---

---

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 $250,000 in prize money as of 2024, the event is run on Coolmore Classic Day.

The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 $1,000,000 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 $4.92 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 Kiamichi (2019) who did the double, and a number of Magic Night Stakes graduates have also 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, as did Sunlight in 2018. Sunlight would also continue on to win three Group 1 races over the next 12 months with victories in the Coolmore Stud Stakes (2018), Newmarket Handicap (2019) and William Reid Stakes (2019).

The 2022 Magic Night Stakes form was franked with the winning filly She’s Extreme going on to run second in that year’s Group 1 Inglis Sires’ before a win in the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) over a mile. She further franked the form returning in the spring for placings in the Group 1 Flight Stakes (2nd) and Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (3rd) before a big win in Melbourne’s Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m).

The Magic Night Stakes 2024 ran on Saturday March 16, 2024 as a last minute Golden Slipper lead-up and was won in style by the progressive Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Drifting ($4.20). 

2024 Magic Night Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 16, 2024
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	2YO Fillies Set Weights 55.5kg
Status:	Group 3
Prize money:	$250,000

2024 Magic Night Stakes Results

• 1st: #4 Drifting ($4.20)
• 2nd: #3 Fly Fly
• 3rd: #5 Chateau Miraval

The up-and-coming Team Snowden-trained Drifting ($4.20) showed nice improvement at her third career start sustaining an on-speed run and giving a great late kick to hold off the beaten favourite Fly Fly and earn a ballot free ride into Saturday week’s Golden Slipper field with a 1.18 length victory in the Magic Night Stakes 2024 results.

Click here to read more on the stylish Magic Night Stakes 2024 victory by Drifting.

2024 Magic Night Stakes Results & Finishing Order

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	4	DRIFTING	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tom Sherry		9	55.5kg		$4.20
	2	3	FLY FLY	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jason Collett	1.18L	5	55.5kg		$3F
	3	5	CHATEAU MIRAVAL	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	1.29L	3	55.5kg		$7.50
	4	2	CASTANYA	Annabel Neasham	Zac Lloyd (a)	1.58L	2	55.5kg		$3.90
	5	10	SHE SMASHES	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	James McDonald	3.38L	6	55.5kg		$10
	6	7	SOUTHERN CHARM	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	6.79L	7	55.5kg		$21
	7	6	TOTOKA	Paul Perry	Dylan Gibbons (a)	8.02L	8	55.5kg		$15
	8	11	VALABING	David Payne	Ms Rachel King	9.74L	1	55.5kg		$61
	9	12	ITSZARBABY	Gary Portelli	Tom Marquand	10.71L	4	55.5kg		$91
		1	ENEEZA	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	James McDonald		0
		9	CANARA	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy		0
		8	GAI’S ARTIST	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2024 Magic Night Stakes Betting Odds

The updated Magic Night Stakes 2024 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.

Arcaded ($2.90 in 2021) followed by She’s Extreme ($3.50 in 2022) and Steel City ($3 in 2023) are the last favourites in Magic Night Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2024 MAGIC NIGHT STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

2024 Magic Night Stakes Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2024 MAGIC NIGHT STAKES FORM GUIDE

2024 Magic Night Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Magic Night Stakes 2024 Tips on the late Slipper lead-up for fillies.

• To Win: #3 Fly Fly ($4.60 at time of publish) – BET NOW

The Magic Night is a wide-open affair with numerous form lines to analyze. However, Fly Fly stands out as a potential improver after tackling a tougher class of competition in her recent starts. Trained by Team Hawkes, the Trapeze Artist filly enters this race seeking her maiden win and is well-positioned for a strong showing. Drawn in barrier four, she’ll enjoy a good run with jockey Jason Collett in the saddle. Having finished a close second to Collett aboard in the Group 2 Sweet Embrace last time out, she’s likely to benefit from the experience and potentially break through for her first victory over the familiar 1200m distance.

2024 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 2024 Magic Night Stakes field and barriers will be released by Racing NSW on Wednesday March 13, 2024 and published in full below.

The Magic Night Stakes 2024 final field features a smart line-up of last minute Golden Slipper hopefuls with markets led by Team Hawkes’ Group 2 placegetter Fly Fly.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	21×24	ENEEZA	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	James McDonald	9	55.5kg
2	21	CASTANYA	Annabel Neasham	Zac Lloyd (a)	2	55.5kg
3	42	FLY FLY	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jason Collett	5	55.5kg
4	12	DRIFTING	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tom Sherry	11	55.5kg
5	14	CHATEAU MIRAVAL	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	3	55.5kg
6	9×16	TOTOKA	Paul Perry	Dylan Gibbons (a)	8	55.5kg
7	6×51	SOUTHERN CHARM	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	7	55.5kg
8	1×6	GAI’S ARTIST	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou		12	55.5kg
9	23x	CANARA	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	10	55.5kg
10	31	SHE SMASHES	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman		6	55.5kg
11	6×58	VALABING	David Payne	Ms Rachel King	1	55.5kg
12		ITSZARBABY	Gary Portelli	Tom Marquand	4	55.5kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Magic Night Stakes Nominations

The early Magic Night Stakes nominations for 2024 close the Monday ahead of the event and will be provided below once confirmed by Racing NSW.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	21×24	ENEEZA	F	2	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	1	55.5kg
2	21	CASTANYA	F	2	Annabel Neasham	2	55.5kg
3	42	FLY FLY	F	2	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	3	55.5kg
4	12	DRIFTING	F	2	Peter & Paul Snowden	4	55.5kg
5	14	CHATEAU MIRAVAL	F	2	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	5	55.5kg
6	9×16	TOTOKA	F	2	Paul Perry	6	55.5kg
7	6×51	SOUTHERN CHARM	F	2	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	7	55.5kg
8	1×6	GAI’S ARTIST	F	2	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	8	55.5kg
9	23x	CANARA	F	2	Chris Waller	9	55.5kg
10	31	SHE SMASHES	F	2	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	10	55.5kg
11	6×58	VALABING	F	2	David Payne	11	55.5kg
12	3	FLYING STRAZ	F	2	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	12	55.5kg
13	2	YES LULU	F	2	Ciaron Maher	13	55.5kg
14		ITSZARBABY	F	2	Gary Portelli	14=	55.5kg
15		LILAC	F	2	Annabel Neasham	14=	55.5kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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 next-up Golden Slipper winner Kiamichi (2019), subsequent three-time Group 1 winning sprinter Sunlight (2018), 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).

Trainer James Cummings won three straight editions of the Magic Night Stakes from 2019-2021 headed by his subsequent Golden Slipper champion Kiamichi (2019).

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

Magic Night Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2024 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Drifting	1 minute 10.76 seconds
	2nd	Fly Fly
	2nd	Chateau Miraval
2023 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Steel City	1 minute 10.08 seconds
	2nd	Blanc De Blanc
	2nd	August Bloom
2022 Magic Night Stakes	1st	She’s Extreme	1 minute 12.17 seconds
	2nd	Magic Carpet
	2nd	Swift Sweet
2021 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Arcaded	1 minute 10.29 seconds
	2nd	Jamaea
	2nd	Robodira
2020 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Thermosphere	1 minute 13.62 seconds
	2nd	Time Is Precious
	3rd	Jemss
2019 Magic Night Stakes	1st	Kiamichi	1 minute 13.24 seconds
	2nd	Crystal Falls
	3rd	Athiri
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

This page and the written content within it were partially generated using AI or automated technology and edited and verified by our editorial team.