The Golden Pendant is a Group 2 event for fillies and mares held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in September as part of Golden Rose Stakes Day.
2024 Golden Pendant Results
- 1st: #6 Makarena
- 2nd: #2 Amelia's Jewel
- 3rd: #7 Arctic Glamour
Golden Pendant News
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- Entriviere Tops 2021 Golden Pendant Field & Betting
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The Golden Pendant is a Group 2 middle distance sprint held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney. The Golden Pendant was previously known as the Research Stakes and now takes place on Golden Rose Stakes Day.
Held in late September during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival, the Golden Pendant has rapidly grown into a major target for fillies and mares each season due to the boosted stakes on offer.
Raced over 1400m under set weights and penalties conditions, the Golden Pendant is open only to fillies and mares aged three years and older. With a lucrative $400,000 in prize money on offer, the Golden Pendant is one of the major early spring events hosted by the Australian Turf Club (ATC).
A popular lead-up event to the Golden Pendant is the Group 3 Sheraco Stakes (1200m) held a few weeks earlier at the same track. The Group 3 Tibbie Stakes (1400m) at Newcastle provides another preparatory opportunity a week out from the race. Mizzy (2019) was the last mare to do the Sheraco Stakes – Golden Pendant double.
More recently in 2023 Espiona improved on a second in the Sheraco to win the Golden Pendant by over two lengths.
Makarena (4th in 2024) was the last Golden Pendant winner to come via a lead-up run in the Sheraco Stakes.Â
Following the Golden Pendant, the course taken by horses depends entirely on their success in the race and their spring campaign plans.
The Golden Pendant shares the program with a host of other Group status races including the meeting’s marquee race, the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m) for three-year-olds. The other feature event on the card is the Group 2 Shannon Stakes (1500m) for Epsom Handicap-bound gallopers.
Any four-year-old mares out of the Golden Pendant may head towards the $10 million The Golden Eagle (1500m) in November, a race the 2019 Golden Pendant winner Mizzy ran third in the inaugural edition in to Kolding.
The form out of the 2021 Golden Pendant was franked with the winner, Vangelic, going on to run third in that year’s Golden Eagle trifecta, while the runner-up Nimalee returned in the autumn of 2022 to win the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes.
In 2022 Nimalee won the Golden Pendant before a third in that year’s The Invitation race, while the Golden Pendant runner-up Palaisipan further franked the form returning the next winter to win the Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara race in Brisbane in 2023.
The 2023 Golden Pendant winner Espiona franked the form winning that season’s The Invitation after a credible seventh in the $20 million The Everest results. That year’s Golden Pendant runner-up Atishu meanwhile went on to win the Group 1 VRC Champions Stakes (2000m) at Flemington over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The 2024 Golden Pendant ran on Saturday September 28, 2024 as part of Sydney’s popular Golden Rose Stakes Day race card and was won in a gutsy effort by the Team Hawkes-trained Makarena ($4.60) who held off her challengers for a much-deserved Group 2 victory.Â
| Golden Pendant | |
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| Date: | Saturday September 28, 2024 |
| Track: | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1400m |
| Race Type: | 3YO&UP F&M SW+P |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prize Money: | $400,000 |
2024 Golden Pendant Results
- 1st: #6 Makarena ($4.60)
- 2nd: #2 Amelia’s Jewel
- 3rd: #7 Arctic Glamour
| Â | Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | 1 | 6 | MAKARENA | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | Zac Lloyd (a) |  | 2 | 54kg |  | $4.60 |
|  | 2 | 2 | AMELIA’S JEWEL | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | Tommy Berry | 1.17L | 4 | 58kg |  | $2.80F |
| Â | 3 | 7 | ARCTIC GLAMOUR | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Kerrin McEvoy | 1.43L | 1 | 54kg | Â | $9.50 |
| Â | 4 | 3 | LEKVARTE (NZ) | Joseph Pride | Joshua Parr | 3.08L | 6 | 55.5kg | Â | $21 |
| Â | 5 | 4 | SEMANA | Ciaron Maher | Dylan Gibbons | 4.42L | 5 | 55kg | Â | $3 |
| Â | 6 | 8 | SOUNDS OF HEAVEN (GB) | Joseph Pride | Tyler Schiller | 4.75L | 3 | 54kg | Â | $71 |
| Â | 7 | 1 | TROPICAL SQUALL | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Adam Hyeronimus | 4.88L | 7 | 59kg | Â | $11 |
| Â | Â | 5 | GOOD BANTER (NZ) | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Jason Collett | Â | 0 | Â |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.Â
2024 Golden Pendant Betting Odds
The spring’s best Golden Pendant 2024 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the Group 2 race for fillies and mares will be available below the week of the race.
