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The Golden Eagle race is a Special Conditions feature for four-year-old horses offering $7.5 million in prize money and run at Rosehill in October.
The Golden Eagle is one of the recent additions to the Sydney Spring Racing Calendar, the Special Conditions feature held on the Saturday prior to Victoria’s Melbourne Cup at Rosehill Gardens in either late October or early November each October.
Contested for the first time in 2019, The Golden Eagle race is open only to four-year-old horses and is the most lucrative of its kind offering $7.5 million in prize money.
Taking place in Sydney on the same day Melbourne hosts the time-honoured Victoria Derby, The Golden Eagle is a set weights event that is now a hugely popular target for the middle-distance four-year-olds from around the country.
The 1500m showdown is part of the “Golden Slam” series of races that begins with the two-year-olds in the Golden Slipper and also includes the Golden Rose for three-year-olds.
Horses may come via a range of different top-level lead-up races into The Golden Eagle including the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) run at Randwick in early October. Inaugural The Golden Eagle winner Kolding became the first horse in history to complete the Epsom – Golden Eagle double in 2019.
The following year the 2020 The Golden Eagle winner Colette also came via the same lead-up improving on her sixth in the Epsom Handicap.
For the third edition in 2021 I’m Thunderstruck won the Golden Eagle on the back of a lead-up Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) win in Melbourne.
Looking to rival the Melbourne racing action down south on the same day, The Golden Eagle Day also features the $1 million Winners Stakes (1300m) – known in 2019 as the Redzel Stakes, 2020 as the Yes Yes Yes Stakes and 2021 as the Classique Legend Stakes in honour of the respective The Everest winning horses – and the $500,000 Rosehill Gold Cup (2000m).
The traditional lead-up into The Golden Eagle field is Randwick’s $500,000 Silver Eagle (1300m) run in early October on Spring Champion Stakes Day.
The 2021 The Golden Eagle took place at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday October 30th, 2021 and was won by the favourite I’m Thunderstruck ($3.50).
The Golden Eagle 2021 | |
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Date: | Saturday October 30th, 2021 |
Track: | Rosehill Gardens |
Distance: | 1500m |
Race Type: | Set Weights – 4YOs |
Status: | Special Condition |
Prize Money: | $7.5 million |
Deserving favourite I’m Thunderstruck ($3.50) saluted for the punters with a narrow victory in the 2021 Golden Eagle results to deny a brave Count De Rupee ($18) victory in third edition of the $7.5 million feature.
Click here to read more on the thrilling Golden Eagle 2021 win by I’m Thunderstruck out of Melbourne.
Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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1 | 2 | I’M THUNDERSTRUCK (NZ) | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Hugh Bowman | 8 | 57.5kg | $3.50F | |||
2 | 11 | COUNT DE RUPEE | Robert & Luke Price | Brock Ryan (a) | 0.2L | 3 | 57.5kg | $18 | ||
3 | 16 | VANGELIC | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 1.7L | 4 | 55.5kg | $31 | ||
4 | 4 | APACHE CHASE | Desleigh Forster | Jim Byrne | 1.76L | 5 | 57.5kg | $5.50 | ||
5 | 12 | LAWS OF INDICES (IRE) | Annabel Neasham | Tommy Berry | 1.77L | 16 | 56.5kg | $31 | ||
6 | 13 | MAXIMAL (GB) | John O’Shea | Ms Alysha Collett | 2.55L | 18 | 56.5kg | $15 | ||
7 | 9 | ELLSBERG | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Joshua Parr | 2.99L | 1 | 57.5kg | $5.50 | ||
8 | 1 | PRIVATE EYE | Joseph Pride | Nash Rawiller | 3.26L | 14 | 57.5kg | $7 | ||
9 | 10 | LOVE TAP | Richard & Michael Freedman | Robbie Dolan | 3.83L | 2 | 57.5kg | $51 | ||
10 | 15 | FORBIDDEN LOVE | Richard & Michael Freedman | Jean Van Overmeire | 4.49L | 13 | 55.5kg | $51 | ||
11 | 14 | REVE DE VOL (IRE) | Annabel Neasham | Brodie Loy | 4.59L | 6 | 56.5kg | $101 | ||
12 | 18 | ATISHU (NZ) | Chris Waller | Glyn Schofield | 4.64L | 15 | 55.5kg | $26 | ||
13 | 5 | AYSAR | Ben & JD Hayes | Jay Ford | 5.33L | 12 | 57.5kg | $101 | ||
14 | 7 | AMISH BOY | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Ms Kathy O’Hara | 5.61L | 9 | 57.5kg | $41 | ||
15 | 8 | EXOBOOM | Peter & Paul Snowden | Lee Magorrian | 6.4L | 10 | 57.5kg | $51 | ||
16 | 17 | MEDIA AWARD | Chris Calthorpe | Jack Martin | 6.42L | 7 | 55.5kg | $61 | ||
17 | 3 | AEGON (NZ) | Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman | Jason Collett | 7.14L | 17 | 57.5kg | $41 | ||
18 | 6 | AIM | Peter & Paul Snowden | Andrew Adkins | 17.01L | 11 | 57.5kg | $51 | ||
21e | WHEELHOUSE | Chris Waller | 0 | |||||||
22e | BLONDEAU | Chris Waller | 0 | |||||||
19e | KIKU | Chris Waller | 0 | |||||||
20e | OUR PLAYBOY | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The Golden Eagle 2021 betting odds and links to the latest prices at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as all-in markets on the event open.
