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$10 million. 17 runners. Two words each. This is your ultimate cheat sheet for Saturday’s blockbuster at Royal Randwick.
From the red-hot and undefeated favourite Autumn Glow to the international raiders and smokey outsiders, we’ve summed up the winning (or losing!) hopes for every horse in this year’s Golden Eagle 2025 field in just two words because sometimes less is more when you’re chasing a winner.
Read on for the Races.com.au team’s exclusive two-word 2025 Golden Eagle form guide.
This weekend the Sydney punters will be cheering home the seventh winner of the world’s richest race for four-year-olds, but will it be Chris Waller‘s Epsom Handicap winning mare Autumn Glow finishing on top like the markets suggest?
She’s short at $2.10 through Ladbrokes.com.au to extend her flawless career to eight straight and is drawn for a good run in gate nine with four-time Cox Plate winning hoop James McDonald aboard for the ride.
So, can she do it? Or is there an upset Golden Eagle result pending from the likes of the runaway Silver Eagle hero Linebacker?
Contenders or pretenders? We’ve boiled down every runner in the Golden Eagle field to just two words so you can cut through the noise and get straight to the heart of the race.
1. Evaporate (7) – Heat Rising
Odds: $11 (at time of publish)
2. Feroce (10) – Fierce Finish
Odds: $51 (at time of publish)
3. Linebacker (5) – Silver Medal
Odds: $6 (at time of publish)
4. Sepals (6) – Bud Bruised
Odds: $15 (at time of publish)
5. Willydoit (11) – Not Yet
Odds: $15 (at time of publish)
6. Fully Lit (14) – Ignition Pending
Odds: $26 (at time of publish)
7. Depth Of Character (2) – Treading Water
Odds: $101 (at time of publish)
8. Lord Penman (16) – Knighted Roughie
Odds: $51 (at time of publish)
9. Mayfair (15) – Chic Chance
Odds: $51 (at time of publish)
10. Shangri La Spring (17) – Season Shy
Odds: $51 (at time of publish)
11. Cristal Clear (13) – See Through
Odds: $101 (at time of publish)
12. Panja Tower (4) – Sky High
Odds: $11 (at time of publish)
13. Seagulls Eleven (3) – Offshore Form
Odds: $6 (at time of publish)
14. Autumn Glow (9) – Golden Girl
Odds: $2.10 (at time of publish)
15. Perfumist (1) – Faint Fragrance
Odds: $15 (at time of publish)
16. Modella (12) – Trend Stalls
Odds: $101 (at time of publish)
17. Eclair Encore (8) – Cream Settles
Odds: $201 (at time of publish)
| 14. Autumn Glow (8) J: James McDonald55.5kg 1x111T: Chris Waller | ||
| 4. Sepals (6) J: Ethan Brown57.5kg 4x110T: Cliff Brown | ||
| 1. Evaporate (7) J: Nash Rawiller57.5kg 1x512T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 7. Depth Of Character (2) J: Jason Collett57.5kg x0308T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 12. Panja Tower (4) J: Kohei Matsuyama56.5kg 41x1xT: Shinsuke Hashiguchi | ||
| 11. Cristal Clear (12) J: Braith Nock57.5kg 41112T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 3. Linebacker (5) J: Zac Lloyd57.5kg 18x71T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton | ||
| 16. Modella (11) J: Chad Schofield55.5kg 5x371T: Lee & Cherie Curtis | ||
| 5. Willydoit (10) J: Tim Clark57.5kg 14x87T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 15. Perfumist (1) J: Rachel King55.5kg 60412T: Bjorn Baker | ||
| 6. Fully Lit (13) J: Regan Bayliss57.5kg 51232T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 10. Shangri La Spring (16) J: Tyler Schiller57.5kg 47x74T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 13. Seagulls Eleven (3) J: Tom Marquand56.5kg 6218xT: H Palmer | ||
| 2. Feroce (9) J: Josh Parr57.5kg 6x638T: Dominic Sutton | ||
| 8. Lord Penman (15) J: Joao Moreira57.5kg x2772T: Chris Waller | ||
| 9. Mayfair (14) J: Dylan Gibbons57.5kg 5x2x3T: Bjorn Baker |
*All Golden Eagle odds quoted are provided by Ladbrokes.com.au, correct at time of publication and subject to change without notice.
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