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Magic Night Stakes
The Magic Night Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group races, 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. 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 (1975), Dark Eclipse (1980), Bounding Away (1986), Bint Marscay (1993) and Kiamichi (horse), Kiamichi (2019). Name *1975–1984 - Magic Night Quality Handicap *1985–1988 - Magic Night Quality Stakes *1989 onwards - Magic Night Stakes Grade *1975–1979 - Principal Race *1979–1986 - Listed Race *1980–1985 - Group 3 *1986–2016 - Group 2 *2017 - Group 3 Winners * 2023 - Steel City * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosehill Racecourse
The Rosehill Gardens Racecourse is located in the Western Sydney suburb of Rosehill, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is operated by the Australian Turf Club. Rosehill holds horse races for thoroughbred gallopers on a grass surface. It is one of the two premier racecourses in Sydney, the other one being Randwick Racecourse. One of the main events held at Rosehill is the Golden Slipper race for two-year-olds. The track has a circumference of with a home straight of . History John Bennett purchased a large section of Rosehill to construct a racecourse and recreation area. Construction started in 1883 and was completed in April 1885 for a grand total of £12,000. Bennett constructed a private railway line connecting the racecourse to the main line located at Clyde which opened on 17 November 1888. From 1943 Rosehill Gardens Racecourse was managed by the Sydney Turf Club and remained so until 2011. In 2011, the Sydney Turf Club and Australian Jockey Club combin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
