Bjorn Baker announced March 25 the retirement of dual group 1-winning mare Stefi Magnetica.
A daughter of All Too Hard, the now 5-year-old emulated her dam Mid Summer Music when landing the Stradbroke Handicap (G1) in 2024 and also added the 2025 Doncaster Mile (G1) to her CV along with a win in The Invitation.
Bred by Cressfield Stud, she was purchased by her trainer and Clarke Bloodstock for AU$140,000 at the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale and retires with a record of five wins and nine placings from a 26-start career which yielded more than AU$7.3 million in prize money.
A statement from Baker Wednesday read: "Today we announce the retirement of dual group 1 winner, Stefi Magnetica, her record at the top level firmly established. A mare who has meant a great deal to her trainer and ownership group, she now heads to the breeding barn with her place in the sport well and truly earned. From the racetracks of Wellington and Orange to Eagle Farm's group 1 Stradbroke Handicap and on to Randwick's group 1 Doncaster Mile, she has led her ownership group on quite a journey.
"Stefi Magnetica is the most special mare I've ever trained—and two group 1 wins bear that out. She was unlucky on plenty of occasions, but when it truly mattered, the Doncaster was ours, and she deserved every bit of it. An unassuming mare, she was easy and quiet in her work, but that belied her ever present toughness. She has a personality to match her ability, and those who know her well will understand exactly what we mean when we say we developed a certain fondness for her fierceness in the barn. She's been enormously special for the ownership group of Ridgmont, Ken Salagic, Jakob Vitek and the Curries and for me personally. Full credit to Jim Clarke, who found her—I'm deeply grateful for the opportunity."
