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The Silver Eagle is one of the newer races on the Australian Racing Calendar. Part of the wider The Everest Carnival, the Special Conditions feature race runs at Royal Randwick in October and now offers $1 million in prize money.

Inaugurated in 2019 when the favourite The Inevitable saluted for the punters the Silver Eagle is run over 1300m at set weights plus penalties and is open only to four-year-old horses.

The half-a-million-dollar showdown takes place on the same day as the coveted Caulfield Guineas Day card in Melbourne.

In 2023 the Silver Eagle will take place on The Everest Day headlined by the $20 million The Everest (1200m) and the Group 1 $5 million King Charles III Stakes (1600m) which replaces the George Main Stakes.

The event serves as the key lead-up into the $10 million The Golden Eagle (1500m) held at Rosehill at the end of October with the Silver Eagle winner, second and third place-getter all gaining a ballot free ride into that race.

The 2021 Silver Eagle form was franked with the third place-getter Count De Rupee running second next-up in that year’s Golden Eagle results before his $1 million The Gong win at Kembla Grange.

In 2023 Vilana won the Silver Eagle before success in the $1 million The Hunter at Newcastle later that spring.

The 2023 Silver Eagle took place at Randwick on The Everest Day on Saturday October 14th, 2023 and was won by the Chris Waller-trained mare Vienna Princess ($15) in an impressive upset. 

The Silver Eagle 2023
Date:	Saturday October 14th, 2023
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1300m
Race Type:	Set Weights + Penalties – Four-Year-Olds
Status:	Special Condition
Prize Money:	$1,000,000

2023 Silver Eagle Results

• 1st: #14 Vienna Princess ($15)
• 2nd: #10 Strait Acer
• 3rd: #1 Pericles

Chris Waller’s progressive Snitzel mare Vienna Princess ($15) ran away for an impressive three-quarters-of-a-length upset over her rivals when holding out the fast-finishing place-getters to dominate the 2023 Silver Eagle Stakes results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	14	VIENNA PRINCESS	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy		6	54kg		$15
	2	10	STRAIT ACER	Edward Cummings	Tommy Berry	0.88L	2	56kg		$41
	3	1	PERICLES	James Cummings	Zac Purton	1.11L	10	57.5kg		$3.70F
	4	12	BENEDETTA	Jason Warren	Daniel Stackhouse	1.68L	8	54.5kg		$4.20
	5	3	RUTHLESS DAME (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jason Collett	2.01L	3	56.5kg		$5.50
	6	6	WILLIAMSBURG	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Joshua Parr	2.53L	4	56.5kg		$61
	7	7	SACRED SATONO (NZ)	Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley	Michael McNab	2.94L	14	56.5kg		$101
	8	15e	RAZETA	Kris Lees	Dylan Gibbons (a)	3.09L	9	54kg		$101
	9	2	COIN TOSS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Brett Prebble	3.15L	7	57.5kg		$41
	10	16e	GREBENI	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	James Orman	3.72L	11	56kg		$26
	11	9	NEW ENDEAVOUR (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	4.68L	13	56kg		$31
	12	8	KIBOU	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	8.91L	1	56.5kg		$14
	13	5	YELLOW BRICK	Tony & Maddysen Sears	Craig Williams	11.46L	5	56.5kg		$4.80
	14	11	KOTE	Anthony Cummings	Chad Schofield	22.81L	12	56kg		$71
		17e	GARZA BLANCA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	James McDonald		0
		18e	SEBONACK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Zac Lloyd (a)		0
		13	WOLLOMBI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton		0
		4	MADAME POMMERY	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Silver Eagle Betting Odds

The Silver Eagle 2023 racing odds will be available here as soon as Silver Eagle betting opens this spring.

In the race’s first year, The Inevitable ($3 in 2019) became the inaugural and to date only Silver Eagle favourite to win.

There was a notable upset in 2021 with Aim winning at Silver Eagle odds of $31 and again in 2023 with Vienna Princess winning as a $15 outsider.

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2023 Silver Eagle Form

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2023 Silver Eagle Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Silver Eagle 2023 betting tips and exotic Randwick spring racing selections on the four-year-olds’ feature.

• To Win: #5 Yellow Brick ($3.80 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Stellar edition of the million-dollar Silver Eagle and Yellow Brick looks a huge hope to finally shrug that place-getter status. The talented The Mission four-year-old from Toowoomba has put his trainers Tony & Maddysen Sears on the map with a host of impressive if not frustratingly runs. Was runner-up in the summer’s $2 million Magic Millions Guineas at the Gold Coast, won the Group 3 GC Guineas fresh at the Sunshine Coast in May and has placed second in his subsequent three starts including a devastatingly close effort behind Rediener in the Group 3 Gunsynd at Eagle Farm in June. That form has been franked with the winner taking out the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) a couple of weeks back. Yellow Brick meanwhile ran second fresh in the Listed Weetwood Handicap at his home track with 58kg. He went down a nostril flare as the beaten odds-on fancy and gets the chance to atone heading to the big city now. Barrier five, comes back a little in weight and Craig Williams in the saddle is a big plus.

2023 Silver Eagle Field

The spring’s Silver Eagle field features the best four-year-old horses from Australia heading towards a shot at the lucrative $10 million The Golden Eagle.

The Group 2 Theo Marks Stakes held at Rosehill in September serves as a nice lead-up race for four-year-olds heading into the Silver Eagle field.

The Silver Eagle 2023 race field will be confirmed on the Wednesday of race week and published below as soon as available.

