The Silver Eagle Tips, Betting, Odds, Horses & More 2025

The Silver Eagle is one of the newer races on the calendar and it is run each year at Randwick Racecourse. The 1,300m trip will be held in 2025 on Saturday, October 18 and is run under set weights and penalties conditions. While the race isn’t a Group 1, the $1 million in prize money on offer brings in quality runners.

We’ve got some quick facts about The Silver Eagle to get you started! Check out the table below:

The Silver Eagle is a newly-minted race and while it isn’t a Group 1 race (it’s a Group 3), the $1 million on offer in prize money has attracted the attention of punters and has become a major target race for the connections of racehorses. The race was first run in 2019 and The Inevitable claimed victory.

The race is run under set weights and penalties, with only 4YOs allowed to compete. In Australia, we see plenty of races for 2YOs and 3YOs, so Racing NSW wanted to share the love and give 4YOs their own feature race. At the time, Racing NSW announced a whole raft of changes and new races on the calendar, including the brother race - The Golden Eagle.

The Golden Eagle is a major race during Spring Racing Carnival and takes place on one of the top tracks in the country, Rosehill Racecourse. There is a mammoth $10 million in prize money on offer for The Golden Eagle. The winner of The Silver Eagle, along with the runners who finish second and third, are exempt from the ballot for The Golden Eagle.

The goal of these two races is to keep more 4YOs on the track in competition, instead of retiring them to stud before they enter their 4YO racing season. The more horses that are competing, the higher the quality is going to be.

The Silver Eagle is a support race for The Everest, which has a massive $20 million on the line. Two other key races take place on the same day at Randwick Racecourse; The Kosciuszko and the King Charles III Stakes. The Caulfield Cup is also run on the same day, at Caulfield Racecourse.

OnlyRacing is your one-stop shop for everything related to The Silver Eagle. We have every aspect of the race covered, from horse racing betting tips to the latest results information and everything in between. We also update this page regularly, so when new details come to light, you’ll find the information here.

With $500K on the line for The Silver Eagle initially, the prize money was upgraded to $1 million in 2022. See more information on how the cash is split between the top runners below:

If you want The Silver Eagle tips, then you’ve come to the right place. We not only have tips on The Silver Eagle but we also have some of the best free horse racing tips in Australia, which includes general Randwick tips. No matter the time, you’ll find tips of some sort with us here at OnlyRacing.

For The Silver Eagle, in particular, our 2025 tips are not available just yet. We are waiting until race week because this is when the final field is confirmed. During race week, we will research all runners confirmed in the field and provide our best bet, next best and best roughie.

Our tips for The Silver Eagle in 2025 aren’t available just yet, but you can take a look at the runners we tipped for the race in 2024:

The Silver Eagle Best Bet - Kimochi 

Boy, oh boy! It’s an open field for The Silver Eagle in 2024, isn’t it? Out of the 14 runners confirmed for the race, six of them are currently listed in single digits. Out of all the potential contenders, I’m siding with the current narrow favourite, Kimochi, who is paying $4.80 at the time of writing.

The campaign has been pretty successful so far, she kicked things off with a win in the Group 3 Toy Show Quality. She then finished fourth, by 2.4L in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes. She was caught deep in that one but still finished strong and she’ll have to overcome a wide barrier again, but if anyone can do it, Kimochi can!

The Silver Eagle Next Best - Veight

It was a bit of a toss-up for me between Veight and Kimochi, but as the honours go to Kimochi, my next best has to be Veight. Another coming from the Group 1 Manikato Stakes, contesting that one first-up in a performance to forget. In the tight market, Veight is currently listed on the third line of betting, with odds of $5.50.

Let’s just put a line through that Manikato Stakes run and see what he can do here. JMac, who retains the ride here, said he came from that run very well. That coupled with the rise in trip should be more to his liking. Don’t forget that this race looks weaker than the Manikato Stakes, so he has to be considered one of the main contenders.

The Silver Eagle Best Roughie - Port Lockroy

Okay, so not the roughest of roughies, but I do like the look of Port Lockroy in The Silver Eagle. The 4YO stallion is currently paying $10 to win the race and $3.30 to place. Put on an excellent show last time out in a BM94, coming running over most of them to finish just 0.3L off the pace in third place.

The winner of that one? Ostraka - who is on the second line of betting with PlayUp, at the time of writing. Ostraka gets a 5kg swing in the weights for this one. But it’s not all doom and gloom! The extra 100m should suit Port Lockroy here and gets a fairly decent barrier as well. Will need some luck on his side, but if he does, look out. 

If you’re thinking about having a bet or two on The Silver Eagle, there are some things you should know first. Even if you consider yourself a more seasoned punter, it is a good idea to brush up on your knowledge every now and again!

One of the first things that we recommend when it comes to The Silver Eagle betting is to have multiple accounts with different bookies. There are plenty of betting sites in Australia, so you have lots of options to choose from. If you’re looking to open a new account, be sure to check out our bookie reviews page for more details.

