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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
Date:	Saturday October 30th, 2021
Track:	Rosehill Gardens
Distance:	1500m
Race Type:	Set Weights – 4YOs
Status:	Special Condition
Prize Money:	$7.5 million

2021 The Golden Eagle Results

• 1st: #2 I’m Thunderstruck ($3.50F)
• 2nd: #11 Count De Rupee
• 3rd: #16 Vangelic

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
	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. 

2021 The Golden Eagle Odds

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.

2021 The Golden Eagle Field

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.

Click here to read more on the key four-year-olds in the Golden Eagle 2021 field and betting markets.