The Silver Eagle is a key form race to follow into the $10 million Golden Eagle each spring
The latest edition of the Silver Eagle ran on Saturday October 18, 2025 on The Everest Day as the key lead-up to the $10 million Golden Eagle race and was won in a 2.63 length demolition job by John O’Shea & Tom Charlton’s Linebacker ($3.10F).
2025 Silver Eagle Results
The official Silver Eagle 2025 Results & Finishing Order will be listed below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 18, 2025.
- 1st: No. 1 Linebacker
- 2nd: No. 7 Lord Penman
- 3rd: No. 5 Mayfair
John O’Shea & Tom Charlton’s Super Seth four-year-old Linebacker ($3.10F) overcame a campaign setback that saw him miss a shot at the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes to win an easier assignment when blitzing his rivals in the 2025 Silver Eagle results with a powerhouse 2.36 length romp home for favourite backers. Overcoming a wide run throughout, he surged to victory in slick time to subsequently firm in from $11 to $6 to win the $10 million Golden Eagle on November 1.
2025 Silver Eagle Odds
The Silver Eagle 2025 racing odds will be provided below as soon as betting on the event is open this spring.
| 1. Linebacker (12) J: Zac Lloyd 58.5kg 618x7T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton | ||
| 7. Lord Penman (9) J: James McDonald 56kg 1x277T: Chris Waller | ||
| 5. Mayfair (2) J: Josh Parr 56kg 75x2xT: Bjorn Baker | ||
| 3. Shangri La Spring (4) J: Adam Hyeronimus 56.5kg 147x7T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 8. Point And Shoot (6) J: Rachel King 56kg 18x99T: Bjorn Baker | ||
| 9. Sabaj (3) J: Damian Lane 56kg 1122xT: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr | ||
| 12. Snow In May (13) J: Dylan Gibbons 54kg 58x34T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton | ||
| 2. Depth Of Character (8) J: Jason Collett 57.5kg 2x030T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 11. Gerringong (1) J: Tim Clark 54kg 3x442T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 10. Spicy Martini (10) J: Craig Williams 54.5kg 910x6T: Toby Edmonds | ||
| 13. Harlem Queen (5) J: Tommy Berry 54kg x330xT: Nathan Doyle | ||
| 4. Imperial Force (7) J: Zac Purton 56kg 129x8T: Bjorn Baker | ||
| 6. Raikkonen (11) J: Chad Schofield 56kg 144x9T: Bjorn Baker |
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 $10 million Golden Eagle three weeks later.
2025 Silver Eagle Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Silver Eagle 2025 race tips will be provided below the week of the race so stay tuned for the top four-year-olds to back this season.
To Win: No. 11 Gerringong
GERRINGONG (1) looks a genuine value improver in this year’s Silver Eagle, with the Waterhouse/Bott-trained Blue Point mare putting together a tidy record this prep. She’s yet to race at Randwick and hasn’t won beyond 1100m, but from gate one she’s drawn to get some cheap early sectionals, which gives her every chance to stretch out to 1300m. She’s been ultra-consistent without breaking through, including a strong fresh run when fourth in the Cockram Stakes behind Magic Time — who lines up in The Everest this weekend. That was followed by a solid Black-Type fourth at Flemington behind Café Millenium, and her latest was arguably her best yet, finishing runner-up in the Group 2 Golden Pendant. Tim Clark sticks, she drops in weight, and I think she’ll go back and finish strong. She might share a name with a laid-back surf town, but she’s got the stride and attitude of a serious racehorse. If she wins here, the Golden Eagle beckons.
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11. Gerringong (1)
J: Tim Clark 54kg
3×442T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
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The Silver Eagle is a recently created race for four-year-old horses to run at Royal Randwick in October over the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. It was one of Australia’s first feature races solely for four-year-old gallopers.
Now offering $1 million in prize money after stakes were doubled ahead of the 2022 edition the Silver Eagle was part of the bumper list of Special Condition Sydney races running from late September – early November over The Everest Carnival.
The race officially gained Group 3 status in 2024 the same year The Everest became a Group 1 event.
