Ladbrokes Tip: The Magic Night Stakes has been a good guide to the ATC Inglis’ Sires Produce Stakes in recent years
The latest edition of the Magic Night Stakes took place on Saturday, March 14, 2026 at Rosehill Gardens as a last-minute Golden Slipper lead-up and was won by the front-running favourite Pembrey ($2.05F) for Brisbane’s Tony Gollan.
2026 Magic Night Stakes Results
The complete Magic Night Stakes 2026 Results & Finishing Order will be published right here once the race is run on Saturday, March 14, 2026.
- #3 Pembrey
- #2 Lumbini
- #1 By Choice
A quick back-up into the $5 million Golden Slipper field looks likely for Tony Gollan’s progressive Prague filly Pembrey ($2.05F) who was rated to perfection by ace hoop James McDonald to salute for the punters in the 2026 Magic Night Stakes results. Improving on her lead-up fifth in the Sweet Embrace Stakes, the well-backed top fancy jumped clean out the gates and was allowed to roll forward and lead. Despite showing greenness wobbling her way down the straight looking a sitting duck, she showed good fight going through the gears and holding on to win by 1.37 lengths with connections now keen to pay the late entry fee for her to contest the world’s richest race for 2YOs. Pembrey has firmed in from $51 to $15 in futures Golden Slipper odds.
2026 Magic Night Stakes Odds
Our top Magic Night Stakes 2026 betting odds on the hopeful young fillies will be available right here the week of the race so bookmark this page for the best autumn racing markets followed by the official Magic Night Stakes results after the event.
| 3. Pembrey (7) J: James McDonald 56.5kg 15T: Tony Gollan | ||
| 2. Lumbini (1) J: Adam Hyeronimus 56.5kg 127T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 1. By Choice (4) J: Tim Clark 56.5kg 1533T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 11. Ciaron’s Star (3) J: Chad Schofield 56.5kg 316T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 4. Hardanger (6) J: Tommy Berry 56.5kg 334T: Michael Freedman | ||
| 9. Ektifire (8) J: Craig Williams 56.5kg 5T: Anthony & Sam Freedman | ||
| 6. Wave Blaster (2) J: Alysha Collett 56.5kg 49T: Tracey Bartley | ||
| 10. Hellenic Belle (5) J: Zac Lloyd 56.5kg T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
Magic Night Stakes Tips
Looking for fillies with winning lead-up form in similar class, those proven over 1200m and Group race graduates in lead-up Sydney races for fillies are key Magic Night Stakes tips.
Any fillies from the Godolphin stable also make a nice Magic Night Stakes tip with trainer James Cummings preparing three straight winners from 2019-2021.
Backing runners under $10 for the win is another good Magic Night Stakes betting tip as double figure hopes have a poor recent record in the race.
2026 Magic Night Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Magic Night Stakes 2026 betting tips and exotic Group 3 racing selections will be detailed below soon after the field is out so stay tuned for the fillies to get behind in the Coolmore Classic Day race this autumn.
| 3. Pembrey (7) J: James McDonald 56.5kg 15T: Tony Gollan |
| 4. Hardanger (6) J: Tommy Berry 56.5kg 334T: Michael Freedman |
| 5. Lagunanini (8) Scratched: | |||
The Magic Night Stakes is a Group 3 lead-up race into the iconic Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) and runs at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse on Coolmore Classic Day each Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.
The meeting is headlined by the fillies and mares facing off in the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m), while the Magic Night Stakes is one of a host of Group status support acts on the card. Held the week prior to the Golden Slipper Stakes the set weights event is open only to two-year-old fillies and is contested over 1200m sprint distance.
The Magic Night Stakes offers a ballot exemption to the winner for the Golden Slipper Stakes and offers a total of $250,000 in prize money, including $140,000 for the successful connections.
In 2019 the filly Kiamichi became the first two-year-old to complete the Magic Night Stakes – Golden Slipper Stakes double since Bint Marscay back in 1993 based on the difficulty for juveniles backing up on successive Saturdays. Prior to Kiamichi, the last Golden Slipper Stakes winner to come off a lead-up in the Magic Night Stakes was Calaway Gal (2nd in 2002).
Magic Night Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday, March 14, 2026
- Track: Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
- Distance: 1200m
- Conditions: 2YO Fillies – Set Weights
- Status: Group 3
- Prize Money: $250,000
- First Run: 1975
Magic Night Stakes Betting
Magic Night Stakes odds favour fillies with previous winning form especially in Sydney and those previously tested at the 1200m distance.
Magic Night Stakes betting opens after the field of final acceptances is released the Wednesday before the race.
