Silver Eagle 2024

The Silver Eagle is a key form race to follow into the $10 million Golden Eagle each spring

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.

2022 Silver Eagle winner Vilana. Photo: Steve Hart.

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 latest edition of the Silver Eagle ran on Saturday October 19, 2024 on The Everest Day as the key lead-up to the $10 million Golden Eagle race and saw the Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald-trained Ostraka ($4.20F) become the second favourite to win and the first to win the event as a Group 3. 

2024 Silver Eagle Results

The official Silver Eagle 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be listed below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 19, 2024.

2024 Silver Eagle winner Ostraka. Photo: Steve Hart.

• 1st: #4 Ostraka
• 2nd: #3 Xidaki
• 3rd: #10 War Machine

The progressive Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald-trained Ostraka ($4.20F) was strong wide and on-speed before pulling out all the stops late to salute for the punters by a half-length in the Silver Eagle 2024 results earning a shot over the 1500m of the lucrative $10 million Golden Eagle next start.

2024 Silver Eagle Odds

The Silver Eagle 2024 racing odds will be provided below as soon as betting on the event is open this spring.

The Silver Eagle Info

• Date: Saturday October 19, 2024
• 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. 

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.

2024 Silver Eagle Field

The official Silver Eagle 2024 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 2024 Silver Eagle final field features a capacity line-up of Golden Eagle-bound four-year-olds led in betting by Kimochi coming off a Group 1 Manikato fourth in Melbourne.

2024 Silver Eagle Nominations 

Early nominations for the Silver Eagle 2024 close the Monday of race week and will be listed below. 

The 2024 Silver Eagle nominations feature 24 potential Golden Eagle hopefuls led in all-in betting by Group 1 Ladbrokes Manikato winner out of Melbourne, Southport Tycoon.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

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.

2024 Silver Eagle Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Silver Eagle 2024 race tips will be provided below the week of the race so stay tuned for the top four-year-olds to back this season.

Plenty of varying form lines to consider when doing this year’s Silver Eagle selections but happy to stick with the favourite Kimochi third-up and fit now. Gary Portelli’s Brave Smash mare was third under a half-length off Zougotcha in the Group 1 Coolmore Classic last time in, won the Group 3 Toy Show over 1100m first-up here at Randwick, then travelled south for her latest when fourth in the Group 1 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes (1200m) at The Valley. That race is proving a very nice one to follow including the runner-up Growing Empire getting his chance in Saturday’s The Everest. Back in Sydney against her own age suits. Drawn wider out but if there’s a soft track that might be okay. Don’t seen an issue with the 1300m either. Can salute.

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.  

2024 Silver Eagle Form

A link to our comprehensive Silver Eagle 2024 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. 

FAQ

Who won the 2024 Silver Eagle?

The 2024 Silver Eagle was won by the Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald-trained Ostraka who started as the $4.20 favourite and was ridden by Blake Shinn.

When is the Silver Eagle 2024?

What is the prize money for the Silver Eagle 2024?

$1,000,000

Where is the Silver Eagle 2024?

Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.