The Group 3 Silver Eagle now runs on The Everest Day in mid-October. Racing on the card is headlined by the world’s richest turf race – the now Group 1 $20 million The Everest (1200m).
Other feature Randwick races taking place that day include the $2 million The Kosciuszko (1200) and the Group 1 $5 million King Charles III Stakes (1600m) which replaced the George Main Stakes from 2023.
Contested over 1300m the million-dollar showdown is a set weights plus conditions event and is tied in with the lucrative $10 million The Golden Eagle (1500m) – the spring’s richest race for four-year-olds.
Racing NSW added the Silver Eagle and Golden Eagle races to 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.
The Silver Eagle Info
- Date: Saturday October 18, 2025
- Track: Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 1300m
- Conditions: 4yos – Set Weights + Penalties
- Status: Gorup 3
- Prize Money: $1,000,000
- First Run: 2019
Silver Eagle Betting
Betting on the Silver Eagle is be led by the spring’s best performing four-year-olds with an eye on The Golden Eagle.
Silver Eagle betting is 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 lucrative showdown.
The inaugural edition of the Silver Eagle was won by the favourite The Inevitable ($3 in 2019) giving a good early advantage to the top fancies.
The following year, the previous spring’s Thousand Guineas winning filly Flit won The Silver Eagle at double-figures ($10).
There was a big upset in 2021 with Aim winning at Silver Eagle odds of $31, while Vilana won first-up at $6.50 in 2022.
There was another double-figure winner in 2023 with Chris Waller’s mare Vienna Princess saluting at $15 in Silver Eagle markets.
In 2024 Ostraka ($4.20) became the second favourite in Silver Eagle betting to win.
Linebacker ($3.10 in 2025) is the latest Silver Eagle favourite to salute.
Silver Eagle Field
The Silver Eagle race field attracts a capacity or close to 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 including the Group 3 Toy Show Quality on Winx Stakes Day line-up in the Silver Eagle field at Randwick. In 2019 the Toy Show Quality winner Mizzy ran third in that year’s Silver Eagle and Golden Eagle races.
The Silver Eagle field attracts 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.
2025 Silver Eagle Field
The official Silver Eagle 2025 Final Field & Barriers will be announced on the Wednesday leading up to the race and listed below as soon as released by Racing NSW.
The 2025 Silver Eagle final field features a top crop of $10 million Golden Eagle bound four-year-olds led in betting by the autumn’s Randwick Guineas winner Linebacker looking to return to his best form.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Linebacker
J: Zac Lloyd
T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton |
2618x7 | G | 12 | 58.5kg | |
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2. Depth Of Character
J: Jason Collett
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
12x030 | G | 8 | 57.5kg | |
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3. Shangri La Spring
J: Adam Hyeronimus
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
4147x7 | H | 4 | 56.5kg | |
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4. Imperial Force
J: Zac Purton
T: Bjorn Baker |
1129x8 | G | 7 | 56kg | |
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5. Mayfair
J: Josh Parr
T: Bjorn Baker |
x75x2x | G | 2 | 56kg | |
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6. Raikkonen
J: Chad Schofield
T: Bjorn Baker |
x144x9 | G | 11 | 56kg | |
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7. Lord Penman
J: James McDonald
T: Chris Waller |
91x277 | G | 9 | 56kg | |
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8. Point And Shoot
J: Rachel King
T: Bjorn Baker |
118x99 | G | 6 | 56kg | |
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9. Sabaj
J: Damian Lane
T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr |
x1122x | G | 3 | 56kg | |
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10. Spicy Martini
J: Craig Williams
T: Toby Edmonds |
1910x6 | M | 10 | 54.5kg | |
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11. Gerringong
J: Tim Clark
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
23x442 | M | 1 | 54kg | |
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12. Snow In May
J: Dylan Gibbons
T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton |
158x34 | M | 13 | 54kg | |
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13. Harlem Queen
J: Tommy Berry
T: Nathan Doyle |
4x330x | M | 5 | 54kg |
2025 Silver Eagle Nominations
Early nominations for the Silver Eagle 2025 close the Monday of race week and will be listed below.
