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Held during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival in March, the Magic Night Stakes is a Group 3 sprint for two year old fillies. As a set weights race, the fillies are required to carry 55.5kg over the 1200m distance at Rosehill Racecourse. Worth $175,000 in prize money, the event is run on Coolmore Classic Day.

The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 $600,000 Coolmore Classic (1500m) for fillies and mares. Other support races held on the card include the Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes (1500m), the Group 2 Ajax Stakes (1500m) and the Group 3 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m) which is the colts & gelding’s equivalent to the Magic Night Stakes.

The Magic Night Stakes winner is exempt from ballot for the Group 1 $3.5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) that is held in one week’s time. It is a final chance for fillies to make the field for the world’s richest two-years-old race. The last Golden Slipper winner to back-up off a Magic Night Stakes run was Calaway Gal (2nd in 2002), but a number of Magic Night Stakes graduates have placed in the Golden Slipper in recent years. In 2017 the Magic Night Stakes winner Tulip went on to run third in the Golden Slipper trifecta.

The Magic Night Stakes 2018 ran on Saturday March 17, 2018 and was won by the odds-on favourite Sunlight on way to the Golden Slipper.

2018 Magic Night Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 17, 2018
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	2YO Fillies Set Weights 55.5kg
Status:	Group 3
Prize money:	$175,000

2018 Magic Night Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Sunlight
• 2nd: #10 Cristobal
• 3rd: #8 Sweet Ava

See below for the official Magic Night Stakes 2018 Results & Finishing Order, following the link to read more on the brilliant all-the-way win by the odds-on favourite Sunlight who made it five wins on the trot before backing-up as the top fancy in Saturday week’s Golden Slipper field.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	1	SUNLIGHT	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	–	8	55.5kg	$1.35F
2	10	CRISTOBAL	James Cummings	Tye Angland	1.3L	1	55.5kg	$14
3	8	SWEET AVA	Gerald Ryan	Brenton Avdulla	1.8L	5	55.5kg	$13
4	3	SECRET LADY	Gary Portelli	Tim Clark	3.7L	2	55.5kg	$31
5	11	KARA’S HOPE	Tim Martin	Adam Hyeronimus	3.8L	11	55.5kg	$91
6	7	LILITH	Allan Denham	Joshua Parr	3.9L	3	55.5kg	$31
7	4	PERFECT PITCH	Gary Portelli	Glyn Schofield	4L	7	55.5kg	$81
8	5	FUTOOH	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Kerrin McEvoy	4.2L	12	55.5kg	$41
9	6	INTO THE ABYSS	John P Thompson	Christian Reith	5.2L	9	55.5kg	$21
10	13	LAILA DE VEGA	John P Thompson	Michael Dee	8.5L	4	55.5kg	$101
11	2	SETSUNA	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Stephen Baster	11.4L	10	55.5kg	$21
12	9	TERMINOLOGY	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Corey Brown	13.9L	6	55.5kg	$31
SB	12	ESTELLA MARIS	John P Thompson	Blake Shinn	–	0	55.5kg	–

2018 Magic Night Stakes Odds

The updated Magic Night Stakes 2018 betting odds on the Golden Slipper Stakes-bound fillies will be listed below with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au the week of the race.

2018 Magic Night Stakes Field

The Magic Night Stakes field features a host of smart young fillies eyeing a run in the following weekend’s Golden Slipper field.

The 2018 Magic Night Stakes field and barriers will be released by Racing NSW on Wednesday March 14, 2018 and published in full below.

The official Magic Night Stakes 2018 Final Field attracted 13 two-year-old fillies, all but two of which have previous race experience, with Sunlight the red hot favourite also holding top spot in early Golden Slipper Stakes betting after her four wins on the trot including the Silver Slipper Stakes at Rosehill on February 24.

Read more on the 2018 Magic Night Stakes Field & Odds Dominated by the Golden Slipper Favourite Sunlight.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	3×1111	SUNLIGHT	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	9	55.5kg
2	211×4	SETSUNA	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Stephen Baster	11	55.5kg
3	21257	SECRET LADY	Gary Portelli	Tim Clark	2	55.5kg
4	31×86	PERFECT PITCH	Gary Portelli	Glyn Schofield	8	55.5kg
5	417	FUTOOH	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Kerrin McEvoy	13	55.5kg
6	153	INTO THE ABYSS	John P Thompson	Christian Reith	10	55.5kg
7	212	LILITH	Allan Denham	Joshua Parr	3	55.5kg
8	1×5	SWEET AVA	Gerald Ryan	Brenton Avdulla	5	55.5kg
9	423	TERMINOLOGY	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Corey Brown	6	55.5kg
10	1	CRISTOBAL	James Cummings	Tye Angland	1	55.5kg
11	8×5	KARA’S HOPE	Tim Martin	Adam Hyeronimus	12	55.5kg
12	–	ESTELLA MARIS	John P Thompson	Blake Shinn	7	55.5kg
13	–	LAILA DE VEGA	John P Thompson	Michael Dee	4	55.5kg

Magic Night Stakes History

First held in 1978, the Magic Night Stakes was won by Jubilee Walk under M. Johnston.

Notable recent Magic Night Stakes winners include Tulip (2017) who went on to run third next-up in the Golden Slipper Stakes, Speak Fondly (2015), Gold Edition (2006) and Victory Vein (2002).

The full Magic Night Stakes results going back to 2000 are listed in the table below.

Magic Night Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Magic Night Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2018 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Sunlight	1 minute 10.74 seconds
	2nd	Cristobal
	3rd	Sweet Ava
2017 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Tulip	1 minute 12.01 seconds
	2nd	Alizee
	3rd	Memento
2016 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Calliope	1 minute 9.78 seconds
	2nd	Omei Sword
	3rd	Twist Tops
2015 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Speak Fondly	1 minute 11.8 seconds
	2nd	Perignon
	3rd	Italy
2014 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Bring Me The Maid	1 minute 12.7 seconds
	2nd	Peggy Jean
	3rd	Sultry Feeling
2013 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Scandiva	1 minute 11.2 seconds
	2nd	Shahad
	3rd	Major Conquest
2012 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Ichihara	1 minute 10.7 seconds
	2nd	Cavalry Rose
	3rd	Flying Schnitzel
2011 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Altar	1 minute 11.8 seconds
	2nd	Pane In The Glass
	3rd	Aerobatics
2010 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Willow Creek	1 minute 11.1 seconds
	2nd	More Strawberries
	3rd	Celts
2009 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Indian Ocean	1 minute 10.76 seconds
	2nd	Marquardt
	3rd	Shawnee Girl
2008 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Portillo	1 minute 11.91 seconds
	2nd	Sugar Babe
	3rd	Delta Girl
2007 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Downhill Racer	1 minute 10.75 seconds
	2nd	Camarilla
	3rd	Gamble Me
2006 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Gold Edition	1 minute 11.56 seconds
	2nd	Nediym’s Glow
	3rd	Catechuchu
2005 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Media	1 minute 9.38 seconds
	2nd	Carry On Cutie
	3rd	Blizzardly
2004 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Alizes	1 minute 9.46 seconds
	2nd	Tahni Girl
	3rd	Monsoon Wedding
2003 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Shamekha	1 minute 10.57 seconds
	2nd	Bella Corona
	3rd	Soak Up The Sun
2002 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Victory Vein	1 minute 9.96 seconds
	2nd	Calaway Gal
	3rd	Stratica
2001 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Hosannah	1 minute 10.28 seconds
	2nd	Hanky Panky
	3rd	Breezer
2000 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Preserve	1 minute 11.43 seconds
	2nd	Blab
	3rd	Ateates