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Blue Diamond Stakes 2025 Betting Tips - Will Ciaron win his first Blue Diamond?

Alex Marsh

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Last updated: Wed 19 Feb 2025 08:57

Alex Marsh 19 Feb 2025

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The Blue Diamond Stakes is the two-year-old pinnacle of the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival
'Cherish Me' is tipped to win following an impressive debut performance
'Extractor' and 'Autumn Mystery' are strong contenders offering value in betting

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Cherish Me winning the Geelong Diamond on January 4. (Getty)

The Blue Diamond Stakes is Victoria's premier two-year-old event and this major headlines one of the biggest days of the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival, with three Group 1's contested on the Caulfield program.

2025 Blue Diamond Stakes Tips
2025 Blue Diamond Stakes Field & Odds

A 1200m feature that's worth $2 million, the Blue Diamond Stakes has attracted a large and competitive field for this year's edition.

At $4.60 via Betr, Coleman is favourite for the 2025 Blue Diamond Stakes.

2025 Blue Diamond Stakes Tips

2025 Blue Diamond Stakes Best Bet - Cherish Me

It looks a very even edition of the Blue Diamond and searching for his first win in this juvenile feature is gun trainer Ciaron Maher, who has three runners accepted in the field of 16.

Cherish Me is his top seed, a two-year-old who was aimed for the Blue Diamond following a slick debut triumph in the Geelong Diamond, which gave her a ballot free route into this Group 1.

Ciaron Maher has to be respected when he plans these big fresh target races a long way out with a talented youngster (Hitotsu and Coolangatta come to mind in that regard).

She easily accounted for Cavalry Girl in her Geelong success, where Cherish Me ran the fastest last 200m of the meeting and that runner-up franked the form at Flemington via her next start.

2025 Blue Diamond Stakes Next Best Bet - Extractor

He finished alongside of a talented West Of Swindon via his Golden Gift debut and behind her in that race were Icarian Dream (Group 3 winner) and O'Ole (Magic Millions 2yo Classic winner).

Spelled after that November 9 tilt, Extractor looked as if he'd need the run fresh going off a workmanlike trial on January 28 and that proved to be the case when third in the Lonhro Plate.

Despite lacking the turn-of-foot of the eventual Quinella over 1000m, it was still a solid return from the Michael Freedman-trained colt and he does look suited by the rise to 1200m now.

With the youngster having completed just one trial before that recent resumption, there's clearly room to improve on Saturday and his Sydney form should be holding up here.

2025 Blue Diamond Stakes Value Bet - Autumn Mystery

On breeding, Autumn Mystery should progress more in his three-year-old season, however, this gelding appears to have some X factor and he now gets out to 1200m for the first time.

He was green when placing on debut at Mornington before making in-roads in a slowly run Flemington affair, where he came from the rear in a race that was tailormade for the winner.

His Prelude effort here warrants a shot at the stumps, with Autumn Mystery back and held-up before switching course and finding the line late on the inside, which was the inferior going.

Should he come through this well, then the Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on March 8 looks his right race and in an open Blue Diamond, a top three/four finish wouldn't shock.

2025 Blue Diamond Stakes Field & Odds

No	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1	Field Of Play	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Blake Shinn	5	57kg	$5
2	Tycoon Star	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Mark Zahra	15	57kg	$18
3	Extractor	Michael Freedman	Ben Melham	8	57kg	$15
4	Tentyris	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damian Lane	4	57kg	$16
5	Devil Night	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Michael Dee	2	57kg	$12
6	Autumn Mystery	Rory Hunter	Patrick Moloney	16	57kg	$51
7	Olatunde	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Billy Egan	9	57kg	$101
8	The Playwright	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	3	55kg	$14
9	Palm Angel	Jason Warren	Ethan Brown	1	55kg	$8.50
10	Icarian Dream	Ciaron Maher	Thomas Stockdale	7	55kg	$29
11	My Gladiola	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	11	55kg	$7.50
12	Miss Celine	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Jye McNeil	10	55kg	$26
13	Wiltshire Square	Ciaron Maher	Harry Coffey	13	55kg	$23
14	Cherish Me	Ciaron Maher	Jamie Melham	6	55kg	$7
15	Tempted	James Cummings	Craig Williams	12	55kg	$7
16	Eden Rose	Jason Warren	Daniel Stackhouse	14	55kg	$126

Odds courtesy of Betr & correct on 19/02/2025.

Verdict

Blue Diamond Stakes

Our tips for the 2025 Blue Diamond Stakes are:

Cherish Me

To Win

$7.00 - 2 Units

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Extractor

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$15.00 - 1 Unit

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Autumn Mystery

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$51.00 - 1 Unit

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