The $1 million Five Diamonds Prelude is now a Black-Type holding Listed status as of 2024
The 2025 Five Diamonds Prelude ran on Saturday October 25, 2025 at Randwick on Spring Champion Stakes Day and was won in a stylish performance by Tony Gollan’s last start Toorak Handicap champ Transatlantic ($2.20F).
2025 Five Diamonds Prelude Results
The official Five Diamonds Prelude 2025 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 25, 2025.
- 1st: No. 1 Transatlantic
- 2nd: No. 5 General Salute
- 3rd: No. 7 The Inflictor
Tony Gollan’s in-form son of Snitzel, Transatlantic ($2.20F), was far too strong dominating the 2025 Five Diamonds Prelude results at Randwick with a dominant performance to make it back-to-back feature race wins following his Group 1 Toorak Handicap victory in Melbourne the run before. Jockey Tommy Berry controlled the race beautifully, upping the tempo ahead of the turn for home before cruising to the line to finish 2.25 lengths clear of the runner-up General Salute.
2025 Five Diamonds Prelude Odds
The season’s top Five Diamonds Prelude 2025 odds and betting market links will be available below as soon as open.
| 1. Transatlantic (3) J: Tommy Berry 59.5kg 9x221T: Tony Gollan | ||
| 5. General Salute (9) J: Tim Clark 57.5kg x3323T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | ||
| 7. The Inflictor (1) J: Alysha Collett 57.5kg 3x350T: Craig Cousins | ||
| 12. Shadizi (2) J: Kerrin McEvoy 56kg x0x79T: Chris Waller | ||
| 11. Les Vampires (5) J: Adam Hyeronimus 56kg 411x0T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 9. Cafe Millenium (11) J: Celine Gaudray 56kg 95112T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 3. Encap (6) J: Jason Collett 58.5kg 7x649T: Gary Portelli | ||
| 6. Mchale (10) J: Regan Bayliss 57.5kg 10x20T: Chris Waller | ||
| 13. Fukubana (4) J: Ashley Morgan 56kg 213x5T: Matthew Dunn | ||
| 16. Miss Emma (7) J: Winona Costin 54kg 90270T: Geoffrey Crothers |
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.
2025 Five Diamonds Prelude Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Five Diamonds Prelude 2025 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.
Each Way: No. 10 Saltcoats
Tony Gollan’s last start Toorak champ TRANSATLANTIC (3) looks a hard to beat favourite but trying to uncover the value in the Five Diamonds Prelude and SALTCOATS (9) from the Waller stable appeals as an Each Way play on the last in Sydney. This Kiwi bred five-year-old is flying having won two of his last three and looks to have enough class to challenge at a nice price. At his latest he won the Wyong Gold Cup in early September with 56kg and has been kept fresh for this assignment. Query is coming back from 2100m to 1500m but the space between runs helps and he looks well placed at Set Weights + Penalties. Wider alley but he’ll be taken back from the gate by Chad Schofield and should be charging late especially if they go hard out early stages.
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10. Saltcoats (8)
J: Chad Schofield 56kg
93141T: Chris Waller
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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.
Since 2024 the Five Diamonds Prelude has run 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.
Five Diamonds Prelude Race Info
- Date: Saturday October 25, 2025
- 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.
Transatlantic ($2.25 in 2025) was the last Five Diamonds Prelude favourite to win.
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.
In 2025 the Five Diamonds Prelude champion Transatlantic came via a lead-up Group 1 Toorak Handicap win over the mile at Caulfield.
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.
2025 Five Diamonds Prelude Field
The official Five Diamonds Prelude 2025 field and barriers will be published in full below once final acceptances are taken by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week.
The 2025 Five Diamond Prelude final field features a capacity field of five-year-olds including Tony Gollan’s last start Group 1 Toorak Handicap champ in Melbourne Transatlantic, last start Wyong Gold Cup winner Saltcoats and the in-form General Salute coming off a third in the Alan Brown Stakes.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Transatlantic
J: Tommy Berry
T: Tony Gollan |
19x221 | G | 3 | 59.5kg | |
| 2. Port Lockroy (10) Scratched: | |||||
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3. Encap
J: Jason Collett
T: Gary Portelli |
37x649 | G | 6 | 58.5kg | |
| 4. Kintyre (3) Scratched: | |||||
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5. General Salute
J: Tim Clark
T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou |
1x3323 | G | 9 | 57.5kg | |
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6. Mchale
J: Regan Bayliss
T: Chris Waller |
x10x20 | G | 10 | 57.5kg | |
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7. The Inflictor
J: Alysha Collett
T: Craig Cousins |
13x350 | G | 1 | 57.5kg | |
| 8. Rise At Dawn (7) Scratched: | |||||
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9. Cafe Millenium
J: Celine Gaudray
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
195112 | G | 11 | 56kg | |
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10. Saltcoats
J: Chad Schofield
T: Chris Waller |
x93141 | G | 8 | 56kg | |
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11. Les Vampires
J: Adam Hyeronimus
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
1411x0 | G | 5 | 56kg | |
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12. Shadizi
J: Kerrin McEvoy
T: Chris Waller |
1x0x79 | G | 2 | 56kg | |
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13. Fukubana
J: Ashley Morgan
T: Matthew Dunn |
3213x5 | G | 4 | 56kg | |
| 14. Well Timed (8) Scratched: | |||||
| 15. Pounce (16) Scratched: | |||||
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16. Miss Emma
J: Winona Costin
T: Geoffrey Crothers |
290270 | M | 7 | 54kg | |
2025 Five Diamonds Prelude Nominations
The early Five Diamonds Prelude 2025 Nominations are taken the Monday prior to the race.
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.
2025 Five Diamonds Prelude Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Five Diamonds Prelude 2025 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.
| YEAR | WINNER | 2ND | 3RD | TIME |
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| 2025 | Transatlantic | General Salute | The Inflictor | 1:29.98 |
| 2024 | Iknowastar | Territory Express | Freedom Rally | 1:27.30 (R) |
| 2023 | Palmetto | Detonator Jack | Waterford | 1:29.13 |
| 2022 | Ellsberg | Sibaaq | Rebel Rama | 1:30.58 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Five Diamonds Prelude?
The 2025 Five Diamonds Prelude was won by five-year-old Snitzel gelding Transatlantic at $2.25 favouritism for Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan with jockey Tommy Berry aboard on 59.5kg from barrier 3 to win by 2.2 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:29.98.
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 2025?
Saturday October 25, 2025What is the prize money for the Five Diamonds Prelude 2025?
$1,000,000
Where is the Five Diamonds Prelude 2025?
Royal Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.
How do I bet on the Five Diamonds Prelude 2025?
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Which horse will win the 2025 Five Diamonds Prelude?
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