Five Diamonds Prelude 2024

The $1 million Five Diamonds Prelude is now a Black-Type holding Listed status as of 2024

The Five Diamonds Prelude is race for five-year-olds eyeing a run in the $2 million Five Diamonds (1800m) each spring.

It was held for the first time in 2022 on The Everest Day before moving to the following weekend’s racing at Randwick in 2023 as the feature race at the meeting held on the same date as Melbourne’s Caulfield Cup Day program.

The Five Diamonds race, held in Sydney on the Saturday after the Melbourne Cup, also ran for the first time in 2022.

In 2024 the Five Diamonds Prelude runs on Spring Champion Stakes Day at Randwick in late October on the same date as Melbourne’s Ladbrokes Cox Plate.

The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 $2 million Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) for VRC Derby hopes, the Group 2 $2 million The Invitation (1400m), and the Group 2 $1 million Callander-Presnell (1600m) while the Group 3 $750,000 Craven Plate (1800m) is another lucrative event on the card.

A lucrative feature race in its own right, the Five Diamonds Prelude offers $1 million in prize money and is contested over 1500m at set weights plus penalties.

It officially gained Listed status in 2024.

The Five Diamonds Prelude winner is exempt from ballot for The Five Diamonds field.

In 2022 Ellsberg became the inaugural winner of both the Five Diamonds Prelude and Five Diamonds races when completing the double.

In 2023 the Five Diamonds Prelude runner-up Detonator Jack ran third next start in the Five Diamonds trifecta before a win in the $1 million The Gong at Kembla Grange.

The 2024 Five Diamonds Prelude ran on Saturday October 26, 2024 at Randwick on Spring Champion Stakes Day and was won in a big, sustained gallop by the Bjron Baker-trained Iknowastar ($8.50).

2024 Five Diamonds Prelude Results

The official Five Diamonds Prelude 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 26, 2024.

• 1st: #11 I Knowastar
• 2nd: #12 Territory Express
• 3rd: #10 Freedman Rally

The Bjorn Baker-trained Star Witness gelding Iknowastar ($8.50) was good booking his Five Diamonds bid with a strong, sustained run in front to hang on narrowly in an exciting performance in the 2024 Five Diamonds Prelude result.

2024 Five Diamonds Prelude Odds

The season’s top Five Diamonds Prelude 2024 odds and betting market links will be available below as soon as open.

Five Diamonds Prelude Race Info

• Date: Saturday October 26, 2024
• Track: Randwick Racecourse
• Distance: 1500m
• Conditions: Five-year-olds; Set Weights with Penalties
• Status: Listed
• Prize Money: $1,000,000
• First Run: 2022

Five Diamonds Prelude Betting

Five Diamonds Prelude betting markets are led by the season’s best performing five-year-old, middle-distance horses eyeing a run in the upcoming $2 million The Five Diamonds (1800m) race.

Ellsberg (2022) completed the Five Diamonds Prelude -Five Diamonds race double when both events were contested for the first time.

Runners with a proven record at the Randwick track and a strong strike-rate in races around a mile are installed at shorter Five Diamonds Prelude odds.

Also found higher up the Five Diamonds Prelude betting odds are last start winners and proven Group 1 horses.

Ellsberg ($2.80F) won the inaugural Five Diamonds Prelude as the short-priced favourite in betting.

There was a notable upset in the second edition of the event with Palmetto saluting at Five Diamonds Prelude odds of $21.

The third edition was won by Iknowastar who jumped at Five Diamonds Prelude odds of $8.50.

Five Diamonds Prelude Field

The Five Diamonds race field features a quality line-up of five-year-old horses on the Five Diamonds race path.

The best out of the Five Diamonds Prelude field will continue onto the Five Diamonds at Rosehill on the Saturday after the Melbourne Cup in early November.

The Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) serves as a potential lead-up into the Five Diamonds Prelude field and in 2022 Ellsberg completed the double.

The second Five Diamond Prelude winner Palmetto came off a lead-up sixth in the $1.5 million Alan Brown Stakes (1400m).

The Alan Brown Stakes also produced the 2024 Five Diamonds Prelude winner with Iknowastar improving on a lead-up fifth.

The Five Diamonds Prelude final acceptances are released on the Wednesday of race week following the early nominations taken the Monday leading-up to race day.

2024 Five Diamonds Prelude Field

The official Five Diamonds Prelude 2024 field and barriers will be published in full below once final acceptances are taken by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week.

The 2024 Five Diamonds Prelude final field features a strong line-up of Five Diamonds-bound five-year-olds led in betting by last start Listed Members Cup winner in Brisbane, Yellow Brick.

2024 Five Diamonds Prelude Nominations

The early Five Diamonds Prelude 2024 Nominations are taken the Monday prior to the race.

Five Diamonds Prelude Tips

Top Five Diamonds Prelude tips include looking for proven five-year-old horses, runners with a good Randwick track record and any standout middle-distance types down in grade off a lead-up Group 1 run earlier during the carnival.

2024 Five Diamonds Prelude Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Five Diamonds Prelude 2024 betting tips and Randwick racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the five-year-olds to back and sack in the million-dollar showdown.

• To Win: #6 Amor Victorious ($7 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Great price on Bjorn Baker’s Randwick specialist who is the early market mover in the Five Diamonds Prelude making now the time to back the galloper to keep the wins coming. The five-year-old is three-from-three at the track and impressed last time out on September 28 at Rosehill winning the Group 2 Shannon Stakes at this distance. He’s been kept fresh since, trialled nicely a fortnight back at Warwick Farm, and gets things his way from barrier three with Tyler Schiller riding. Huge hope still and still value.

Five Diamonds Prelude Form Guide

The Five Diamonds Prelude form guide features all the info punters need to place a well-informed wager on the 1500m showdown including the saddlecloth number, barrier, trainer and jockey of all the runners in the field.

The 2022 Five Diamonds Prelude form was franked with Ellsberg going on to win the Five Diamonds at his next start. The form was further franked by the runner-up Sibaaq who raced next-up on Melbourne Cup Day in Sydney’s now $3 million The Big Dance finishing third before a second in the Five Diamonds trifecta.

2024 Five Diamonds Prelude Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Five Diamonds Prelude 2024 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Five Diamonds Prelude Results

The Five Diamonds Prelude race results and finishing order are announced once the Sydney feature runs on the same day Melbourne hosts its Cox Plate Day card.

As well as the Five Diamonds Prelude winner, successful trifecta and first four you can also see the starting price and margin of all the runners as well as any scratched horses.

Iknowastar (2024) holds the Five Diamonds Prelude race record winning in a slick 1 minutes 27.30 seconds.

Five Diamonds Prelude Winners

The Five Diamonds Prelude winners starting with the inaugural race in 2022 are listed below.

FAQ

Who won the 2024 Five Diamonds Prelude?

The 2024 Five Diamonds Prelude was won by the Bjorn Baker-trained Iknowastar who jumped at $8.50 and was ridden to victory in a race record time by Rachel King.

When is the Five Diamonds Prelude 2024?

What is the prize money for the Five Diamonds Prelude 2024?

$1,000,000

Where is the Five Diamonds Prelude 2024?

Royal Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.