Magic Night Stakes


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$175,000.
The winner of this race receives automatic entry to the ATC Golden Slipper Stakes and the race is the last prep test due to the same distance and usually held one week before the Golden Slipper Stakes.

History

The race is named in honour of Magic Night, winner of the 1961 Golden Slipper Stakes.
For the 2016 running the race was named in honour of trainer Bede Murray who died a week before the race.
Five fillies have captured the Magic Night - Golden Slippers double:
Toy Show, Dark Eclipse, Bounding Away, Bint Marscay and Kiamichi.

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† Race run in Divisions