHTS | C | 2 | Julius Sandhu | |
| 13 | LORD CODA | C | 2 | Ciaron Maher | ||
| 14 | 4 | MENSHEVIK | C | 2 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | |
| 15 | 5 | OLATUNDE | C | 2 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | |
| 16 | ONAVUITTON | C | 2 | Simon Zahra | ||
| 17 | ORNOS | C | 2 | Danny O’Brien | ||
| 18 | 3x | PAFITIS | C | 2 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 19 | 14x | TYCOON STAR | C | 2 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | |
| 20 | 0x | VICTORY TUNE | G | 2 | Robbie Griffiths | |
| 21 | 2 | YAMASHITA’S GOLD | C | 2 | Gavin Bedggood |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude History
The Blue Diamond (Colts & Geldings) Prelude has been run and won since 1982. The inaugural winner was Rancer and since then a host of quality two-year-olds have taken out the race including Lonhro (2011), Sepoy (2011), Flying Artie (2016), and Written By (2018).
The race began as a Listed event and has held its Group 3 status since 1986. For one year in 1996 the Blue Diamond Prelude C&G ran at Sandown Racecourse instead of its traditional home at Caulfield.
In 2023 the race again ran at Ladbrokes Park Hillside at Sandown when sponsored by Ladbrokes.com.au before moving back to Caulfield for the 2024 edition.
Recent Blue Diamond Prelude Winners (Colts & Geldings)
See below for a full list of the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) winners and results going back to 2000.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2025 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Field Of Play | 1 minute 4.15 seconds |
| 2nd | Devil Night | ||
| 3rd | Katsumi | ||
| 2024 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Bodyguard | 1 minute 3.64 seconds |
| 2nd | Stay Focused | ||
| 3rd | Holmes A Court | ||
| 2023 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Barber | 1 minute 3.99 seconds |
| 2nd | Little Brose | ||
| 3rd | Corniche | ||
| 2022 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Lofty Strike | 1 minute 3.98 seconds |
| 2nd | Semillion | ||
| 3rd | Daumier | ||
| 2021 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | General Beau | 1 minute 3.58 seconds |
| 2nd | Anamoe | ||
| 3rd | Jigsaw | ||
| 2020 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Hanseatic | 1 minute 3.08 seconds |
| 2nd | Rulership | ||
| 3rd | Rathlin | ||
| 2019 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | I Am Immortal | 1 minute 4.44 seconds |
| 2nd | Shotmaker | ||
| 3rd | Hawker Hurricane | ||
| 2018 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Written By | 1 minute 04.98 seconds |
| 2nd | Plague Stone | ||
| 3rd | Native Soldier | ||
| 2017 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Property | 1 minute 03.78 seconds |
| 2nd | Pariah | ||
| 3rd | Wait For No One | ||
| 2016 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Flying Artie | 1 minute 3.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Star Turn | ||
| 3rd | China Dream | ||
| 2015 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Of The Brave | 1 minute 3.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Pride Of Dubai | ||
| 3rd | Sampeah | ||
| 2014 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Rubick | 1 minute 3.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Jabali | ||
| 3rd | Chivalry | ||
| 2013 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Kuroshio | 1 minute 4.0 seconds |
| 2nd | The Bowler | ||
| 3rd | Dissident | ||
| 2012 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | General Rippa | 1 minute 4.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Rusambo | ||
| 3rd | Ferment | ||
| 2011 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Sepoy | 1 minute 3.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Running Tall | ||
| 3rd | Huegill | ||
| 2010 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Beneteau | 1 minute 2.5 seconds |
| 2nd | General Truce | ||
| 3rd | The Greatandthegood | ||
| 2009 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Real Saga | 1 minute 3.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Reward For Effort | ||
| 3rd | Starspangledbanner | ||
| 2008 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Wilander | 1 minute 3.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Exceedingly Good | ||
| 3rd | Minnesota Shark | ||
| 2007 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Shrewd Rhythm | 1 minute 3.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Zizou | ||
| 3rd | Victory Chant | ||
| 2006 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Due Sasso | 1 minute 3.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Wonderful World | ||
| 3rd | Swinging Bachelor | ||
| 2005 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Perfectly Ready | 1 minute 3.9 seconds |
| 2nd | The Rhine | ||
| 3rd | Bradbury’s Luck | ||
| 2004 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Way West | 1 minute 3.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Oratorio | ||
| 3rd | Sanziro | ||
| 2003 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Hammerbeam | 1 minute 3.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Murphy’s Blu Boy | ||
| 3rd | Scaredee Cat | ||
| 2002 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Bel Esprit | 1 minute 5.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Cool Trent | ||
| 3rd | Step Ahead | ||
| 2001 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Lonhro | 1 minute 3.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Niewand | ||
| 3rd | Tosamba | ||
| 2000 Blue Diamond Prelude C&G |
1st | Happy Giggle | 1 minute 4.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Lord Dane | ||
| 3rd | Sparks | ||
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