A Guide To Rosehill’S $7.5m Golden Eagle

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Kolding

GOLDEN EAGLE

The $7.5 million Golden Eagle is a set-weights race over 1500m for four-year-olds at Rosehill

It will run as race seven at 4.15pm AEDT on Saturday, November 2

males carry 57.5kg and females 55.5kg, but three northern hemisphere runners have 56.5kg as they are technically three-year-olds

CONCEPT

  • Launched in 2019 as part of the expansion of carnival
  • Billed as the world's richest race exclusively for four-year-olds
  • Third leg of Rosehill's Golden Slam (Golden Slipper, Golden Rose, The Golden Eagle)

PRIZE MONEY

  • $7.5 million prize pool makes it the third richest race in Australia behind The ($14 million) and ($8 million)
  • Winner claims $4.1 million, with $1.5 million for second and $750,000 for third
  • 10 per cent ($750,000) of prize money donated to an accredited charity of choice for each runner
  • $5 million bonus for any horse that wins the Golden Slipper at two, the Golden Rose at three and Golden Eagle at four

ENTERTAINMENT

  • ‘Desi' the eagle to take flight down the Rosehill Gardens straight and finish on the winning post perch before the first race
  • Hot Dub Time Machine to perform a live DJ set for racegoers after the last race
  • General admission punters can watch Rosehill's nine-race card from the TAB Nest, perched six metres above ground level

RUNNERS

Brutal, Classique Legend, Kolding, , Gem Song, Behemoth, Military Zone, Jonker, Fun Fact, Beat Le Bon, Never No More, , Sunlight, Arcadia Queen, Mizzy, Fasika

TALKING POINTS

  • Diverse 17-starter field includes international raiders (Beat Le Bron, Never No More and I Am Superman) and interstate runners from Tasmania (The Inevitable), (Behemoth) and (Sunlight)
  • Arcadia Queen also hailed from Western Australia before being transferred to Chris Waller's Sydney stable
  • Doncaster Mile winner Brutal, Epsom Handicap winner Kolding and Classique Legend are other top-line locals
  • Three runners (Arcadia Queen, Classique Legend and Sunlight) backing up from the $14 million Everest
  • Four Group One winners in the race (Brutal, Kolding, Sunlight and Arcadia Queen)
  • -trained The Inevitable won the prelude to secure automatic entry along with Fasika and Mizzy
  • Mizzy is a daughter of dual Cox Plate champion So You Think
  • Arcadia Queen firmed into favouritism ($3.20) as Brutal ($5.50) drifted after the barrier draw. Kolding ($5) sits on the second line of betting

WHAT THE KEY PLAYERS ARE SAYING

  • “She's getting out to a more suitable distance on Saturday. The 1500 metres will be perfect” – Arcadia Queen's trainer Chris Waller
  • “He's a very serious horse that's continued to improve and I think he deserves the respect to be pretty close to her (Arcadia Queen) in the market” – Waller on Kolding
  • “I don't think we've seen the best of him. This is his grand final. Tommy (Berry) knows the horse. He knows what he's got underneath him. Hopefully he can get him in a nice spot” – Brutal's co-trainer Michael Hawkes
  • “I'm going there seeing her as a winning chance. She's got a nice barrier so she should get a decent run and she will be in the finish” – Mizzy's trainer Anthony Cummings
  • “She's had a perfect prep for mine to run this trip out. But it's scary because her opposition is so good” – Fasika's trainer
  • “I'd imagine with the fact that he's in gate seven he'll go forward because there's no point in losing (ground). We think we have him spot on” – Never No More's travelling foreman Andrew Murphy
  • “Hopefully he'll run a good race. We just want him to run respectable and put up a good show. If he can cover his costs, we'd be happy” – Beat Le Bon's travelling foreman Wayne Kavanagh
  • “He obviously hasn't raced against horses this side of the world, but going on his home form he should be thereabouts” – I Am Superman's travelling foreman John Bailey

Topics: Arcadia Queen, Featured, Golden Eagle, Kolding

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