The Golden Eagle 2024

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Announced as part of the 2019 Sydney Spring Carnival, The Golden Eagle now is the second-richest race in Australia after The Everest after surpassing the Melbourne Cup prize money in 2022, and the first feature race held exclusively for four-year-olds.

Offering $10 million in prize money following a boost ahead of the 2022 edition – 10% of which is donated to charity – The Golden Eagle was designed to rival Victoria’s Flemington Derby Day while also offering more prize money than the world’s richest two-mile handicap – the Melbourne Cup run on the first Tuesday of November annually.

2022 Golden Eagle winner I’m Thunderstruck. Photo: Steve Hart.

There are no big four-year-old races held over the Melbourne Cup Carnival allowing Racing NSW to create The Golden Eagle and draw some of the attention away from their rivals down south.

The Golden Eagle race is contested over 1500m at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse and the four-year-olds face off at set weights.

The Golden Eagle follows in the tradition of Sydney’s lucrative Golden Slipper (1200m) for two-year-old horses and the Golden Rose (1400m) open to three-year-olds. There is an incredible $5 million bonus prize to any horse that completes the “Golden Slam” winning the Slipper – Rose – Eagle treble during their early years on the race track.

It takes place three days before Melbourne Cup Day and is held on the same date as Flemington’s Victoria Derby Day program.

Golden Eagle Day is now a massive event with Racing NSW also adding the $3 million Russell Balding Stakes (formerly the Winners Stakes), $750,000 Rosehill Gold Cup (2000m) and the  $500,000 The Four Pillars (1500m).

The Golden Eagle 2022 field limit was also increased from 18 to 20 starters the week of the race.

The 2024 edition of The Golden Eagle runs on Saturday, November 2, 2024 offering $10 million in stakes. 

2024 Golden Eagle Odds

The latest Golden Eagle 2024 betting odds including pre-nomination futures markets on the richest race at Rosehill Gardens will be provided below as soon as available.

The Golden Eagle Info

• Date: Saturday, November 2, 2024
• Track: Rosehill Racecourse
• Distance: 1500m
• Conditions: 4yos – Set Weights
• Status: Special Condition
• Prize Money: $10 million
• First Run: 2019

2024 Golden Eagle Results

The 2024 Golden Eagle Results and full race Finishing Order will be available below once the race is run and won on Saturday, November 2, 2024.

2023 The Golden Eagle winner Obamburumai was too good late defeating the locals in an upset. Photo: Steve Hart.

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

Golden Eagle Betting

Golden Eagle betting is led by the best performed four-year-old horses of the season.

Before the Horse’s Birthday on August 1 when all racehorses in Australia officially turn one-year-older, Golden Eagle betting markets are dominated by gun three-year-olds who performed well in the previous year’s feature races. Any rising four-year-olds that have beaten the older horses in Group 1 company feature highly in Golden Eagle racing odds.

I’m Thunderstruck ($3.50 in 2021) became the first favourite in Golden Eagle betting to win.

The Golden Eagle Field

The Golden Eagle race field features the season’s top four-year-old horses, many of which may have previously been heading to stud instead of racing on for another season.

The Golden Eagle race field attracts many of the same gallopers that contested Sydney’s Golden Slipper Stakes as juveniles and or the Golden Rose Stakes as a three-year-old.

One of the first early lead-up races for mares heading towards The Golden Eagle field is Randwick’s Group 3 Toy Show Quality run in August, the 2019 winner of which Mizzy went on to finish third in that year’s Golden Eagle trifecta.

Good lead-up races into The Golden Eagle field for the better performed four-year-olds of the season include the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Royal Randwick, and Caulfield’s Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) held at Caulfield in early October. In 2021 I’m Thunderstruck completed the interstate Toorak Handicap – Golden Eagle race double. In 2022 I Wish I Win improved on a fifth in the Toorak to win the $10 million Golden Eagle.

Horses that contest The Golden Eagle as four-year-olds are likely to return the following spring for a shot at the $2 million The Five Diamonds (1800m) held for the first time in 2022 at Rosehill on the Saturday after The Big Dance.

The Golden Eagle field limit was increased to 20 starters the week of the 2022 edition.

2024 Golden Eagle Ballot Exemptions

The horses that run first, second and third in the Epsom Handicap and Silver Eagle are exempt from ballot, as are the winner/s of the previous running of the Golden Rose, Randwick Guineas and Arrowfield Sprint.

