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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 $200,000 in prize money as of 2023, 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 $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 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 2022 ran on Saturday March 11, 2023 as a last minute Golden Slipper lead-up and was won in bullish fashion by the heavily-backed favourite Steel City ($3F) from the Maher/Eustace stable. 

2022 Magic Night Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 11, 2023
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	2YO Fillies Set Weights 55.5kg
Status:	Group 3
Prize money:	$200,000

2023 Magic Night Stakes Results

• 1st: #6 Steel City ($3F)
• 2nd: #1 Blanc De Blanc
• 3rd: #9 August Bloom

The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Merchant Navy filly Steel City ($3F) backing up from an unplaced Blue Diamond run in Melbourne was huge leading all-the-way to salute for the punters by nearly three lengths in the 2023 Magic Night Stakes results ahead of her quick turnaround into the $5 million Golden Slipper.

Click here to read more on the dominant Magic Night Stakes 2023 victory by the favourite Steel City.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 Magic Night Stakes Betting Odds

The updated Magic Night Stakes 2022 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.

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2022 Magic Night Stakes Form

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2022 Magic Night Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Magic Night Stakes 2022 Tips on the late Slipper lead-up for fillies.

• To Win: #1 Blanc De Blanc ($3.40 at time of publish) 

She’s drawn out wide in a big field but the Michael Freedman-trained I Am Invincible filly Blanc De Blanc is still hard to bet against here. She’s had four runs now and is looking for her first win since a successful Newcastle debut last November. First-up this prep she was very good finishing second to Learning To Fly in the $2 million Inglis Millennium. That form was franked with the winner taking out last weekend’s Group 2 Reisling. Blanc De Blanc meanwhile ran third in the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes and is looking to go better here after the narrow loss returning to Rosehill.

2022 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 2022 Magic Night Stakes field and barriers will be released by Racing NSW on Wednesday March 8, 2023 and published in full below.

A bumper line-up of Golden Slipper-bound fillies faces off in the Magic Night Stakes 2023 final field with betting led by the widely-drawn Michael Freedman-trained Blanc De Blanc coming off a Group 2 Sweet Embrace third last time out.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	13×23	BLANC DE BLANC	Michael Freedman	James McDonald	13	55.5kg
2	14154	FIRE LANE	Brad Widdup	Jay Ford	10	55.5kg
3	14×2	REMEDIES	James Cummings	Tim Clark	3	55.5kg
4	22735	EMPRESS OF WONDER	Annabel Neasham	Ms Rachel King	16	55.5kg
5	16	MADEIRA SUNRISE	Michael Freedman	Chad Schofield	12	55.5kg
6	220	STEEL CITY	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Regan Bayliss	1	55.5kg
7	1	TU QUI SANTUZZA	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Brett Prebble	5	55.5kg
8	30×3	SHINE YOUR LIGHT	Cassandra Stummer	Reece Jones (a)	2	55.5kg
9	44	AUGUST BLOOM	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tom Sherry	14	55.5kg
10	3	BIANCO NERO	Matthew Smith	Kerrin McEvoy	6	55.5kg
11	5x	PRETTY RHO	Robert & Luke Price	Michael Dee	8	55.5kg
12	4	LADY JEZAM	Gary Portelli		15	55.5kg
13	4	UNTOUCHABLE LEGEND	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Ryan Maloney	9	55.5kg
14		HELLBENT ON YOU	John Thompson	Brock Ryan	4	55.5kg
15		KIMMELA	Edward O’Rourke	William Pike (late alt)	7	55.5kg
16		TIZ INVINCIBLE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Zac Lloyd (a)	11	55.5kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2022 Magic Night Stakes Nominations

The early Magic Night Stakes nominations for 2022 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	13×23	BLANC DE BLANC	F	2	Michael Freedman	1	55.5kg
2	1417	EXPLORING	F	2	James Cummings	2	55.5kg
3	14154	FIRE LANE	F	2	Brad Widdup	3	55.5kg
4	14×2	REMEDIES	F	2	James Cummings	4	55.5kg
5	22735	EMPRESS OF WONDER	F	2	Annabel Neasham	5	55.5kg
6	16	MADEIRA SUNRISE	F	2	Michael Freedman	6	55.5kg
7	220	STEEL CITY	F	2	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	7	55.5kg
8	1	TU QUI SANTUZZA	F	2	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	8	55.5kg
9	30×3	SHINE YOUR LIGHT	F	2	Cassandra Stummer	9	55.5kg
10	44	AUGUST BLOOM	F	2	Peter & Paul Snowden	10	55.5kg
11	3	BIANCO NERO	F	2	Matthew Smith	11	55.5kg
12	5x	PRETTY RHO	F	2	Robert & Luke Price	12	55.5kg
13	4	HELLDANCER	F	2	Bjorn Baker	13=	55.5kg
14	4	LADY JEZAM	F	2	Gary Portelli	13=	55.5kg
15	4	UNTOUCHABLE LEGEND	F	2	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	13=	55.5kg
16		BALLROOM BELLA	F	2	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	16=	55.5kg
17		HELLBENT ON YOU	F	2	John Thompson	16=	55.5kg
18		KELILAH	F	2	Melissa Harrison	16=	55.5kg
19		KIMMELA	F	2	Edward O’Rourke	16=	55.5kg
20		TIZ INVINCIBLE	F	2	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	16=	55.5kg
21		UTOPIAN WINE	F	2	Chris Waller	16=	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
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