We think it’s a good idea to open multiple bookie accounts because there are different racing promotions and offers with different bookies. As well as this, you could find different odds for the same runner/ market, meaning you are leaving easy money on the table simply by not shopping around.

For a race like The Silver Eagle, there will be plenty of markets available for you to bet on. Some of the most common markets include:

• Quaddies
• Quinellas, Trifectas and First Fours
• Fixed Win or Place bets 
• Multi bets

You should stick with a market that you are comfortable with and fully understand, but that doesn’t mean you can’t expand your knowledge to try something new in the future! More complex bet types like Quaddies and First Fours can be quite lucrative if you can land them. 

Something else you need to consider is if the bookie has one of the best horse racing betting apps going around. If you’re betting on the go, they must have a well-developed app that you can use or at least a fully-optimised mobile website. This will ensure you can navigate to where you want and place your best easily and quickly.

Some bookies that, after careful consideration, we think are perfect for any punter include the likes of BetGalaxy, Betr and WellBet. These three bookies have a unique offering and it's certainly worth checking out our reviews on them if you want to learn some more about what they offer.

The Silver Eagle field for 2025 is yet to be finalised. We have to wait until race week for all the runners competing in The Silver Eagle to be announced. Who will line up for the race in 2025 for the right to call themselves the 2025 champion? We will have to wait and see!

Throughout the year, if you’re not the type to be patient, there is a way that you can potentially get a sneak peek into which runners might be targeting The Silver Eagle. If the odds market is up and running, you should check it out because it will list all the runners that are currently more favoured in the market and therefore more likely to make an appearance in the race.

For the race in 2024, we have all the details for you, including which barrier each runner is jumping from and more here:

For The Silver Eagle in 2024, we saw a field of 14 runners confirmed. On top of this, there was one emergency, just in case there were any pre-race scratchings. There was one pre-race scratching from the race, Skybird, which meant the first emergency, Well Timed, booked a spot in the final field.

In horse racing, we see scratchings happen all the time, even in big races like The Silver Eagle, where there is $1 million in prize money on the line. So, why do scratchings even happen? Well, there are several reasons why, but the main reason would probably be if the horse is not fit enough to tackle the race as connections don’t want to risk injury.

When you’re looking into the final field, it’s a good idea to spend a little time checking out the barrier draw. The gate each runner jumps from can play a major role in how the race shakes out. Also, different horses have different race styles and can be more suited to an insider or wider barrier.

For any race, it’s important to look into the form guide, but for a race like The Silver Eagle, it can present some challenges as there isn’t a lot of history to the race and therefore not a lot of data. Races with a long history mean there is plenty of time for patterns to emerge in the data and those patterns can help point you in the direction of the next potential winner.

Even though there isn’t a lot of data yet surrounding The Silver Eagle, the team at OnlyRacing has done their best to provide valuable pieces of form guide that can help on your quest for choosing a runner to bet on for the upcoming race. Check out everything that we found below!

We usually see a lot of the same field from the Golden Rose Stakes in the previous year. The Golden Rose Stakes is for 3YOs, plus it is run at a similar distance to The Silver Eagle. The race is an ideal lead-up to The Golden Eagle, so look out for horses who had success in this race, as they may try their hand in the $10 million race! 

It’s important to look for a runner who has proven success at the 1,200m to 1,400m distance range as well as horses who have a good record at the Randwick track. Runners who have contested Group status races in Melbourne or Sydney will have some class and this is a minimum when it comes to The Silver Eagle.

So far, we’ve seen a little bit of a mixed bag when it comes to the results in The Silver Eagle. We have seen four males and two females win the race, but it seems to pay to focus on runners jumping from an inside barrier as we have only seen one winner jump from outside barrier seven, which was Ostraka who jumped from barrier 14 in 2024.

In terms of the odds for the winner, it’s also been a bit of a mixed bag. So far, we’ve seen three winners jump with single-digit odds and three runners jump with odds of $10+. In 2021, Aim won with odds of $34 and he is the biggest roughie to win The Silver Eagle to date.

While The Silver Eagle doesn’t have as long of a history as some of the other races on the calendar, we have already seen some high-quality horses compete and win the race. With $1 million on the line, the race has attracted a lot of attention and it usually leads to bigger and better things, like The Golden Eagle.

With only a few editions of The Silver Eagle under our belts, we didn’t have to make any tough decisions on which horses to feature. We are going to talk about all of the winning The Silver Eagle horses! Check out the details below:

The Inevitable - 2019

The Inevitable won the inaugural edition of The Silver Eagle in 2019. So far, the gelding has amassed almost $2 million in prize money and has a career record of 37:16-4-2. He has won a Group 3 race, placed in a Group 2 race and is so far unplaced in six attempts at Group 1 level.

