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Magic Night Winner Drifting Firms in Golden Slipper 2024 Betting

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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 $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 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

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.

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2024 Magic Night Stakes Form

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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.

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.

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

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