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2025 Golden Eagle Form Guide: Two Words on Each Runner

Lucy Henderson • October 28, 2025

2025 Golden Eagle Form Guide: Two Words on Each Runner

$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.

2025 Toy Show Quality winner Autumn Glow
Will Autumn Glow remain undefeated with a Golden Eagle victory for the punters? Photo: Bradley Photos.

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 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)

Golden Eagle 2025 Results

Randwick R8 - Golden Eagle
Final Race time: 
1st
14. Autumn Glow (8)
55.5kg1x111
J: James McDonaldT: Chris Waller
1.75WIN
1.14PLACE
2nd
4. Sepals (6)
57.5kg4x110
J: Ethan BrownT: Cliff Brown
21.00WIN
4.40PLACE
3rd
1. Evaporate (7)
57.5kg1x512
J: Nash RawillerT: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes
11.00WIN
2.80PLACE
4th
7. Depth Of Character (2)
57.5kgx0308
J: Jason CollettT: Annabel & Rob Archibald
91.00WIN
12.00PLACE
5th
12. Panja Tower (4)
56.5kg41x1x
J: Kohei MatsuyamaT: Shinsuke Hashiguchi
7.50WIN
2.20PLACE
6th
11. Cristal Clear (12)
57.5kg41112
J: Braith NockT: Annabel & Rob Archibald
126.00WIN
15.00PLACE
7th
3. Linebacker (5)
57.5kg18x71
J: Zac LloydT: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton
6.50WIN
2.00PLACE
8th
16. Modella (11)
55.5kg5x371
J: Chad SchofieldT: Lee & Cherie Curtis
151.00WIN
17.00PLACE
9th
5. Willydoit (10)
57.5kg14x87
J: Tim ClarkT: Ciaron Maher
41.00WIN
7.00PLACE
10th
15. Perfumist (1)
55.5kg60412
J: Rachel KingT: Bjorn Baker
18.00WIN
3.90PLACE
11th
6. Fully Lit (13)
57.5kg51232
J: Regan BaylissT: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
81.00WIN
11.00PLACE
12th
10. Shangri La Spring (16)
57.5kg47x74
J: Tyler SchillerT: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
201.00WIN
21.00PLACE
13th
13. Seagulls Eleven (3)
56.5kg6218x
J: Tom MarquandT: H Palmer
34.00WIN
6.00PLACE
14th
2. Feroce (9)
57.5kg6x638
J: Josh ParrT: Dominic Sutton
71.00WIN
10.00PLACE
15th
8. Lord Penman (15)
57.5kgx2772
J: Joao MoreiraT: Chris Waller
71.00WIN
10.00PLACE
16th
9. Mayfair (14)
57.5kg5x2x3
J: Dylan GibbonsT: Bjorn Baker
151.00WIN
17.00PLACE
17. Eclair Encore (8)SCRATCHED:
For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing. Data retrieved: 31/10/2026 12:11:27 AM (Australia/Brisbane)

*All Golden Eagle odds quoted are provided by Ladbrokes, correct at time of publication and subject to change without notice.

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