The Silver Eagle is a newly created  race for four-year-old horses to run at Royal Randwick in October over the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival on Spring Champion Stakes Day. It is Australia’s first feature race solely for four-year-old gallopers.

Offering $500,000 in prize money the Silver Eagle is part of the bumper list of new Special Condition Sydney races running from late September – early November over The Everest Carnival.

Spring Champion Stakes Day is headed by the $1 million marquee race for three-year-olds, while the Silver Eagle now takes place as the key support act on the card.

Contested over 1300m the half-a-million-dollar showdown is a set weights plus conditions event and is tied in with the lucrative $7.5 million The Golden Eagle (1500m) – the spring’s richest race for four-year-olds. Racing NSW are hoping the Silver Eagle and Golden Eagle races keep the country’s top colts racing on in Australia for their four-year-old season instead of being retired to stud as three-year-olds.

The Silver Eagle follows in the tradition of the feature 2YO and 3YO races in Sydney – the Golden Slipper and Golden Rose – which both have similar official lead-up races with the Silver Slipper and Run To The Rose respectively.

A Golden Eagle ballot exemption is on offer to the first three horses over the line in the Silver Eagle results making the Silver Eagle – Golden Eagle race double a new punt to try in the spring.

Along with the Silver Eagle, four-year-olds have the chance to progress through other spring races on way to The Golden Eagle including the $14 million The Everest (1200m) – the world’s richest turf race – at Randwick a fortnight prior.

The inaugural edition of the Silver Eagle runs on Saturday October 12, 2019 on Spring Champion Stakes Day at Randwick. 

The Silver Eagle Info

• Date: Saturday October 12, 2019
• Track: Randwick Racecourse
• Distance: 1300m
• Conditions: 4yos – Set Weights + Penalties
• Status: Special Condition
• Prize Money: $500,000
• First Run: 2019

Silver Eagle Betting

Betting on the Silver Eagle will be led by the spring’s best performing four-year-olds with an eye on The Golden Eagle.

Silver Eagle betting will be focused on four-year-olds winning lead-up races over the season over similar distance including the Group 2 Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill in early September.

Graduates out of the previous year’s Golden Rose Stakes are also likely to dominate Silver Eagle betting should they target the $500,000 showdown.

2019 Silver Eagle Odds

The Silver Eagle 2019 racing odds will be provided below as soon as betting on the event is open this spring.

Silver Eagle Field

The Silver Eagle field is expected to feature a capacity line-up of four-year-old horses on the Golden Eagle path.

Four-year-olds coming off earlier Group status spring races in Sydney for horses aged three-years-old and above will line-up in the Silver Eagle field at Randwick on Spring Champion Stakes Day.

It is likely that the Silver Eagle field will attract a similar class and many of the same horses that ran in Sydney’s Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m) the September prior as three-year-olds.

2019 Silver Eagle Field

The official Silver Eagle 2019 Final Field & Barriers will be announced on the Wednesday leading-up to Spring Champion Stakes Day and listed below as soon as released by Racing NSW.

2019 Silver Eagle Nominations

Silver Eagle 2019 nominations close on the Monday of race week with the list of potential Golden Eagle-bound four-year-olds to be listed in full below once early entries are out.

Silver Eagle Tips

Top Silver Eagle betting tips include looking for the in-form four-year-olds with winning form over at least 1200m, any graduates out of earlier Group 2 / 1 events in Sydney during the spring and those dominant gallopers in the frame for the $7.5 million Golden Eagle three weeks later.

2019 Silver Eagle Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Silver Eagle 2019 race tips will be provided below the week of the race so stay tuned for the top four-year-olds to back this season.

Silver Eagle Form

The Silver Eagle form guide provides all the must know info on the $500,000 feature including the lead-up form, career statistics, track / distance records and the jockey / trainer / owner of all the horses in the field.

Using the Silver Eagle form guide to uncover the value in the market is crucial and the Silver Eagle form is expected to stack-up later in the spring in The Golden Eagle held over 200m further at sister track Rosehill.

2019 Silver Eagle Form

A link to our comprehensive Silver Eagle 2019 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Silver Eagle Results

The Silver Eagle race results will provide punters with the exact finishing order of all the four-year-olds in the event including the winning time and margin, plus show the starting price of all the contenders.

2019 Silver Eagle Results

The official Silver Eagle 2019 Results & Finishing Order will be listed below once the race is run and won for the first time on Saturday October 12, 2019.

Silver Eagle Winners