Espiona ($2.35 in 2023) was the last favourite in Golden Pendant betting to win.
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2024 Golden Pendant Form
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2024 Golden Pendant Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Golden Pendant 2024 Tips on the popular Rosehill event for female gallopers this spring.
- To Win: #2 Amelia’s Jewel ($2.90 at time of publish) – BET NOW
The Golden Pendant features a competitive field, with Amelia’s Jewel emerging as a promising contender. Trained by Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald, this talented mare has demonstrated consistent form, highlighted by a strong performance in the Tramway Stakes first-up narrowly beaten by subsequent $1 million 7 Stakes third placed Royal Patronage.Â
Facing a small field now second-up, Amelia’s Jewel’s recent form and favourable draw plus her ability to excel at the distance make her a compelling candidate for victory in the Golden Pendant. Her class and potential for improvement suggest that she has a great chance to secure a win and get back to her best ahead of the spring majors.Â
2024 Golden Pendant Field
The Golden Pendant field attracts a quality line-up of fillies and mares each season, many of which come out of either the Group 3 Sheraco Stakes (1200m) at the track a fortnight earlier or from a run against the boys in the Group 2 Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) on the same lead-up program.
Espiona (2nd in 2023) and Makarena (4th in 2024) are the latest Sheraco Stakes graduates to win the Golden Pendant.
The official Golden Pendant 2024 Final Field & Barriers will be released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday leading-up to the race and will be published in full below.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3120x146x0 | TROPICAL SQUALL | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Adam Hyeronimus | 8 | 59kg | Â | Â | 104 |
| 2 | 1190x220x2 | AMELIA’S JEWEL | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | Tommy Berry | 5 | 58kg |  |  | 112 |
| 3 | x11151x08x | LEKVARTE (NZ) | Joseph Pride | Joshua Parr | 7 | 55.5kg | Â | Â | 100 |
| 4 | x21123x024 | SEMANA | Ciaron Maher | Dylan Gibbons | 6 | 55kg | Â | Â | 109 |
| 5 | x4x446177x | GOOD BANTER (NZ) | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Jason Collett | 1 | 55kg | Â | Â | 76 |
| 6 | 11x25244x4 | MAKARENA | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | Zac Lloyd (a) | 3 | 54kg |  |  | 94 |
| 7 | 5x70520x27 | ARCTIC GLAMOUR | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Kerrin McEvoy | 2 | 54kg | Â | Â | 93 |
| 8 | 1x136x5x0x | SOUNDS OF HEAVEN (GB) | Joseph Pride | Tyler Schiller | 4 | 54kg | Â | Â | 89 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.Â
2024 Golden Pendant Nominations
The 2024 Golden Pendant nominations close on the Monday leading-up to Golden Rose Stakes Day and will be available right here once early entries are released.
Golden Pendant History
Originally known as the Research Stakes, the Golden Pendant was named after 1989 Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year, Research. As a three-year-old, she was the only filly to win the ATC Derby-ATC Oaks double (four days apart). Her 1988 season as a three-year-old saw Research take out the majority of three-year-olds only races. At four years old, Research dropped off somewhat in skill and is largely remembered for her three-year-old season.
The Golden Pendant has only existed since 2011, when the Research Stakes first ran under the new name. Since then, the Golden Pendant has received considerable injections of prize money and is now one of the richest Group 3 races in Australia. Following much expectation, the Australian Racing Board elected to elevate the Golden Pendant to Group 2 status in 2015. The Research Stakes was inaugurated in 1996.
Prior to the 2012 edition, the Golden Pendant was raced over 1200m.
Notable Golden Pendant/Research Stakes winners include Fiddlestick (1996), Hot Danish (2009), More Joyous (2012), and Tycoon Tara (2016).