Favourites have a fair record in the race that has been dominated by single figure hopes in recent years with Kiamichi ($21 in 2019) the first double-figure Magic Night Stakes winner since Indian Ocean ($12 in 2009). Upsets continued in 2020 however with Thermosphere ($19 in 2020), a stablemate of Kiamichi.
Godolphin and trainer James Cummings celebrated a third straight win in the Magic Night Stakes in 2021, this time with the $2.90 favourite Arcaded saluting for the punters.
She’s Extreme ($3.50 in 2022), Steel City ($3 in 2023) and Pembrey ($2.05 in 2026) are the latest favourites in Magic Night Stakes betting to salute for the punters.
Magic Night Stakes Field
The Magic Night Stakes race field attracts a line-up of promising two-year-old fillies, many eyeing an eleventh hour shot at making the Golden Slipper Stakes field the following Saturday.
Fillies often come into the race via runs in earlier autumn events for their kind including the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes (1200m) or the Group 2 Reisling Stakes (1200m). The best performing fillies out of the Magic Night Stakes field often back-up into the Golden Slipper Stakes.
She’s Extreme (2nd in 2022), Memo (8th in 2025) and Pembrey (5th in 2026) are the latest Magic Night Stakes winners to come off a lead-up run in the Sweet Embrace Stakes.
In 2014 Bring Me The Maid won the Group 2 and finished a brave third in the Golden Slipper Stakes the following weekend behind Mossfun. A few years later the 2017 Magic Night winner Tulip also finished third next-up in the Golden Slipper trifecta, as did Sunlight in 2018. In 2019 Kiamichi scored an upset win in the Magic Night Stakes before going on to win the Golden Slipper, the first to do the double since 1993.
Other recent Magic Night Stakes winners to place in the Golden Slipper Stakes include Portillo (3rd in 2008) and Media (3rd in 2005).
In 2023 Steel City won the Magic Night Stakes back in Sydney off an unplaced run in Melbourne’s Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m).
Magic Night Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race with the final field and barriers out on the Wednesday.
2026 Magic Night Stakes Field
The official Magic Night Stakes 2026 field and barrier draw will be released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week and published below so bookmark this page to see what fillies make the cut in the Golden Slipper lead-up.
The Magic Night Stakes 2026 final field features a promising line-up of potential Golden Slipper bound fillies including the Tony Gollan-trained Pembrey coming off a close fifth in the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes and By Choice from the Waterhouse/Bott yard who ran third in both the Magic Millions 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast and Sweet Embrace at her latest two.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1. By Choice
J: Tim Clark
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
1533 | F | 4 | 56.5kg | |
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2. Lumbini
J: Adam Hyeronimus
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
127 | F | 1 | 56.5kg | |
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3. Pembrey
J: James McDonald
T: Tony Gollan |
15 | F | 7 | 56.5kg | |
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4. Hardanger
J: Tommy Berry
T: Michael Freedman |
334 | F | 6 | 56.5kg | |
| 5. Lagunanini (8) Scratched: | |||||
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6. Wave Blaster
J: Alysha Collett
T: Tracey Bartley |
49 | F | 2 | 56.5kg | |
| 7. Affari (6) Scratched: | |||||
| 8. Zoo Dazzler (12) Scratched: | |||||
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9. Ektifire
J: Craig Williams
T: Anthony & Sam Freedman |
5 | F | 8 | 56.5kg | |
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10. Hellenic Belle
J: Zac Lloyd
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
F | 5 | 56.5kg | ||
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11. Ciaron's Star
J: Chad Schofield
T: Ciaron Maher |
316 | F | 3 | 56.5kg | |
| 12. Arrest Warrant (5) Scratched: | |||||
2026 Magic Night Stakes Nominations
The early Magic Night Stakes 2026 nominations are taken by Racing NSW the Monday ahead of Coolmore Classic Day.
2026 Magic Night Stakes nominations extended until 11:00am (AEDT) – 10/03/2026
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | AFFARI | F | 2 | Chris Waller | |
| 2 | 1533 | BY CHOICE | F | 2 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
| 3 | 5 | EKTIFIRE | F | 2 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | |
| 4 | 334 | HARDANGER | F | 2 | Michael Freedman | |
| 5 | HELLENIC BELLE | F | 2 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 6 | 1 | LAGUNANINI | F | 2 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | |
| 7 | 127 | LUMBINI | F | 2 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
| 8 | 15 | PEMBREY | F | 2 | Tony Gollan | |
| 9 | 49 | WAVE BLASTER | F | 2 | Tracey Bartley | |
| 10 | 9 | ZOO DAZZLER | F | 2 | Anthony & Sam Freedman |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Magic Night Stakes Form Guide
The Magic Night Stakes form guide details all of the key information punters need including saddlecloth numbers, jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up form. As well as the Golden Slipper Stakes, the Magic Night Stakes form has stacked up in other subsequent Sydney Group 1 races.
