Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) 2025

Ladbrokes Tip: The Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) is a key lead-up to the autumn’s Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes each year

The next edition of the Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) takes place on Saturday February 8, 2025 as part of the CF Orr Stakes Day program at Caulfield Racecourse.

2025 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Odds

The updated Blue Diamond Prelude 2025 odds for the Group 3 boys’ edition will be available below once markets are released.

First held in 1982 and holding Group 3 status since 1986, the event is run on the same day as the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m) and is one of the key support acts on the card along with the Group 2 Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies).

Offering $350,000 in prize money, the 1100m sprint is run at set weights and serves as the major final lead-up for juveniles targeting the Group 1 $2 million Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) back at the track a fortnight later.

Four youngsters have completed the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) – Blue Diamond Stakes double throughout history with Rancher (1982), Bel Esprit (2002), Sepoy (2011), and most recently Written By (2018).

More recently the 2020 Blue Diamond Prelude winner Hanseatic improved off a lead-up win in the Blue Diamond Preview and went on to run second in that year’s Blue Diamond Stakes results.

In 2022 the Blue Diamond Stakes was won by the third placegetter in the Colts & Geldings Prelude, Daumier.

2025 BLUE DIAMOND PRELUDE (C&G) PREVIEW

2025 BLUE DIAMOND PRELUDE (C&G) ODDS

2025 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Results

The official Blue Diamond Prelude Results for the colts’ and geldings’ edition of the race will be known on Saturday February 8, 2025 and published in full below.

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) Betting

Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude betting markets open after the final acceptances are out on the Wednesday before the race runs on CF Orr Stakes Day, the opening Group 1 race meeting of the Melbourne Festival of Racing each autumn.

The two-year-olds that ran well in the Blue Diamond Preview the month before over 100m less in Melbourne usually dominated the Blue Diamond Prelude odds. The Blue Diamond Preview – Prelude double for colts and geldings has recently been achieved by I Am Immortal (2019), Hanseatic (2020), and General Beau (2021).

The results of the Prelude always have an impact on the upcoming Blue Diamond Stakes odds as well and the double is a popular one with punters each year.

Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Field

2018 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) winner Written By went on to win that year’s Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

The Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude race field attracts the best young male sprinters getting about for the season.

The majority of the two-year-olds in the mix are looking to back-up two weeks later in the Blue Diamond Stakes over 100m further, and most come off an earlier autumn run in the Listed Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) in late January.

If not the Blue Diamond Preview, the colts and geldings lining-up in the Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) field are first-up for the autumn or could even be on debut.

Barber (2023), who won the spring’s $1 million Golden Gift in Sydney, followed by the Team Snowden-trained Bodyguard (2024) are the latest first-up Blue Diamond Prelude winners.

The Blue Diamond Prelude nominations are taken the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday with the final field and barrier draw out on the Wednesday.

2025 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Field

The Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) final field and barrier draw for 2025 will be released on the Wednesday before CF Orr Stakes Day and published 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.

2025 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Nominations

The early Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude Nominations close the Monday of race week and will be published in full below once announced by Racing Victoria.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Tips

Looking for the juveniles that ran well in the BD Preview earlier in the autumn or that come off a good trial ahead of a new season return are good Blue Diamond Prelude tips.

Favourites have a good strike-rate in the race so those at single-figures make a good tip. 

Hanseatic ($2.30 in 2020) and General Beau ($3.10 in 2021) went back-to-back for the favourite backers in the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) results in recent times. 

2025 Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) Tips

Our insider Blue Diamond Prelude Tips for Colts & Geldings in 2025 will be published below the week of the race so stay tuned.

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.

Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Form Guide

The Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) form guide features all the must-know information for punters including the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of all the juveniles in the field.

Looking for the males that are dominant in betting, drawn an inside alley and coming off a nice lead-up in a race like the Blue Diamond Preview are all important form-wise.

The Blue Diamond Prelude form has stacked up in the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes many times over the years as well as in other upcoming Group 1 autumn racing features for two-year-olds. 

In 2021 Anamoe finished runner-up in the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) before a third in the Blue Diamond Stakes. He also ran second in Sydney’s iconic Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes and won the Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) that autumn. He returned in the spring headlined and was dominant, including winning the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas over a mile and finishing a devastatingly close photo-finish second in the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at The Valley.  

The 2022 Blue Diamond Prelude form was franked with Daumier improving on a third to win the Blue Diamond Stakes next-up before finishing fourth behind star filly Fireburn in both the Golden Slipper and Inglis Sires’ that year. 

The 2023 Blue Diamond winner, Little Brose, came via a lead-up second in that year’s Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G). 

2025 Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Prelude Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts & Geldings) 2025 Form Guide will be available below the week of the race.

Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Results

The Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) race results have been dominated by single figure hopes in recent years and many have gone on to be outstanding stallions and sires. 

Notable recent Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) winners include Danzero (1994), Flying Spur (1995), Lonhro (2001), Bel Esprit (2002), Sepoy (2011), Flying Artie (2016), and Written By (2018). 

Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) Winners

Past Blue Diamond Prelude winning colts and geldings along with the placegetters each year going back to 1988 are detailed in the below table. 

FAQ

When is the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) 2025?

What is the prize money for the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) 2025?

$350,000

Where is the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) 2025?

Caulfield Racecourse, Gate 22, Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145.