Dornoch (horse)

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Dornoch
Sire Good Magic
Grandsire Curlin
DamPuca
Damsire Big Brown
Sex Colt
Foaled (2021-04-22) April 22, 2021 (age 3)
Kentucky, U.S. [1]
CountryUnited States
Color bay
BreederGrandview Equine
OwnerWest Paces Racing, R. A. Hill Stable, Belmar Racing and Breeding, Two Eight Racing & Pine Racing Stables
TrainerDanny Gargan
Record8: 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.

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Background

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]

Statistics

DateDistanceRaceGradeTrackOddsFieldFinishWinning
Time
Winning
(Losing)
Margin
JockeyRef
2023 Two-year-old season
Jul 29, 2023Maiden Special Weight Saratoga 2.601021:17.95 Luis Saez [7]
Aug 26, 2023 Sapling Stakes Monmouth Park 1.50*921:38.91Kendrick Carmouche [8]
Oct 14, 2023Maiden Special Weight Keeneland 0.56*911:45.00 Luis Saez [9]
Dec 2, 2023 Remsen Stakes Aqueduct 1.70*1011:50.30 Luis Saez [10]
2024 Three-year-old season
Mar 2, 2024 Fountain of Youth Stakes Gulfstream Park 0.20*511:43.64 Luis Saez [11]
Apr 6, 2024 Blue Grass Stakes Keeneland 2.641041:50.08 Luis Saez [12]
May 4, 2024 Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs 22.9120102:03.34 Luis Saez [13]
Jun 8, 2024 Belmont Stakes Saratoga 17.701012:01.64 Luis Saez [14]

Notes:
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Dornoch was the post-time favourite.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Dornoch (USA), bay colt, April 22, 2021 [1]
Sire
Good Magic
(2015)
Curlin
(2004)
Smart Strike (CAN)
(1992)
Mr Prospector* (1970)
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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