The 2023 Silver Eagle final field features a capacity line-up of in-form four-year-olds including the James Cummings-trained Pericles chasing a third win on the trot after his Group 2 Tramway success last start and the talented Toowoomba galloper Yellow Brick racing in Sydney off his good form at home in Queensland.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	8x41292x11	PERICLES	James Cummings	Zac Purton	13	57.5kg			109
2	1734x1211x	COIN TOSS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Brett Prebble	7	57.5kg			88
3	1x320150x7	RUTHLESS DAME (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jason Collett	3	56.5kg			108
4	61x407x280	MADAME POMMERY	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	8	56.5kg			102
5	1x12x122x2	YELLOW BRICK	Tony & Maddysen Sears	Craig Williams	5	56.5kg			101
6	745303×429	WILLIAMSBURG	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Joshua Parr	4	56.5kg			94
7	2125787×21	SACRED SATONO (NZ)	Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley	Michael McNab	17	56.5kg			90
8	x1141x2x10	KIBOU	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	1	56.5kg			87
9	3215×51232	NEW ENDEAVOUR (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	16	56kg			99
10	1557×18111	STRAIT ACER	Edward Cummings	Tommy Berry	2	56kg			85
11	x592256x06	KOTE	Anthony Cummings	Chad Schofield	15	56kg			84
12	311113×113	BENEDETTA	Jason Warren	Daniel Stackhouse	10	54.5kg			100
13	x31117x435	WOLLOMBI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	18	54.5kg	55kg		84
14	190x2162x1	VIENNA PRINCESS	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	6	54kg			89
15e	x909139x40	RAZETA	Kris Lees	Dylan Gibbons (a)	11	54kg			83
16e	143x21113x	GREBENI	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	James Orman	14	56kg			81
17e	819122×212	GARZA BLANCA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	James McDonald	12	56kg			80
18e	0x37007x18	SEBONACK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Zac Lloyd (a)	9	56.5kg			78

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Silver Eagle Nominations

The early Silver Eagle 2023 nominations close the Monday of race week and will be available in full below once confirmed.

The 2023 Silver Eagle nominations feature 29 potential Golden Eagle hopefuls led in all-in betting by consistent Queenslander Yellow Brick.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x2400x9013	GOLDEN MILE	H	4	James Cummings	1=	58.5kg			109
2	8x41292x11	PERICLES	G	4	James Cummings	1=	57.5kg			109
3	1x320150x7	RUTHLESS DAME (NZ)	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	3	56.5kg			108
4	61x407x280	MADAME POMMERY	M	4	Chris Waller	4	56.5kg			102
5	1x12x122x2	YELLOW BRICK	G	4	Tony & Maddysen Sears	5	56.5kg			101
6	311113×113	BENEDETTA	M	4	Jason Warren	6	54.5kg			100
7	3215×51232	NEW ENDEAVOUR (IRE)	G	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	7	56kg			99
8	745303×429	WILLIAMSBURG	H	4	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	8	56.5kg			94
9	641×345937	GALERON (IRE)	H	4	Charles Hills	9	56kg			93
10	2125787×21	SACRED SATONO (NZ)	H	4	Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley	10	56.5kg			90
11	190x2162x1	VIENNA PRINCESS	M	4	Chris Waller	11	54kg			89
12	1734x1211x	COIN TOSS	G	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	12	57.5kg			88
13	x1141x2x10	KIBOU	G	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	13	56.5kg			87
14	1x15x11x31	AIRMAN	G	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	14	56kg			86
15	1557×18111	STRAIT ACER	G	4	Edward Cummings	15	56kg			85
16	11119×4111	IKNOWASTAR	G	4	Bjorn Baker	16=	56kg			84
17	x592256x06	KOTE	G	4	Anthony Cummings	16=	56kg			84
18	x31117x435	WOLLOMBI	M	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	16=	54.5kg			84
19	x909139x40	RAZETA	M	4	Kris Lees	19	54kg			83
20	143x21113x	GREBENI	G	4	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	20	56kg			81
21	819122×212	GARZA BLANCA	H	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	21=	56kg			80
22	306x53138x	ROBUSTO	G	4	Chris Waller	21=	56kg			80
23	0x37007x18	SEBONACK	G	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	23	56.5kg			78
24	2x156x1111	BODY BOB	G	4	Pat Murphy	24	56kg			76
25	4x7281x156	WATADEEL	G	4	Phillip Stokes	25	56kg			75
26	x3x123x114	PEACE OFFICER (NZ)	G	4	Clarry Conners	26	56kg			72
27	120×2	WRITTEN IN CODE	M	4	Annabel Neasham	27	54kg			70
28	21x13595x2	VICTORY LANE	G	4	Robert & Luke Price	28	56kg			68
29	37685×126	TERRITORY EXPRESS	G	4	Paul Niceforo	29	56kg			61

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Silver Eagle History

The Silver Eagle was first contested in 2019 as part of the extended The Everest Carnival in Sydney.

The 2022 Silver Eagle was rescheduled after its original race meeting was abandoned and took place on The Everest Day a week later.

In 2023 the Silver Eagle retained its mid-October date on The Everest Day.

YEAR	WINNER	2ND	3RD	TIME
2023	Vienna Princess	Strait Acer	Pericles	1:14.85
2022	Vilana	Mr Mozart	Brigantine	1:17.34
2021	Aim	Ellsberg	Count De Rupee	1:16.04
2020	Flit	Alligator Blood	Dawn Passage	1:15.39
2019	The Inevitable	Fasika	Mizzy	1:14.54