The Four Pillars Midway is one of Australia’s newer races, the Special Condition event added to Rosehill Garden’s Golden Eagle Day race card for the first time in 2021 with Kiss Sum winning.

2021 Four Pillars winner Kiss Sum. Photo: Steve Hart.
Contested in Sydney on the same day as Melbourne’s Victoria Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse – after which RV announced the official Melbourne Cup field and barriers – in either late October or early November, Golden Eagle Race Day features around $15 million in total prize money.
The $10 million The Golden Eagle for four-year-olds the marquee event. It is accompanied on the card by the $3 million Russell Balding Stakes (formerly the Winners Stakes), and the $750,000 Rosehill Gold Cup (2000m).
The Four Pillars is run over 1500m and is a BenchMark 68 Handicap. Like the $20 million The Everest and the $2 million The Kosciuszko held earlier at Royal Randwick, the event is a slot race open to 18 horses.
The major condition for The Four Pillars is that it is open only to horses in eligible Midway trainers’ stables.
The 18 Four Pillars horses are selected by the 18 punters that were successful in the second-chance draw of The Kosciuszko sweepstakes tickets.
The concept of Midway races in New South Wales has only been in place since the winter of 2021 and is already gaining momentum quickly.
The 2024 edition of The Four Pillars ran on Saturday November 2, 2024 as part of Golden Eagle Day in Sydney and was won in a thrilling upset by the John Thompson-trained Kingston Charm ($15).
2024 The Four Pillars Results
The official The Four Pillars 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be made available right here once the race is run and won on Saturday November 2, 2024.
- 1st: #18 Kingston Charm
- 2nd: #9 Piraeus
- 3rd: #4 Rolling Magic
A brilliant rails-hugging ride by star apprentice Zac Lloyd, who celebrated a Golden Eagle Day double, saw the John Thompson-trained Exosphere mare Kingston Charm ($15) enjoy a tight upset in The Four Pillars 2024 result in a thriller over the Richard & Will Freedman-trained stablemates Piraeus and Rolling Magic.
2024 The Four Pillars Odds
The latest The Four Pillars 2024 odds and betting market links to the Golden Eagle Day support act will be listed right here as soon as available with earlier Sydney Spring Racing Carnival results to impact the odds on offer for the $500,000 feature.
Early market betting odds on the 2025 The Four Pillars will be displayed below once available. Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live markets, please visit ladbrokes.com.au.
The Four Pillars Race Info
- Date: Saturday November 2, 2024
- Track: Rosehill Racecourse
- Distance: 1500m
- Conditions: Benchmark 68, Handicap, Midway
- Status: Special Condition
- Prize Money: $500,000
- First Run: 2021
The Four Pillars Betting
The Four Pillars betting markets are led by the spring’s in-form horses from Midway eligible stables.
Any gallopers that have previously won a Midway race and have strong form at 1400m – 1600m are kept at shorter The Four Pillars odds.
A key lead-up into the event is a 1400m Benchmark 72 Midway Handicap held over 1400m at Randwick three weeks’ earlier, and this race has a big impact on The Four Pillars betting markets.
The Four Pillars odds firm on the gallopers as they secure a slot in the field.
The inaugural The Four Pillars winner Kiss Sum scored an upset at $14 odds.
There was another upset for the second edition in 2022 with Oakfield Arrow winning at Four Pillars odds of $18.
The 2023 Four Pillars winning mare Sweet Mercy also scored at big odds of $19.
There was another upset Four Pillars Midway result in 2024 with Kingston Charm saluting at $15.
The Four Pillars Field
The Four Pillars race field runs at a capacity of 18 starters plus four emergencies. The 18 punters that got a second chance out of The Kosciuszko sweepstakes ticket draw select what horses contest the race.
The race is open to horses aged three-years-old and upwards and is restricted to eligible Metropolitan & Provincial Midway trainers. Horses must also have had at least one New South Wales race start for an eligible trainer to be eligible to run in The Four Pillars race field.
Post-race, horses that ran in The Four Pillars field must remain with the trainer under which the horse contested the race, or another eligible trainer, for twelve months after the event.