In 2021 I’m Thunderstruck ($3.50) became the first favourite in Golden Eagle betting to salute.
The confirmed The Golden Eagle 2021 field of four-year-olds will be detailed below as soon as available.
The 2021 Golden Eagle final field features a capacity line-up of four-year-olds including Toorak Handicap winner I’m Thunderstruck and Joe Pride’s widely-drawn Epsom Handicap champ Private Eye.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | 1x821x1741 | PRIVATE EYE | Joseph Pride | Nash Rawiller | 17 | 57.5kg | 108 | ||
2 | 15×131131 | I’M THUNDERSTRUCK (NZ) | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Hugh Bowman | 10 | 57.5kg | 107 | ||
3 | 11x1160x40 | AEGON (NZ) | Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman | Jason Collett | 20 | 57.5kg | 105 | ||
4 | 4041210×11 | APACHE CHASE | Desleigh Forster | Jim Byrne | 6 | 57.5kg | 105 | ||
5 | 2x229x0446 | AYSAR | Ben & JD Hayes | Jay Ford | 15 | 57.5kg | 99 | ||
6 | 7x61x967x1 | AIM | Peter & Paul Snowden | Andrew Adkins | 14 | 57.5kg | 95 | ||
7 | 234734×297 | AMISH BOY | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Ms Kathy O’Hara | 11 | 57.5kg | 95 | ||
8 | 1x2130x891 | EXOBOOM | Peter & Paul Snowden | 12 | 57.5kg | 93 | |||
9 | 13x1422x12 | ELLSBERG | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Joshua Parr | 1 | 57.5kg | 92 | ||
10 | 1114x7x014 | LOVE TAP | Richard & Michael Freedman | Robbie Dolan | 3 | 57.5kg | 91 | ||
11 | 31x2183x13 | COUNT DE RUPEE | Robert & Luke Price | Brock Ryan (a) | 4 | 57.5kg | 88 | ||
12 | 473x54518x | LAWS OF INDICES (IRE) | Annabel Neasham | Tommy Berry | 19 | 56.5kg | 106 | ||
13 | 2218x2242x | MAXIMAL (GB) | John O’Shea | Sam Clipperton | 22 | 56.5kg | 95 | ||
14 | 18354x162x | REVE DE VOL (IRE) | Annabel Neasham | Brodie Loy | 7 | 56.5kg | 95 | ||
15 | 19107×4783 | FORBIDDEN LOVE | Richard & Michael Freedman | Jean Van Overmeire | 16 | 55.5kg | 106 | ||
16 | x8245x4105 | VANGELIC | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 5 | 55.5kg | 106 | ||
17 | 823x111x8 | MEDIA AWARD | Chris Calthorpe | Jack Martin | 9 | 55.5kg | 102 | ||
18 | 31111×1416 | ATISHU (NZ) | Chris Waller | Glyn Schofield | 18 | 55.5kg | 101 | ||
19e | 13x1116x63 | KIKU | Chris Waller | 21 | 55.5kg | 90 | |||
20e | 008x6751x7 | OUR PLAYBOY | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 2 | 57.5kg | 86 | |||
21e | 2x144509x7 | WHEELHOUSE | Chris Waller | 13 | 57.5kg | 85 | |||
22e | 4×13341324 | BLONDEAU | Chris Waller | 8 | 57.5kg | 84 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Early The Golden Eagle 2021 nominations closed on Monday September 6, 2021 and drew 121 four-year-olds led in pre-field betting by Ayrton and Winx Stakes winner Mo’unga.
The Golden Eagle was first run in 2019 and won by the classy Chris Waller-trained Kolding who came off a lead-up Epsom Handicap win. Kolding would go on to win the following year’s George Main Stakes (2020) as well as the All Aged Stakes in 2021.
In its second running, the Godolphin-raced mare Colette won The Golden Eagle in 2020 when the race took place on a Heavy (9) track.
The favourites finally saluted in the third running with I’m Thunderstruck ($3.50 in 2021) too good for his rivals late.
Previous The Golden Eagle winners going back to the race’s inauguration in 2019 are detailed below.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2021 The Golden Eagle |
1st | I’m Thunderstruck | 1 minute 27.90 seconds |
2nd | Count De Rupee | ||
3rd | Vangelic | ||
2020 The Golden Eagle |
1st | Colette | 1 minute 32.67 seconds |
2nd | Icebath | ||
3rd | Dawn Passage | ||
2019 The Golden Eagl |
1st | Kolding | 1 minute 28.28 seconds |
2nd | Sunlight | ||
3rd | Mizzy | ||