2024 Golden Eagle Field

The official Golden Eagle 2024 field and barriers will be announced the week of the race and published in full below.

Following nominations on The Golden Eagle in early September, the final declarations revealing the starting line-up close at 9am (AEDT) on Tuesday, October 29, 2024.

The official 2024 Golden Eagle barrier draw takes place on Tuesday evening.

2024 Golden Eagle Nominations

Early The Golden Eagle 2024 nominations are taken on Monday the 9th of September, 2024.

Group 1 winning Japanese raider Ascoli Piceno and the Les Bridge-trained Randwick Guineas – Doncaster Mile champ last prep Celestial Legend head all-in betting on the official 192 Golden Eagle 2024 nominees. 

2024 Golden Eagle First Acceptances

The official Golden Eagle 2024 first acceptances close on Tuesday the 1st of October, 2024.

Golden Eagle Form Guide

The Golden Eagle race form guide lists the full line-up of four-year-old runners, their connections (owner / jockey / trainer) that stand to win one of Australian racing’s biggest prizes and gives a rundown on their lead-up form / career statistics.

Using the Golden Eagle form guide to look for the horses proven at the track, those with a good record over the distance and the Group 1 winners in the mix that are racing well that Sydney Spring Racing Carnival can help punters place a winning bet on the $10 million feature.

The Golden Eagle form from 2021 stacked-up with the winner I’m Thunderstruck going on to run second in Melbourne’s $5 million The All-Star Mile and Sydney’s Group 1 Doncaster Mile the following autumn in 2022.

The 2022 Golden Eagle form was franked with the winner I Wish I Win returning in the autumn for a strong Group 1 campaign that included two elite level Melbourne placings and a win in Sydney’s Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m).

2024 Golden Eagle Form

A link to our detailed Golden Eagle 2024 form guide will be available below the week leading-up to the country’s second richest race.

Golden Eagle Tips

Top Golden Eagle racing tips include looking for the winners of the Golden Slipper and Golden Rose from the two season’s prior, backing proven Group 1 horses and those with a good record over at least 1400m.

Another Golden Eagle tip is to watch the autumn carnival results and lock in the early Golden Eagle odds available on the winners of races including the Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Randwick and another of the country’s newest races – the All-Star Mile run over 1600m in Victoria each March.

The Epsom Handicap proved the form line to follow into the 2019 Golden Eagle with the Chris Waller-trained Kolding doing the double, and did so again in 2020 with the Godolphin-raced mare Colette improving on her sixth in the same Group 1 lead-up.

2024 Golden Eagle Tips

Our expert team of tipsters will provide the 2024 Golden Eagle betting tips below closer to the day so stay tuned for the sprinters to back and sack this spring.

Once the final field has been accepted and finalised we will be placing our top tips and selections for the Golden Eagle here.

• To Win: TBD

Golden Eagle Bet Types

Win – The most basic type of bet. Put your money straight up on the runner that you think will win the Golden Eagle.

Place – Pick the horse that you think will finish in the top three positions but at lower odds.

Each-Way – Put equal amounts on a horse for the win and a place, the equivalent of two bets and you get paid out for both if it wins.

Quinella – Bet on the horses you think will finish first and second in either order. You can also pick for example one horse to finish 1st and then a combination The fewer horses you pick the greater the dividend.

Exacta – An exacta also involves choosing horses that you think will finish first and second but it differs from a quinella in that it has to be the exact order you specify in the bet.

Trifecta – Very similar to an Exacta, but for the first, second and third placings in the correct finishing order. You can also Box Trifecta to finish in any of the first 3 combinations.

First Four – A First Four bet works the same as an Exacta and Trifecta but for the first four runners in finishing order.

Golden Eagle Results

As well as listing the complete Golden Eagle finishing order the official Golden Eagle race results show the trainer and jockey of each horse as well as the margin between each place, the weight they carried and their starting price in the betting markets.

The inaugural champion Kolding holds the current Golden Eagle race record winning in 2001 in a time of 1 minute 28:28 seconds.

Colette (2020) was the last Golden Eagle winning mare.

In 2023 the Japanese-trained Obamburumai became the first international The Golden Eagle winner.

Past Golden Eagle Winners

Past Golden Eagle winners and place-getters dating back to the race’s inauguration in 2019 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

When is the Golden Eagle 2024?

What is the prize money for the Golden Eagle 2024?

$10,000,000

Where is the Golden Eagle 2024?

Rosehill Gardens Racecourse,  James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142.