Group 3 race | |
Location | Rosehill Racecourse |
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Inaugurated | 1975 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - flat |
Sponsor | Cincotta Chemist (2024) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,200 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Two year old fillies |
Weight | Set weights 55+1⁄2 kg |
Purse | A$250,000 (2024) |
Bonuses | Exempt from ballot for the Golden Slipper Stakes (if nominated) |
The Magic Night Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, for two-year-old fillies, at set weights, over a distance of 1200 metres, held annually at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in March. Total prize money for the race is A$200,000.
The race is named in honour of Magic Night, winner of the 1961 Golden Slipper Stakes. [1]
For the 2016 running the race was named in honour of trainer Bede Murray who died a week before the race. [2]
Five fillies have captured the Magic Night – Golden Slippers double:
Toy Show (1975), Dark Eclipse (1980), Bounding Away (1986), Bint Marscay (1993) and
Kiamichi (2019).
† Race run in Divisions
Group 3 race | |
Location | Rosehill Racecourse |
---|---|
Inaugurated | 1975 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - flat |
Sponsor | Cincotta Chemist (2024) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,200 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Two year old fillies |
Weight | Set weights 55+1⁄2 kg |
Purse | A$250,000 (2024) |
Bonuses | Exempt from ballot for the Golden Slipper Stakes (if nominated) |
The Magic Night Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, for two-year-old fillies, at set weights, over a distance of 1200 metres, held annually at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in March. Total prize money for the race is A$200,000.
The race is named in honour of Magic Night, winner of the 1961 Golden Slipper Stakes. [1]
For the 2016 running the race was named in honour of trainer Bede Murray who died a week before the race. [2]
Five fillies have captured the Magic Night – Golden Slippers double:
Toy Show (1975), Dark Eclipse (1980), Bounding Away (1986), Bint Marscay (1993) and
Kiamichi (2019).
† Race run in Divisions