VEGA Magic won his first career Group 1 back in May, the Darley Goodwood, and at the weekend he added a second when he was a comprehensive winner of the Memsie Stakes over seven furlongs at Caulfield in Australia. This was victory number 12 in his 17-start career to date and he has amassed earnings of some €1.365 million. Five of his wins have been blacktype races and he has only been out of the first three twice.

Born in 2012 in the first southern hemisphere crop of his sire, Vega Magic is one of four Group 1 winners for the Ballylinch Stud stallion Lope De Vega. His first European crop, conceived at a fee of €15,000, included the European champion juvenile Belardo, winner of the Dewhurst Stakes. He subsequently added the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes and stood his first season this year at Kildangan Stud at €15,000.