2024 The Four Pillars Field
The official The Four Pillars 2024 final field and barriers will be announced by Racing NSW the week of the race with the full acceptances to be published below.
The 2024 Four Pillars Midway field features a class line-up of gallopers led in betting by the widely-drawn Alabama State coming off a lead-up win at Rosehill.
2024 The Four Pillars Nominations
Nominations for The Four Pillars 2024 will be detailed below and updated as slot holders for the new spring race take shape.
|
Last 10 |
Horse |
Sex |
Age |
Trainer |
Ballot |
Weight |
True Weight |
Penalty |
Hcp Rating |
1 |
1x4200x743 |
VICTORY LANE |
G |
5 |
Robert & Luke Price |
1 |
62.5kg |
62.5kg |
|
73 |
2 |
338x4005x4 |
HARLOW MIST (NZ) |
M |
4 |
John Sargent |
2= |
60kg |
60kg |
|
72 |
3 |
0281100×59 |
PATRIKA MIST |
M |
6 |
Joseph Ible |
2= |
60kg |
60kg |
|
72 |
4 |
413215×115 |
APOLLO MISSION |
G |
5 |
Mitchell Beer |
4= |
61.5kg |
61.5kg |
|
71 |
5 |
56541×1421 |
ALABAMA STATE |
C |
3 |
Jack Pilkington |
4= |
58.5kg |
58.5kg |
|
71 |
6 |
1Px3110x88 |
SONOFDEC |
G |
4 |
Jay Hopkins |
6= |
61kg |
61kg |
|
70 |
7 |
422×311612 |
FUGITIVA |
M |
4 |
Robert & Luke Price |
6= |
59kg |
59kg |
|
70 |
8 |
7x37x2111 |
ROLLING MAGIC (NZ) |
G |
4 |
Richard & Will Freedman |
8= |
60.5kg |
60.5kg |
|
69 |
9 |
84D065757x |
ARALE |
M |
6 |
Kerry Parker |
8= |
58.5kg |
58.5kg |
|
69 |
10 |
x231120x68 |
KHUMBILA |
G |
4 |
Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou |
10= |
60kg |
60kg |
|
68 |
11 |
221x010x62 |
LIFE COACH |
G |
4 |
Brett Lazzarini |
10= |
60kg |
60kg |
|
68 |
12 |
3223618×03 |
PIRAEUS |
G |
5 |
Richard & Will Freedman |
10= |
60kg |
60kg |
|
68 |
13 |
436×541101 |
THIS IS THE MOMENT |
G |
5 |
Mitchell Beer |
10= |
60kg |
60kg |
|
68 |
14 |
137×794401 |
KINGSTON CHARM |
M |
5 |
John Thompson |
10= |
58kg |
58kg |
|
68 |
15 |
1x1225x532 |
TREIZE |
M |
5 |
John Sargent |
10= |
58kg |
58kg |
|
68 |
16 |
2492334×06 |
DANISH PRINCE |
G |
6 |
Marc Conners |
16= |
59.5kg |
59.5kg |
|
67 |
17 |
524x277x64 |
TYMPANIST (NZ) |
G |
6 |
David Payne |
16= |
59.5kg |
59.5kg |
|
67 |
18 |
108×22611 |
ARTFUL PERSUASION |
G |
4 |
Mitchell Beer |
18= |
59kg |
59kg |
|
66 |
19 |
19×0715423 |
EXTREME FREEDOM (NZ) |
G |
5 |
Robert & Luke Price |
18= |
59kg |
59kg |
|
66 |
20 |
163241303x |
MAGNATEAR |
G |
5 |
Sam Kavanagh |
18= |
59kg |
59kg |
|
66 |
21 |
11747×9984 |
MISS CHECKONI |
M |
7 |
Nick Mitchell |
18= |
57kg |
57kg |
|
66 |
22 |
9x35715x07 |
WINNING POINT |
M |
5 |
Paul Murray |
18= |
57kg |
57kg |
|
66 |
23 |
49x6080x79 |
OAKFIELD WARATAH |
G |
6 |
Kristen Buchanan |
23= |
58.5kg |
58.5kg |
|
65 |
24 |
0x64774813 |
SATNESS (NZ) |
G |
6 |
Robert & Luke Price |
23= |
58.5kg |
58.5kg |
|
65 |
25 |
51×4517 |
TITANIUM MISS |
F |
3 |
Tracey Bartley |
23= |
54kg |
53.5kg |
|
65 |
26 |
24510×7870 |
BORDER CONTROL |
G |
7 |
Adam Duggan |
26= |
58kg |
58kg |
|
64 |
27 |
x13360x675 |
BINDI’S CHOICE |
M |
5 |
David Pfieffer |
26= |
56kg |
56kg |
|
64 |
28 |
886400×893 |
LEANDRA |
M |
5 |
Jason Attard & Lucy Keegan-Attard |
28 |
55kg |
55kg |
|
62 |
29 |
114590×357 |
BULLY FOR YOU |
G |
6 |
Ross McConville |
29 |
56.5kg |
56.5kg |
|
61 |
30 |
9776×84029 |
ANNULUS |
G |
6 |
Scott Aspery |
30= |
56kg |
