As punters, we should always be in search of our next winner.
It’s important to do the form for upcoming races, assess the quality of particular events, and attempt to find value going forward.
But it’s just as important to retrospectively analyse a race in order to secure winners into the future.
For those that kept a close eye on the runners in the 2024 Golden Eagle, and followed them afterwards, maybe adding them to their blackbook, have been rewarded greatly.
I’ve taken a look at the incredible run of Group 1 winners to come out of the race below.
Lazzat (2nd)
The William Haggas trained Lake Forest of course won the race, storming up the rail to claim the massive amount of prize money but he is about the only horse to go winless since!
Lazzat looked the winner in the concluding stages before Lake Forest nabbed him late.
He headed home to France via Hong Kong where he was beaten three lengths in the Hong Kong Mile behind Voyage Bubble.
A listed race win at Chantilly was followed by a victory in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Stakes in June.
Tom Kitten (3rd)
The enigmatic Tom Kitten was one of the flashing runs of the 2024 Golden Eagle to just miss.
He may have missed out on the prize that day, but he had his biggest pay day during the autumn, taking out the All-Star Mile at Flemington.
Stefi Magnetica (5th)
Coming off a win in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap in the winter, the hopes were high for the classy mare Stefi Magnetica during the spring.
She wasn’t beaten far in The Everest before a flashing run in the Golden Eagle where she had little luck.
Her autumn campaign got off to a slow start, but she produced one of her best runs when taking out the Group 1 Doncaster Handicap at Randwick to frank the Golden Eagle form even further.
Port Lockroy (6th)
After being beaten just over two lengths in the Golden Eagle, the Annabel and Rob Archibald team sent their horse west in search of Group 1 glory.
It was the right move as Port Lockroy took out the Group 1 Railway Stakes at his very next start.
Even if he wasn’t called first past the post…
Joliestar (7th)
I’m sure in hindsight Chris Waller would agree the 1500m of the Golden Eagle wasn’t Joliestar’s ideal distance.
He trained his mare as a sprinter there after and what a star she has become.
She won the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap down the famous Flemington straight during the autumn and nabbed another Group 1 in the Kingsford Smith Cup at Eagle Farm during the winter.
War Machine (8th)
There were many that raised their eyebrows when War Machine was accepted into the Golden Eagle field but the Hayes team knew they had a progressive and talented horse on their hands.
He won a benchmark 100 at Caulfield in May, followed that with a dominant win in the Group 3 BRC Sprint at Doomben and closed out his winter campaign with a win in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap.
Skybird (10th)
The Mitchell Freedman trained Skybird was always an exciting sprinting filly, but the team attempted to stretch her out to 1500m in the Golden Eagle.
She was brought back to the sprinting trip in the autumn where she won the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes first up at Flemington.
Ascoli Piceno (12th)
The Japanese filly came into the 2024 Golden Eagle with plenty of hype and was at the top of betting before finishing a disappointing 12th.
What did she do when she returned home?
Won back to back races including the Group 1 Victoria Mile in Tokyo.
Remarkably she was the eighth individual Group 1 winner since the running of the 2024 Golden Eagle.