Silver Eagle 2026 Betting Odds & Race Preview

The next edition of the Silver Eagle runs on Saturday, October 17, 2026 on The Everest Day as the key lead-up to the $10 million Golden Eagle race. 

The Silver Eagle has quickly become one of the most exciting betting races of the Sydney Spring Carnival, offering a lucrative prize purse and a prime opportunity for the country’s best four-year-olds to shine on the big stage at Royal Randwick. Run over 1300m, the feature regularly attracts a talented mix of former Group-winning three-year-olds, up-and-coming stars, and established performers ready to take the next step in open company. With its rich stakes, competitive fields, and proven ability to uncover future elite gallopers, the race has become a favourite for punters looking to follow emerging talent. Stay ahead of the market with the latest Silver Eagle odds 2026, field updates, expert previews, and in-depth Silver Eagle betting 2026 predictions at Ladbrokes as the next generation of Australian racing stars chase one of the spring carnival’s most coveted victories.

2026 Silver Eagle Odds

The Silver Eagle 2026 racing odds will be provided below as soon as betting on the event is open this spring followed by the official finishing order after the event.

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.

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

2026 Silver Eagle Predictions & Best Bets

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Silver Eagle 2026 race tips will be provided below the week of the race so stay tuned for the top four-year-olds to back this season.

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Silver Eagle Tips & Predictions 2026: Best Bets

Yesterday • Darren Cole

We have Silver Eagle tips and predictions for the Listed 1300m race at Randwick on Saturday. Silver Eagle odds have it close in the market between Beiwacht and Skyhook, in what could develop as a two-horse race. It won’t be easy for SKYHOOK (5) to come back in distance and win the Silver Eagle, but he’s a quality stallion, and he’s progressing better than most horses in this race. The 4YO son of Written Tycoon has looked good in winning his last three races, including an easy victory last time out. That didn’t come against the likes of Beiwacht, but…

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Silver Eagle Winners List: History & Results

12 Oct • Darren Cole

The Silver Eagle is a Listed special condition race for four-year-olds held over 1300 metres at Royal Randwick Racecourse as a key precursor to the $10 million Golden Eagle. In 2025, the $1 million feature was won by Linebacker, trained by John O’Shea & Tom Charlton and ridden to a dominant victory by Zac Lloyd carrying 58.5kg. Recent Silver Eagle Winners 2025 – Linebacker: John O’Shea & Tom Charlton’s star four-year-old overcame barrier 12 to surge clear and claim victory as the $3.10 favourite under Zac Lloyd. 2024 – Ostraka: Annabel & Rob Archibald’s gelding scored an impressive win at…

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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 is part of the wider The Everest Carnival.

The race officially gained Group 3 status in 2024 the same year The Everest became a Group 1 event before being demoted to a Listed race in 2026.

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).

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 17, 2026
• Track: Randwick Racecourse
• Distance: 1300m
• Conditions: 4yos – Set Weights + Penalties
• Status: Listed
• Prize Money: $1,000,000
• First Run: 2019

2026 Silver Eagle Results

The official Silver Eagle 2026 Results & Finishing Order will be listed below once the race is run and won on Saturday, October 17, 2026.

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.

2026 Silver Eagle Field

The official Silver Eagle 2026 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 2026 Silver Eagle final field features a sensational line-up of four-year-old Golden Eagle hopefuls including Chris Waller’s recent Group 1 Memsie Stakes champ Beiwacht drawn the rails and the favourite Skyhook chasing a hat trick after completing the Group 2 Theo Marks – Shannon Stakes double at Rosehill this time in.

2026 Silver Eagle Nominations 

Early nominations for the Silver Eagle 2026 close the Monday of race week and will be listed below. 

The 2026 Silver Eagle nominations drew a bumper 25 potential Golden Eagle-bound four-year-olds led in all-in betting by Skyhook coming off back-to-back Group 2 Rosehill wins in the Theo Marks and Shannon Stakes.

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.

2026 Silver Eagle Form

A link to our comprehensive Silver Eagle 2026 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Past 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. 

Recent 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.