Dornoch | |
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Sire | Good Magic |
Grandsire | Curlin |
Dam | Puca |
Damsire | Big Brown |
Sex | Colt |
Foaled | Kentucky, U.S. [1] | April 22, 2021
Country | United States |
Color | bay |
Breeder | Grandview Equine |
Owner | West Paces Racing, R. A. Hill Stable, Belmar Racing and Breeding, Two Eight Racing & Pine Racing Stables |
Trainer | Danny Gargan |
Record | 8: 4 – 2 – 0 |
Earnings | $1,752,275 [2] |
Major wins | |
Remsen Stakes (2023) Fountain of Youth Stakes (2024) American Triple Crown wins: Belmont Stakes (2024) | |
Last updated on June 9, 2024 |
Dornoch (foaled April 22, 2021) [2] is a multiple-Grade winning American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2024 Belmont Stakes.
Dornoch is a bay colt bred in Kentucky by Grandview Equine. His sire Good Magic was the U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old in 2017 after he won the 2017 Breeders' Cup Juvenile as a maiden; in 2018 he finished second in the Kentucky Derby. [3] Good Magic, in 2024 stands for $125,000 at Hill 'n' Dale Farms in Paris, Kentucky.
His dam, Puca, is a Grade 2-placed stakes-winning daughter of Big Brown. Breeders Grandview, with the help of Alex Solis II and Jason Litt, went to $475,000 for Puca at The November Sale in 2018, Fasig-Tipton Kentucky's boutique fall mixed sale where she was consigned by Denali Stud. Puca's offspring include 2023 Kentucky Derby winner Mage. [4]
Dornoch was bought by the Oracle Bloodstock agent as a yearling at the Keeneland September Sales for US$325,000. [5]
Former Major League Baseball player Jayson Werth's Two Eight Racing Stable is a co-owner of Dornoch. [6]
Date | Distance | Race | Grade | Track | Odds | Field | Finish | Winning Time | Winning (Losing) Margin | Jockey | Ref |
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2023 – Two-year-old season | |||||||||||
Jul 29, 2023 | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | Maiden Special Weight | Saratoga | 2.60 | 10 | 2 | 1:17.95 | (1+3⁄4 lengths) | Luis Saez | [7] | |
Aug 26, 2023 | 1 mile | Sapling Stakes | Listed | Monmouth Park | 1.50* | 9 | 2 | 1:38.91 | (1 length) | Kendrick Carmouche | [8] |
Oct 14, 2023 | 1+1⁄16 miles | Maiden Special Weight | Keeneland | 0.56* | 9 | 1 | 1:45.00 | 6+1⁄4 lengths | Luis Saez | [9] | |
Dec 2, 2023 | 1+1⁄8 miles | Remsen Stakes | II | Aqueduct | 1.70* | 10 | 1 | 1:50.30 | nose | Luis Saez | [10] |
2024 – Three-year-old season | |||||||||||
Mar 2, 2024 | 1+1⁄16 miles | Fountain of Youth Stakes | II | Gulfstream Park | 0.20* | 5 | 1 | 1:43.64 | 1+3⁄4 lengths | Luis Saez | [11] |
Apr 6, 2024 | 1+1⁄8 miles | Blue Grass Stakes | I | Keeneland | 2.64 | 10 | 4 | 1:50.08 | (6+1⁄2 lengths) | Luis Saez | [12] |
May 4, 2024 | 1+1⁄4 miles | Kentucky Derby | I | Churchill Downs | 22.91 | 20 | 10 | 2:03.34 | (18 lengths) | Luis Saez | [13] |
Jun 8, 2024 | 1+1⁄2 miles | Belmont Stakes | I | Saratoga | 17.70 | 10 | 1 | 2:01.64 | 1⁄2 length | Luis Saez | [14] |
Notes:
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Dornoch was the post-time favourite.
Sire Good Magic (2015) | Curlin (2004) | Smart Strike (CAN) (1992) | Mr Prospector* (1970) |
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Classy 'n Smart (CAN) (1981) | |||
Sheriff's Deputy (1994) | Deputy Minister (CAN) (1979) | ||
Barbarika (1985) | |||
Glinda the Good (2009) | Hard Spun (2004) | Danzig* (1977) | |
Turkish Tryst (1991) | |||
Magical Flash (1990) | Miswaki*^ (1978) | ||
Gil's Magic (1983) | |||
Dam Puca (2012) | Big Brown (2005) | Boundary (1990) | Danzig* (1977) |
Edge (1978) | |||
Mien (1999) | Nureyev (1977) | ||
Miasma (1992) | |||
Boat's Ghost (2004) | Silver Ghost (1982) | Mr Prospector* (1970) | |
Misty Gallore (1976) | |||
Rocktheboat (1996) | Summer Squall (1987) | ||
Native Boat (1989) [15] |
*^ Dornoch is inbred 4S x 5S x 4D to the stallion Mr Prospector, meaning that he appears fourth and fifth generation (via Miswaki)^ on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.
* Dornoch is inbred 4S x 4D to the stallion Danzig, meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.
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