Flit - 2020

Before winning The Silver Eagle in 2020, Flit won a Group 1 race in 2019, the Thousand Guineas. She finished her career with a record of 21:4-4-1 and almost $2 million in prize money. She also won at both Group 2 and Group 3 level. 

Aim - 2021

Aim only won four races in his career, but one of them was The Silver Eagle in 2021. This win in The Silver Eagle helped bump up his career prize money to almost $2 million. At Group level, his best result was third place in a Group 3. He contested two Group One races but didn’t place in them.

Vilana - 2022

After his victory in The Silver Eagle in 2022, Vilana went on to contest The Golden Eagle but ended up finishing in eighth place. Most of his success so far in his career has come at Group 3 level, where he has a record of 8:2-1-1. He is currently unplaced in five attempts at Group 1 level.

Vienna Princess - 2023

Vienna Princess won The Silver Eagle in 2023 and has so far amassed over $1 million in prize money. The mare’s career record stands at 19:4-4-0, at the time of writing. So far, she has attempted two Group 2s and one Group 1, where she was unplaced in all three attempts.

Ostraka - 2024

Ostraka claimed victory in The Silver Eagle in 2024 by 0.5L. The gelding was the narrow favourite in that race and his victory helped push his career prize money to over $1 million, at the time of writing. Ostraka is yet to contest a Group 1 race and so far, he has a career record of 11:5-2-2.

The Silver Eagle odds play a major role when it comes to betting on the race. Are you able to find a runner with some value? This all comes down to what the odds are! You may think you’ve found the winner of The Silver Eagle, but if the odds for that runner are something like $1.45, there isn’t a lot of value and you could be better off going down another path.

The good news is that there are plenty of horse racing markets to bet on, so you can find some value. You could even pop that $1.45 runner into a multi or something similar to get more bang for your buck. During race week is the time you’ll have the most options in terms of markets to choose from.

The first market that will be released is the Fixed Win and Place market. This market will be released well before race week, so if you have any early tips, you’ll be able to get your bets on before the race. As soon as the market is released, you’ll notice the odds are constantly changing. This is something to keep an eye on, so you don’t miss a good price.

Many factors go into influencing the odds and different bookies have slightly different factors, which is why there may be different prices for the same market/ runner. A good time to place your bets is when the market is listed as “Before Noms” because you’ll get your stake back if your horse doesn’t end up in the final field.

We don’t have the odds just yet for The Silver Eagle in 2025, but we can take a look to see how the odds shaped up for the race in 2024:

*Odds correct as of 17/10/2024.

The Silver Eagle only has a short history, with the first running of the race taking place in 2019. The first-ever race was won by The Inevitable, who was in fact the pre-race favourite. The race is known as the perfect lead-in to The Golden Eagle, which is run two weeks after The Silver Eagle.

Back in 2019, Racing NSW introduced a couple of new races, to compete with the Spring Racing Carnival in Melbourne. The new races have done their job and now Sydney’s Spring Racing Carnival is one of the biggest horse racing carnivals on the calendar. 

With the newly-minted The Golden Eagle, Racing NSW formed what they refer to as the “Golden Slam”. If any runner can win the Golden Slipper (as a 2YO), the Golden Rose Stakes (as a 3YO) and The Golden Eagle (as a 4YO), they will receive a bonus of $5 million in prize money.

This in turn makes The Silver Eagle an important race to get right because many horses from this race will head to The Golden Eagle. The top three runners in The Silver Eagle will automatically qualify for The Golden Eagle. 

Racing NSW wanted to encourage more 3YOs to continue racing into their 4YO season and we think the $5 million bonus in prize money is certainly a massive incentive! So, while The Silver Eagle isn’t a Group 1, it still attracts a lot of attention due to it being the ideal lead-up to The Golden Eagle, which is worth $10 million.

Want to know all the juicy details on what happened in the latest The Silver Eagle? Well, you’ve come to the right place! In our The Silver Eagle results section, we cover information on the finishing order of every single runner, a full race replay as well as a history of all the past winners of the race.

For The Silver Eagle in 2024, we saw the narrow pre-race favourite, Ostraka, claim victory. Ostraka was leading for the majority of the race and no one had enough speed to keep up with the gelding. Despite the wide barrier, Ostraka finished 0.5L ahead of Xidaki, who finished in second place.

War Machine filled in the final minor placing, finishing in third, 0.7L off the leader. In the end, The Silver Eagle in 2024 was run in a time of 1:16.64 and there was a total of just 6.1L that split the first and last runners to cross the finishing line.

Check out where each runner in The Silver Eagle finished below:

See how the race unfolded for each runner in the full race replay of The Silver Eagle below:

The Silver Eagle has only been around for a handful of years, so we’ve got a table of every single winner of the race below. Check out which runners were good enough to claim victory:

If you’ve still got questions about The Silver Eagle, then our FAQs section is the perfect place for you! We’ve gone through and found the most common questions about the race and answered them in our The Silver Eagle FAQs section below: