Sixty Four Left For Juvenile Riches

Wed 1 Feb

Sixty-Four two year-olds remain in contention for The G1 Blue Diamond Stakes on February 25 after today’s deadline for third declarations. That number represents the strongest collection of third declarations taken by the Melbourne Racing Club for Victoria's Premier juvenile feature in five years. The most prominent nominator is race sponsor Patinack Farm, which retained nine in the hunt for the million-dollar bounty having originally entered 178 two year-olds in July last year. Hall of Fame trainer David Hayes and global giant Darley are the next best-represented, with eight and six third declarations respectively. While the Mick Price-trained Malasun, impressive winner of the Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Preview on Australia Day headlines the fillies, and is the only juvenile still qualified to take out the $1m bonus attached to the Blue Diamond Series. In order to remain in contention for the bonus, the daughter of Red Ransom must next win the Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Prelude on February 11.