In 2014 Peggy Jean ran third Bring Me The Maid in the Magic Night Stakes before winning the Group 1 Inglis Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Randwick at her next start.
The previous year the Magic Night Stakes winner Scandiva (2013) finished second to Guelph in the Sires’ Produce next run, while in 2011 Magic Night Stakes runner-up Pane In The Glass ran third in the Inglis Sires’ and second the following run to Helmet in the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m).
The 2022 Magic Night Stakes winner franked the form with She’s Extreme finishing second in the Group 1 Inglis Sires’ before taking out the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m). She also came back that spring to run well in events including the Group 1 Flight Stakes (2nd) and Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (3rd) before success in Flemington’s Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m).
2026 Magic Night Stakes Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Magic Night Stakes 2026 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL 2026 MAGIC NIGHT STAKES FORM GUIDE
Past Magic Night Stakes Results
Single-figure fancies have dominated the Magic Night Stakes race results in recent years.
Notable recent Magic Night Stakes winners include Kiamichi (2019), Sunlight (2018), Tulip (2017), Speak Fondly (2015), Bring Me The Maid (2014), and Gold Edition (2006).
Recent Magic Night Stakes Winners
Past Magic Night Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2026 | Pembrey | Lumbini | By Choice |
| 2025 | Memo | Dream Side | Alabama Magic |
| 2024 | Drifting | Fly Fly | Chateau Miraval |
| 2023 | Steel City | Blanc De Blanc | August Bloom |
| 2022 | She’s Extreme | Magic Carpet | Swift Sweet |
| 2021 | Arcaded | Robodira/Jamaea (Dead Heat for 2nd) | – |
| 2020 | Thermosphere | Time Is Precious | Jemss |
| 2019 | Kiamichi | Crystal Falls | Athiri |
| 2018 | Sunlight | Cristobal | Sweet Ava |
| 2017 | Tulip | Alizee | Memento |
| 2016 | Calliope | Omei Sword | Twist Tops |
| 2015 | Speak Fondly | Perignon | Italy |
| 2014 | Bring Me The Maid | Peggy Jean | Sultry Feeling |
| 2013 | Scandiva | Shahad | Major Conquest |
| 2012 | Ichihara | Major Conquest | Flying Schnitzel |
| 2011 | Altar | Pane In The Glass | Aerobatics |
| 2010 | Willow Creek | More Strawberries | Celts |
| 2009 | Indian Ocean | Marquardt | Shawnee Girl |
| 2008 | Portillo | Sugar Babe | Delta Girl |
| 2007 | Downhill Racer | Camarilla | Gamble Me |
| 2006 | Gold Edition | Nediym’s Glow | Catechuchu |
| 2005 | Media | Carry On Cutie | Blizzardly |
| 2004 | Alizes | Tahni Girl | Monsoon Wedding |
| 2003 | Shamekha | Bella Corona | Soak Up The Sun |
| 2002 | Victory Vein | Calaway Gal | Stratica |
| 2001 | Hosannah | Hanky Panky | Breezer |
| 2000 | Preserve | Blab | Ateates |
FAQ
Who won the 2026 Magic Night Stakes?
The 2026 Magic Night Stakes was won by two-year-old Prague filly Pembrey at $2.05 favouritism for trainer Tony Gollan with jockey James McDonald aboard on 56.5kg from barrier 7 to win by 1.37 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:10.72.
Who won the 2025 Magic Night Stakes?
The 2025 Magic Night Stakes was won by Memo at $9 for trainer Peter Snowden with jockey Kerrin McEvoy aboard from barrier 10 on 55.5kg to win by 0.35 lengths in a time of 1:10.60.
When is the Magic Night Stakes 2026?
Saturday, March 14, 2026What is the prize money for the Magic Night Stakes 2026?
$250,000
Where is the Magic Night Stakes 2026?
Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142.
How do I bet on the 2026 Magic Night Stakes?
Bet online or via the latest iOS/Android apps with Ladbrokes.
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Once you've created your account you can make a deposit via credit card, or any other of our secure payment methods. Next up, head to the racing page and find the race and runner that's right for you.
Which horse will win the 2026 Magic Night Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Magic Night Stakes is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, and consider the weight the horse will carry (among other factors). Check out ladbrokes.com.au in the lead up to the race for full form information.