Blue Diamond Field and Barrier Draw

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday February 19
The field and barrier draw are out for the Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield this Saturday with five colts and nine fillies accepting for the $1,5 million feature over 1200 metres.

I Am Invincible is the most represented sire with four winners in the race including the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace trained filly Loving Gaby, the $4.60 favourite and undefeated colt I Am Immortal(pictured below, Grant Courtney) , winner of both the Listed MRC Blue Diamond Preview and Group III MRC Blue Diamond Prelude.



First season sires Deep Field, Shooting to Win and Rubick have one runner each.

The field for the 2019 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes is:

No.

Horse

Sire

Barrier

1

I AM IMMORTAL

I Am Invincible

9

2

HAWKER HURRICANE

Deep Field

2

3

FREE OF DEBT

Unencumbered

6

4

SHOTMAKER

Shooting to Win

14

5

GAME KEEPER

Fastnet Rock

1

6

CATCH ME

I Am Invincible

8

7

LYRE

Lonhro

5

8

VINICUNCA

I Am Invincible

4

9

BELLA ROSA

Snitzel

10

10

LOVING GABY

I Am Invincible

12

11

ATHIRI

Lonhro

13

12

LANKAN STAR

Nicconi

7

13

BROOKLYN HUSTLE

Starspangledbanner

11

14

ANDRASSY AVENUE

Rubick

3


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