Good Magic’s dam, multiple stakes winner and Grade 2-placed Glinda the Good, is a daughter of Curlin’s old Triple Crown rival Hard Spun. His Travers (G1)-winning son, Keen Ice, sired 2022 Kentucky Derby shocker Rich Strike. Curlin is off to a terrific start as a sire of sires too. Some of Curlin’s best offspring are fillies, including three of this season’s stars – Clairiere, champion Malathaat, and Nest.īut Curlin is also a noted classic influence, siring Belmont (G1) scorer Palace Malice (2013) in his first crop and a fellow Preakness winner in Exaggerator (2016). Read about Good Magic’s early life in his “Tales from the Crib”Ĭurlin, the 2007 Preakness (G1) and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) hero, two-time Horse of the Year, and $10.5 million-earner, has emerged as an outstanding sire. Sire Curlin sported the Stonestreet silks, as did his dam, homebred Glinda the Good. Good Magic is a total product of Barbara Banke’s Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings. He’s just the type to get two-year-olds with the scope to progress on the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Oaks (G1) trail. A $1 million yearling, by a Hall of Famer and from a productive family, he developed into a champion juvenile and Grade 1-winning classic performer at three. Good Magic checks multiple boxes for stud appeal. We’ll kick off the series by highlighting the champion two-year-old colt of 2017, Good Magic.

Forte, Instant Coffee Lead Initial Derby Dozen will follow prominent first-crop sires whose two-year-olds are hitting the track this season.Forte, Tapit Trice Give Pletcher Two Punches in 'Dozen'īyron King's Top 12 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, presented by Spendthrift Farm.Now their progeny are shining in the lead-up to the 2023 Triple Crown. 2018 Derby Participants Now Leaving Mark as Stallionsįive years ago, Justify, Good Magic, and Bolt d'Oro left their mark as 3-year-olds.After a planned freshening, he returns in the $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park March 4. 4 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) at Keeneland, champion Forte is ready to resume racing.

Forte, Blazing Sevens Square Off in Fountain of Youthįour months after his triumph in the Nov.Elias Stable's Forte tabbed as the solid 5-2 favorite. The final pool of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager is set to make its three-day run March 30-April 1, with Repole Stable and St. Forte Favored in Pool 6 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager.

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