Mage (horse)

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Mage
Sire Good Magic
Grandsire Curlin
DamPuca
Damsire Big Brown
Sex Colt
Foaled (2020-04-18) April 18, 2020 (age 4)
Kentucky, U.S. [1]
CountryUnited States
Color Chestnut
BreederGrandview Equine
OwnerOGMA Investments, Ramiro Restrepo, Sterling Racing & Commonwealth Thoroughbreds
TrainerGustavo Delgado
Record7: 2–2–1
Earnings$2,507,450 [2]
Major wins
American Triple Crown wins:
Kentucky Derby (2023)
Last updated on 26 August 2023

Mage (foaled April 18, 2020) [2] is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2023 Kentucky Derby. [3]

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Background

Mage is a chestnut 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. [4]

His dam, Puca, is a daughter of Big Brown. Mage was initially sold for $235,000 to New Team from the Runnymede Farm consignment at the 2021 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Mage is the second black-type horse out of his dam's four foals, the other being a stakes-placed Gun Runner filly named Gunning. Mage's full brother Dornoch is also a grade-I stakes winner, having won the 2024 Belmont Stakes. The dam, a stakes-winning half sister to Grade I winner Finnegans Wake, also has a yearling colt by McKinzie. [4] Mage is a descendent of Darley Arabian. [5]

He is trained by Gustavo Delgado, a four-time Venezuelan Triple Crown-winning trainer. [4]

Mage is owned by OGMA Investments, Ramiro Restrepo, Sterling Racing and Commonwealth Thoroughbreds. [6] Commonwealth Thoroughbreds is a micro-shares partnership that formed after Restrepo and Delgado acquired the colt above their initial budget from the Sequel Bloodstock consignment at Fasig-Tipton's Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale in May 2022, having cost $290,000. [4]

Career

Mage began his career as a three-year-old on January 28, 2023, with a victory in his first start, a Maiden Special Weight event over seven furlongs at Gulfstream Park. [7]

His next start was in the Grade II Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park where he finished fourth by about seven lengths to the 2022 US Champion Two-Year-Old Forte. [8]

Four weeks later, Mage entered the Grade I Florida Derby where he finished second to Forte after leading in the straight, beaten by a length. [9] Trainer Gustavo Delgado indicated, "(Mage) might have gotten tired but remember, it's still his third race. How many races did it take Forte to get to the level he is?" [10] Mage collected 40 qualification points on the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby and with his fourth in the Fountain of Youth Stakes qualified to start in the Kentucky Derby.

Kentucky Derby

Mage broke slowly in the Derby as he did in his previous two close losing efforts. Jockey Javier Castellano allowed his mount to settle toward the back of the field of 18. A fast pace proved to his benefit, with fractions of :22.35, :45.73, and 1:10.11 set by frontrunners Verifying, Kingsbarns, and Reincarnate. Castellano picked his opportunities to advance and had Mage up to sixth by the mile marker. Down the lane, the lightly raced colt caught leader Two Phil's to win by a length in a final time of 2:01.57. [4] At post-time, Mage went off at 15–1 to win. [11] He joins Regret (1915), Big Brown (2008), and Justify (2018) as the only Derby winners who had only three prior starts. Mage, Justify, and Apollo (1882) are the only horses to win the Derby without having raced as two-year-olds. [4]

Statistics

DateDistanceRaceGradeTrackOddsFieldFinishWinning
Time		Winning
(Losing)
Margin		JockeyRef
2023 – Three-year-old season
Jan 28, 2023 Gulfstream Park 11.60811:22.54Edgar Perez [7]
Mar 4, 2023 Fountain of Youth Stakes Gulfstream Park 5.90941:43.12 Javier Castellano [8]
Apr 1, 2023 Florida Derby Gulfstream Park 4.701221:49.37 Luis Saez [9]
May 6, 2023 Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs 15.211812:01.57 Javier Castellano [12]
May 20, 2023 Preakness Stakes Pimlico 1.40*731:55.12 Javier Castellano [13]
Jul 22, 2023 Haskell Stakes Monmouth Park 4.30821:49.52 Javier Castellano [14]
Aug 26, 2023 Travers Stakes Saratoga 4.70772:02.23 Flavien Prat [15]

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

Pedigree

Pedigree of Mage (USA), chestnut colt, April 18, 2020 [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) [16]

*^ Mage 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.

* Mage 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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