Blue Diamond Stakes Tips, Best Bets, Field and Odds

The Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) will be held at Caulfield on Saturday, February 20 and we provide you with a comprehensive guide to the race.

Blue Diamond Stakes tips, best bets, field & odds. Below is our complete Blue Diamond Stakes guide — race details, history and past winners, lead-in form, betting markets and FAQs. Check back race week for the final field, odds and our best bets.

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The Blue Diamond Stakes is Melbourne’s answer to the Golden Slipper — a $1.5 million Group 1 set-weights sprint over 1200m at Caulfield for two-year-olds. Run on Blue Diamond Day in late February, it is Victoria’s premier juvenile race and the main southern-state rival to Rosehill’s $5m Golden Slipper. This guide covers the Blue Diamond Stakes dates, distance, prize money, betting markets and our full race-day tips. For the full carnival, see our Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival guide.

Blue Diamond Stakes Race Details

Detail	Value
Distance	1200m
Class	Group 1 Set Weights
Age / Conditions	Two-year-olds
Venue	Caulfield, Melbourne
Prize Money	$1.5 million
Run Date	Blue Diamond Day — late February

 

Blue Diamond Stakes History & Winners

Recent winners include Tagaloa, Artorius, Daumier, Hayasugi and Espionage. The 1200m trip at Caulfield rewards early brilliance, and many Blue Diamond winners progress to Coolmore Stud Stakes and 3YO classic campaigns.

Blue Diamond Stakes Recent Winners

Year	Winner
2026	Streisand
2025	Devil Night
2024	Hayasugi
2023	Little Brose

 

Lead-In Races

The Blue Diamond Preview Stakes (1100m) and Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m), both run at Caulfield in the weeks before Blue Diamond Day, are the official lead-ins. Victorian two-year-olds typically follow the Preview-Prelude-Blue Diamond path.

Blue Diamond Stakes Betting Markets

All major Australian bookmakers price the Blue Diamond Stakes weeks out, with a full acceptances market released after the final field is declared. The core markets are:

• Fixed-Odds Win & Place — the bread-and-butter markets, with early speculative prices followed by final acceptances pricing.
• Each-Way — typically 1/4 the odds for a place (1-2-3).
• Exotics — quinella, exacta, trifecta and First 4. See our First 4 calculator guide.
• Same Race Multis — combine multiple runners from the same race into one bet. See our Same Race Multi guide.
• Head-to-Head & Group Markets — runner-vs-runner matchups and stable/country markets.

Blue Diamond Stakes Betting Trends & Angles

• The championship of the autumn two-year-olds — 1200m at Caulfield at set weights.
• The Blue Diamond Preview & Prelude (colts/geldings and fillies editions) are the key lead-ups.
• Precocious speed wins — fast, forward 2yos with early-season form dominate.

How to Bet on the Blue Diamond Stakes

Win and each-way lead the betting, and with a capacity two-year-old field the quinella, exacta, trifecta and first four are all in play when a roughie hits the frame. All-in futures trade through summer off the juvenile lead-ups — the Blue Diamond Preview (colts & geldings and fillies editions) and the Blue Diamond Prelude are the key form races. Compare live Blue Diamond odds across the top bookmakers in our toplist below.

Blue Diamond Stakes Field & Barrier Draw

Victoria’s premier two-year-old race is run at set weights over 1200m at Caulfield with a capacity field of 16 (plus up to four emergencies). It attracts well over 1,000 nominations, so a start is balloted hard. On the barrier draw, the past 20 years show no clear bias — winners have come from the inside and from gate 15 — so early gate speed and a clean run matter more than the exact draw off the Caulfield 1200m chute.

How to Watch the Blue Diamond Stakes (Live Stream)

You can watch on Racing.com and Sky Racing, with a free live stream through most licensed Australian bookmakers once your account is funded. Full replays follow on Racing.com and the Melbourne Racing Club channels.

Best Bookmakers for the Blue Diamond Stakes

For a full comparison of the top Australian racing bookmakers, see our best horse racing betting sites in Australia guide.

Blue Diamond Stakes FAQs

When is the Blue Diamond Stakes?

Late February at Caulfield, 1200m for two-year-olds at set weights.

Who won the most recent Blue Diamond Stakes?

Streisand (2026), after Devil Night (2025), Hayasugi (2024) and Little Brose (2023).

How do I bet on it from Australia?

All Australian bookmakers frame futures and fixed-odds; win and each-way are the core plays.