56kg |
|
60 |
31 |
41300x88x0 |
COSMIC LAD |
G |
4 |
Anthony Cummings |
30= |
56kg |
56kg |
|
60 |
32 |
278×431522 |
STAR LEGACY |
G |
5 |
Gary Portelli |
32 |
55.5kg |
55.5kg |
|
59 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The Four Pillars Form Guide
Details available on The Four Pillars form guide include the field of horses, jockeys, trainers, lead-up form, track / distance stats and early betting predictions.
2024 The Four Pillars Form
A link to our full The Four Pillars 2024 form guide and insider betting preview will be made available right here following final acceptances on the week leading-up to Golden Rose Day.
The Four Pillars Tips
Top The Four Pillars tips include watching for the well-weighted runners coming off strong lead-up runs over the spring.
Horses out of the top Midway trainers’ stables, those proven at around a mile in distance and past Randwick winners all make nice The Four Pillars tips.
2024 The Four Pillars Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive The Four Pillars 2024 race betting tips and predictions will be published below the week of the event.
- To Win: #18 Kingston Charm ($21 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Apprentice Zac Lloyd is racing in terrific form this season and is looking for a few Saturday wins in Sydney before heading south for the 2024 Melbourne Cup ride on Athabascan. Think he can take this out on the best weighted horse in the race, Kingston Charm, who is forgotten in betting at 20/1 despite the inside draw and good lead-up form. The John Thompson-trained Exosphere mare is proven at the distance and comes off a narrow Hawkesbury win. Her unplaced Randwick performance the start prior behind State Of America was forgivable as she was tested over 1800m. Back to her preferred distance range now she’ll be coming home late and can surprise a few of these at a price.
The Four Pillars Results
The Four Pillars race results list the winner and placegetters plus the full The Four Pillars finishing order.
The winning race time, margins, starting prices and where the favourite fared in The Four Pillars results are also worth looking for post-race ahead of similar events.
The inaugural The Four Pillars winner from 2021 was Kiss Sum followed by Oakfield Arrow in 2022.
Kiss Sum holds the current The Four Pillars race record winning the opening edition in 2021 in a time of 1 minute 29.02 seconds.
Past The Four Pillars Winners
A complete list of past The Four Pillars winners and placegetters dating back to the race’s inauguration in 2021 can be found below.
Year |
Winner |
2nd |
3rd |
Time |
2024 |
Kingston Charm |
Piraeus |
Rolling Magic |
1:29.12 |
2023 |
Sweet Mercy |
Oakfield Waratah |
Burning Need |
1:29.75 |
2022 |
Oakfield Arrow |
Awesome Lad |
Lemaire |
1:29.71 |
2021 |
Kiss Sum |
Dufresne |
Divine Breath |
1:29.02 |
FAQ
Who won the 2024 The Four Pillars Midway?
The 2024 The Four Pillars Midway was won by the John Thompson-trained Kingston Charm at $15 with Zac Lloyd aboard.
When is The Four Pillars Midway 2024?
Saturday November 2, 2024
What is the prize money for The Four Pillars Midway 2024?
$500,000
Where is The Four Pillars Midway 2024?
Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142.