Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Blue Diamond Fillies Preview form has held up in the Group 1 Blue Diamond plenty in recent years.

The Blue Diamond Fillies Preview is the first of the traditional lead-up races towards the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) conducted at Caulfield Racecourse* during the annual Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival.

*In 2023 the Blue Diamond Fillies Preview and Australia Day races in Melbourne took place at Ladbrokes Park Hillside, Sandown. 

The Group 3 status race is traditionally held on Australia Day on January 26th and is a set weights plus penalties sprint open to two-year-old fillies.

A 1000m sprint offering $200,000 in prize money, the race takes place on the same day as the Listed $200,000 Blue Diamond Preview for colts and geldings.

First contested in 1982, the Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) gained Group 3 status in 2015.

Following a run in the Blue Diamond Preview, fillies usually back-up a fortnight later in the Group 2 $300,000 Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) and then the Group 1 $2 million Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) held in late February.

Fontiton (2015) was the last filly to do the Blue Diamond Preview – Prelude double. More recently, the 2022 Blue Diamond Preview winning filly Miss Roseiano ran second next-up in the Prelude.

Just two fillies have completed the Blue Diamond Preview – Blue Diamond Stakes double: Bounding Away (1986) and Miracles Of Life (2013).

The latest edition of the Blue Diamond Fillies Preview took place on Friday January 26th, 2024 and was won in a photo-finish by the Clinton McDonald-trained Hayasugi ($5.50).

2024 Blue Diamond Fillies Preview Results

The official Blue Diamond Preview Results for the fillies’ race will be known on Friday January 26th, 2024 and published in full below.

2024 Blue Diamond Fillies Preview winner Hayasugi. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #1 Haysaugi
• 2nd: #8 Tobeornottobe
• 3rd: #5 Matisse

It was an exciting photo-finish Blue Diamond Fillies Preview 2024 result on Australia Day with Clinton McDonald’s class filly Hayasugi ($5.50) benefiting from the experience of two previous race starts. The daughter of Royal Meeting came with a strong run down the outside late to wear down Tobeornottobe and come away with the Group 3 victory at Caulfield.

2024 Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) Odds

The updated Blue Diamond Preview 2024 odds for the Group 3 fillies’ edition will be available below once markets are released.

Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) Race Info

• Date: Friday January 26th, 2024
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1000m
• Conditions: Set Weights – 2YO Fillies
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $200,000
• First Run: 1982

Blue Diamond Fillies Preview Betting

Blue Diamond Preview Fillies betting is hugely popular each January as it marks the start of the Blue Diamond series of races.

It’s position on the Australia Day race card in Melbourne also adds to its popularity with the punters.

Many fillies will be first-up in the race, so looking for those with a previous record fresh is key.

The Group 3 Ottawa Stakes run at Flemington over the Melbourne Cup Carnival the November prior can serve as a key Blue Diamond Preview Fillies betting guide with Dosh (2020-21) the last to do the double.

Hayasugi (5th in 2023-24) was the last Ottawa Stakes graduate to return the following year and win the Blue Diamond Preview for fillies.

Limestone ($2.70 in 2017) was the last favourite in Blue Diamond Preview Fillies betting to salute for the punters.

Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) Field

The Blue Diamond Fillies Preview field attracts the best young female sprinters getting about for the season. The majority of the two-year-old fillies in the mix are racing first-up for the season.

2024 Blue Diamond Fillies Preview Field

The Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) final field and barrier draw for 2024 will be released on the Wednesday before race day takes place on the Friday Australia Day 2024 public holiday and published below.

The Clinton McDonald-trained Group 3 performed Hayasugi heads the Blue Diamond Fillies Preview 2024 final field having start number three fresh at Caulfield on Friday.

2024 Blue Diamond Fillies Preview Nominations

The early 2024 Blue Diamond Fillies Preview nominations close the Monday prior to the race and will be published in full below once announced by Racing Victoria.

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Blue Diamond Fillies Preview Tips

Looking for the fillies that ran well in any previous Group 3 races from the spring before or those that come off a good trial ahead of a new season return are good Blue Diamond Fillies Preview tips.

Favourites have a fair record, but the majority of winners have jumped under $10 in the markets so looking for fillies at single figures that are proven in Melbourne are other Blue Diamond Preview betting tips to take.

2024 Blue Diamond Fillies Preview Tips

Our insider Blue Diamond Preview Tips for Fillies in 2024 will be published below the week of the race so stay tuned.

• To Win: #Matisse – BET NOW

This Microphone debutante steps onto the track with whispers of potential echoing from the Anthony & Sam Freedman stable. While she lacks an official trial, the buzz surrounding her suggests something special could be brewing. Drawn ideally in barrier one and with the masterful Damian Lane aboard, expect this filly to be a frontrunner right from the jump and make a strong impression in her maiden voyage.

Blue Diamond Fillies Preview Form Guide

The Blue Diamond Preview Fillies 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 fillies dominant in betting, drawn an inside alley and coming off a nice lead-up in similar grade company are all important form-wise.

The Blue Diamond Fillies Preview form has also stacked up plenty of times in bigger races over the years including when Miracles Of Life (2013) became history’s second filly to do the Blue Diamond Preview – Blue Diamond Stakes double.

More recently the 2017 Blue Diamond Fillies Preview runner-up Tulip went on to run third in that autumn’s Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) in Sydney.

2024 Blue Diamond Fillies Preview Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) 2024 Form Guide will be available below the week of the race.

Blue Diamond Fillies Preview Results

The Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) results have been dominated by quality young fillies over the years, the majority of which have jumped at single-figure odds.

Notable Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) winners include Bounding Away (1986), Triscay (1990) who now has a race run in her honour with the Group 3 Triscay Stakes held in Sydney each autumn, Crystal Lily (2010), and Miracles Of Life (2013).

Recent Blue Diamond Preview (Fillies) Winners

The Blue Diamond Fillies Preview winners and place-getters going back to 1994 are detailed in the below table.

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