The Golden Eagle 2025 - Barrier Draw & Final Field

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Last updated: Tue 28 Oct 2025 00:14

Bets.com.au Staff 28 Oct 2025

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The barrier draw has been completed for The Golden Eagle
The 2025 edition will be run on Saturday, November 1 at Randwick
17 runners have accepted for this $10 million dollar feature
The final field is detailed below

Autumn Glow has drawn barrier nine in The Golden Eagle. (Getty)

Autumn Glow (barrier 9) heads to the Golden Eagle chasing an unbeaten record of seven victories, her most recent success coming in the Epsom Handicap at Randwick.

The Golden Eagle 2025 - Barriers & Final Field
The Golden Eagle Winners

The Chris Waller-trained mare handled the rise in class with authority and has since enjoyed a quiet trial at Randwick.

Her progression has been perfectly managed, resulting in a flawless record, and she now seeks to stretch that streak to eight when tackling the 1500m feature.

Linebacker (barrier 5) impressed second-up with victory in The Silver Eagle and is no stranger to Group 1 success, having claimed the Randwick Guineas third-up in autumn before a luckless Doncaster Mile run.

The John O’Shea and Tom Charlton-trained gelding thrives around this distance and appears to be peaking perfectly for another major performance.

Japanese contender Panja Tower (barrier 4) adds an international flavour to the race, having won four of six starts, including a Group 3 in August.

He brings form and momentum from Japan, following in the footsteps of Obamburumai, who captured the Golden Eagle for Japan in 2023.

Evaporate (barrier 7) also shapes as a genuine chance, bringing strong form through Transatlantic after beating that runner in the Sandown Stakes before being narrowly turned over in the Toorak Handicap.

Transatlantic franked that form with a dominant win in the Five Diamonds Prelude last Saturday.

Seagulls Eleven (barrier 3) is a talented UK visitor trained by Hugo Palmer, a Group 3 winner at Goodwood who is being aimed at feature races in Australia this spring.

Group 1 winners Sepals (barrier 6) and Willydoit (barrier 11) also take their place in The Golden Eagle field, with the 2025 edition scheduled to be run at Randwick on Saturday, November 1.

The Golden Eagle 2025 - Barriers & Final Field

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	Evaporate (NZ)	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Nash Rawiller	7	57.5kg
2	Feroce (NZ)	Dominic Sutton	Joshua Parr	10	57.5kg
3	Linebacker (NZ)	John O’Shea & Tom Charlton	Zac Lloyd	5	57.5kg
4	Sepals	Cliff Brown	Ethan Brown	6	57.5kg
5	Willydoit (NZ)	Ciaron Maher	Tim Clark	11	57.5kg
6	Fully Lit	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	14	57.5kg
7	Depth Of Character	Annabel & Rob Archibald	Jason Collett	2	57.5kg
8	Lord Penman (NZ)	Chris Waller	Joao Moreira	16	57.5kg
9	Mayfair	Bjorn Baker	Dylan Gibbons	15	57.5kg
10	Shangri La Spring	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tyler Schiller	17	57.5kg
11	Cristal Clear	Annabel & Rob Archibald	Braith Nock	13	57.5kg
12	Panja Tower (JPN)	Shinsuke Hashiguchi	Kohei Matsuyama	4	56.5kg
13	Seagulls Eleven (IRE)	Hugo Palmer	Tom Marquand	3	56.5kg
14	Autumn Glow	Chris Waller	James McDonald	9	55.5kg
15	Perfumist (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Rachel King	1	55.5kg
16	Modella	Lee & Cherie Curtis	Chad Schofield	12	55.5kg
17	Eclair Encore (JPN)	Kris Lees	Jay Ford	8	54.5kg

The Golden Eagle Winners

The Golden Eagle has quickly become one of Australia’s most significant modern additions to the racing calendar, providing major incentive for connections to keep talented colts in work rather than sending them to stud as four-year-olds.

Traditionally held at Rosehill, the 1500m feature carries a staggering $10 million in prizemoney and was first contested in 2019.

In 2025, the race will be staged at Randwick, continuing the evolution of one of the country’s richest and most exciting events.

Past winners include Kolding (2019), Colette (2020), I’m Thunderstruck (2021), I Wish I Win (2022), Obamburumai (2023) and Lake Forest (2024), highlighting the calibre and international appeal the Golden Eagle has already achieved.