Golden Pendant results and winning times since 2000 are provided below.
Golden Pendant Results
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2024 Golden Pendant |
1st | Makarena | 1 minute 23.12 seconds |
| 2nd | Amelia’s Jewel | ||
| 3rd | Arctic Glamour | ||
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| 2023 Golden Pendant |
1st | Espiona | 1 minute 22.35 seconds |
| 2nd | Atishu | ||
| 3rd | Banana Queen | ||
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| 2022 Golden Pendant |
1st | Nimalee | 1 minute 23.04 seconds |
| 2nd | Palaisipan | ||
| 3rd | Pippali | ||
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| 2021 Golden Pendant |
1st | Vangelic | 1 minute 22.58 seconds |
| 2nd | Nimalee | ||
| 3rd | Entriviere | ||
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| 2020 Golden Pendant |
1st | Subpoenaed | 1 minute 22.59 seconds |
| 2nd | Emeralds | ||
| 3rd | Jen Rules | ||
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| 2019 Golden Pendant |
1st | Mizzy | 1 minute 22.58 seconds |
| 2nd | Champagne Cuddles | ||
| 3rd | Dyslexic | ||
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| 2018 Golden Pendant |
1st | Shumookh | 1 minute 23.09 seconds |
| 2nd | Champagne Cuddles | ||
| 3rd | Princess Posh | ||
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| 2017 Golden Pendant |
1st | Daysee Doom | 1 minute 23.75 seconds |
| 2nd | Dixie Blossoms | ||
| 3rd | Omei Sword | ||
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| 2016 Golden Pendant |
1st | Tycoon Tara | 1 minute 22.60 seconds |
| 2nd | Dixie Blossoms | ||
| 3rd | Pearls | ||
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| 2015 Golden Pendant |
1st | Peeping | 1 minute 23 seconds |
| 2nd | Two Blue | ||
| 3rd | Berry Delicious | ||
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| 2014 Golden Pendant |
1st | Arabian Gold | 1 minute 22.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Catkins | ||
| 3rd | My Sabeel | ||
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| 2013 Golden Pendant |
1st | Sharnee Rose | 1 minute 23.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Red Tracer | ||
| 3rd | Bennetta | ||
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| 2012 Golden Pendant |
1st | More Joyous | 1 minute 25.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Skyerush | ||
| 3rd | Forarainyday | ||
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| 2011 Golden Pendant |
1st | Screen | 1 minute 09.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Gybe | ||
| 3rd | Ofcourseican | ||
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| 2010 Research Stakes |
1st | Trim | 1 minute 09.8 seconds |
| =2nd | Montana Flyer | ||
| =2nd | Girl Hussler | ||
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| 2009 Research Stakes |
1st | Hot Danish | 1 minute 10.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Madame Pedrille | ||
| 3rd | Beaucoup | ||
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| 2008 Research Stakes |
1st | Judged | 1 minute 11.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Illuminates | ||
| 3rd | Nediyms Dream | ||
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| 2007 Research Stakes |
1st | Race Not Held | – |
| 2nd | – | ||
| 3rd | – | ||
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| 2006 Research Stakes |
1st | Coolroom Candidate | 1 minute 11.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Napa Sky | ||
| 3rd | Kakakakatie | ||
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| 2005 Research Stakes |
1st | Fumble | 1 minute 09.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Battle Maiden | ||
| 3rd | One In A Million | ||
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| 2004 Research Stakes |
1st | Besame Mucho | 1 minute 10.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Chatelaine | ||
| 3rd | Covet Thee | ||
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| 2003 Research Stakes |
1st | Classy Dane | 1 minute 10.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Forum Floozie | ||
| 3rd | Gold Lottey | ||
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| 2002 Research Stakes |
1st | Mica’s Pride | 1 minute 09.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Ancient Song | ||
| 3rd | Rare Insight | ||
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| 2001 Research Stakes |
1st | La Rieuse | 1 minute 10.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Winona | ||
| 3rd | Gentle Genius | ||
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| 2000 Research Stakes |
1st | Spinning Hill | 1 minute 11.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Brief Kiss | ||
| 3rd | Perfect Halo | ||
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