Good Magic

Good Magic finished second in his caeer debut in August 2017 for trainer Chad Brown. Stepping up to Grade 1 competition for his second start, the Curlin colt held his own with a hard-fought second-place finish in the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes.

Still a maiden, the colt shipped west to Del Mar for the Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on Nov. 4. Sent off as the 11.50-1 sixth betting choice, he stalked in fourth through the backstretch, moved up in the turn, and took command in the stretch under Jose Ortiz to post an authoritative 4 ¼-length win. The Juvenile victory helped elevate Good Magic to the Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old male.

Good Magic returned from a four-month layoff in the Xpressbet.com Fountain of Youth Stakes on March 3, 2018. He moved up menacingly on the final turn but flattened out and finished third in his 3-year-old debut.

In his second start as a 3-year-old, Good Magic signaled his readiness for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve with a victory in the Grade 2, $1 million Toyota Blue Grass Stakes, putting away pacesetter Flameaway in deep stretch en route to a 1 1/2-length win.

Good Magic trained very well leading up to the 2018 Kentucky Derby and he ran well on the big day. Good Magic launched his rally on the final turn and briefly challenged undefeated Justify near the top of the stretch. Justify pulled away from Good Magic on the sloppy track but the champion gamely held off Audible to finish second. Two weeks later, Good Magic battled Justify from start to finish in the Preakness Stakes but faded late to finish a close fourth.

Brown gave his charge a ten-week break after the Preakness, and Good Magic trained well at Belmont Park with the $1 million, Grade 1 Betfair.com Haskell Invitational Stakes on July 29 at Monmouth Park as the target. With Triple Crown winner Justify retired four days before the race, leadership in the 3-year-old division  was up for grabs, and Good Magic made his case for No. 1 in the Haskell with a resounding three-length win over Bravazo.

Good Magic is owned by e Five Racing Thoroughbreds and Stonestreet Stables and trained by Chad Brown. He was purchased for $1 million by e Five at the 2015 Keeneland September yearling sale.

He is out of the stakes-winning Hard Spun mare Glenda the Good.