2025 Silver Eagle nominations extended until 11:00am (AEDT) – 14/10/2025
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 253112×030 | DEPTH OF CHARACTER | G | 4 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 96 |
| 2 | 11x | FROSTY GIRL (NZ) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 71 |
| 3 | 17x223x442 | GERRINGONG | M | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 96 |
| 4 | x58x1129x8 | IMPERIAL FORCE | G | 4 | Bjorn Baker | 94 |
| 5 | x46x2618x7 | LINEBACKER (NZ) | G | 4 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 106 |
| 6 | 211191×277 | LORD PENMAN (NZ) | G | 4 | Chris Waller | 87 |
| 7 | 2230x75x2x | MAYFAIR | G | 4 | Bjorn Baker | 94 |
| 8 | 2110x144x9 | RAIKKONEN | G | 4 | Bjorn Baker | 88 |
| 9 | 11x34147x7 | SHANGRI LA SPRING | H | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 89 |
| 10 | 23x5158x34 | SNOW IN MAY | M | 4 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 90 |
| 11 | 116x1910x6 | SPICY MARTINI | M | 4 | Toby Edmonds | 97 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Silver Eagle Form
The Silver Eagle form guide provides all the must know info on the $1 million 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.
The 2021 Silver Eagle form was franked with the third placed Count De Rupee running second next-up in the Golden Eagle results before his $1 million The Gong (1600m) win at Kembla Grange.
In 2022 the Silver Eagle winner Vilana went on to take out that year’s $1 million The Hunter (1300m) at Newcastle.
The form out of the 2023 Silver Eagle was franked with Pericles improving on his third to finish runner-up next start in the Golden Eagle results. He also returned in 2024 and placed in a number of top Group 1 events including second placings in the Futurity Stakes and Doncaster Mile, as well as a third in the Underwood Stakes at Caulfield.
The Silver Eagle 2024 form was franked with the third placed War Machine returning the following winter to win Brisbane’s Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap in 2025.
2025 Silver Eagle Form
A link to our comprehensive Silver Eagle 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Silver Eagle Results
The Silver Eagle race results 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.
The inaugural Silver Eagle winner The Inevitable holds the Silver Eagle race record winning in 2019 in a time of 1 minute 14.54 seconds.
Vienna Princess (2023) is the last Silver Eagle winning mare.
Past Silver Eagle Winners
All past Silver Eagle winners and placegetters dating back to the race’s inauguration in 2019 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Time |
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| 2025 | Linebacker | Lord Penman | Mayfair | 1:15.52 |
| 2024 | Ostraka | Xidaki | War Machine | 1:16.64 |
| 2023 | Vienna Princess | Strait Acer | Pericles | 1:14.85 |
| 2022 | Vilana | Mr Mozart | Brigantine | 1:17.34 |
| 2021 | Aim | Ellsberg | Count De Rupee | 1:16.04 |
| 2020 | Flit | Alligator Blood | Dawn Passage | 1:15.39 |
| 2019 | The Inevitable | Fasika | Mizzy | 1:14.54 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Silver Eagle?
The 2025 Silver Eagle was won by four-year-old Super Seth gelding Linebacker at $3.10 favouritism for trainers John O’Shea and Tom Charlton with jockey Zac Lloyd aboard on 58.5kg from barrier 12 to win by 2.63 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:15.52.
When is the Silver Eagle 2025?
Saturday October 18, 2025What is the prize money for the Silver Eagle 2025?
$1,000,000
Where is the Silver Eagle 2025?
Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.
How do I bet on the 2025 Silver Eagle?
Bet online or via the latest iOS/Android apps with Ladbrokes.
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Once you've created your account you can make a deposit via credit card, or any other of our secure payment methods. Next up, head to the racing page and find the race and runner that's right for you.
Which horse will win the 2025 Silver Eagle?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Silver Eagle is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, and consider the weight the horse will carry (among other factors). Check out ladbrokes.com.au in the lead up to the race for full form information.