Blue Diamond Stakes 2018 (Feb. 24) - Written By & Gifted Detail

Hilda_with_Clicker · June 22, 2018, 2:02pm

There are big 2yo races too! In real life this race has already been run.

“The Blue Diamond Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds, at set weights, run over 1200 metres at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The event is Victoria’s richest two-year-old race with total prize money of A$1,500,000.”

[align=center]The FF Blue Diamond Stakes info:

Date
2022-07-28

Location
Australia

Race
Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr. 1)

Surface
Dirt

Distance
6 furlongs

Age
2yo

Purse
$1,000,000[/align]

Links:

Written By (video) - Written By wins the 2018 race

Blue Diamond Stakes - Wikipedia

Past winners in real life:

2016 - Extreme Choice
2017 -Catchy
2018 - Written By

Past Final Furlong winners:

2019 - [color=blue]GCh. Seafaring, Track: Good Time: 1:26.950 SF: 153.
2020 - [color=red]Ch. Fourth Dimension, Track: Fast Time: 1:14.020 SF: 195.
2021 - [color=blue]Ch. Northern Invasion, Track: Good Time: 1:12.910 SF: 191.

I don’t seem to have any 2yo superstars for this; maybe [color=blue]Â¡A ver! is the best of colts (rather surprisingly), but he seems to be a turf horse. [color=blue]Insenso and [color=blue]Overkill seem to do well on dirt, but are they good enough… Or maybe I should enter [color=red]Wiry Feeling?

Hilda_with_Clicker · July 20, 2018, 9:31am

Entries for Final Furlong’s Blue Diamond Stakes are now open! It will run on the same day as the real life King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (28 July).

willagrey · July 20, 2018, 4:20pm

Decided to enter Gifted Detail. Hoping it’s a good move since he’ll only have less than a 2 week break after winning the Del Mar Futurity last week.

Equestriana · July 20, 2018, 4:26pm

I’m Entering Long Island. She placed in the G2 Schuylerville early in the month and is by FFCh. Foolhardy § out of GCh. Solo Sunset. Fingers crossed!

Shelbie · July 20, 2018, 7:36pm

I have Ladykiller entered, who was 3rd last time out in the G3 Kentucky Breeders’ Cup. Hasn’t been worse than 3rd in 3 starts so far.

Hilda_with_Clicker · July 28, 2018, 1:41pm

Congratulations for the win! That was almost a full field - 13 horses, including some stakes winners.

willagrey · July 28, 2018, 2:10pm

Yay! So excited He had some serious competition!

Shelbie · July 28, 2018, 2:45pm

Congrats! I chickened out and scratched Ladykiller; we will aim for a turf race in August.

Especially happy for Gifted Detail continuing his streak, as I own a yearling half-sister.