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The Magic Night Stakes is a Group 3 race run at Rosehill Gardens offering a Golden Slipper ballot exemption to the winning two-year-old filly.
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 | |
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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 |
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 |
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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 | – |
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.
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.
# | Form (Last 10) | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight |
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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 |
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.
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 |