Mystik Dan

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Mystik Dan
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Mystik Dan in 2024
Sire Goldencents
Grandsire Into Mischief
DamMa'am
Damsire Colonel John
Sex Colt
Foaled (2021-03-04) March 4, 2021 (age 3)
Kentucky, U.S. [1]
CountryUnited States
Color Bay
BreederHomebred
OwnerLance Gasaway, Daniel Hamby, 4G Racing, and Valley View Farm, LLC
Trainer Kenneth McPeek
Record9: 3 – 2 – 1
Earnings$4,161,360 [2]
Major wins
Southwest Stakes (2024)
American Triple Crown wins:
Kentucky Derby (2024)
Last updated on June 9, 2024

Mystik Dan (foaled March 4, 2021) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. [3] Jockeyed by Brian Hernandez Jr., he won the 2024 Kentucky Derby by a nose, beating Sierra Leone and Forever Young with a time of 2:03.34. [4]

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Background

Mystik Dan is a bay colt bred in Kentucky by Lance Gasaway and Daniel Hamby. [5] His name is derived by a combination of Hamby's father's first name (Dan) with his father's first business venture (Mystik Tape). [6] He is a descendent of Darley Arabian. [7]

Mystik Dan's dam Ma'am was bought by trainer Kenneth McPeek for the owners and he recommended the mating of Goldencents to her. The colt was foaled at his Magdalena Farm near Lexington. Goldencents, a two-time Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner, stands for $10,000 at Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky (2024). [8]

Statistics

DateDistanceRaceGradeTrackOddsFieldFinishWinning
Time		Winning
(Losing)
Margin		JockeyRef
2023 – Two-year-old season
Oct 22, 2023Maiden Special Weight Keeneland 12.831121:18.24 Brian Hernandez Jr. [9]
Nov 12, 2023Maiden Special Weight Churchill Downs 0.82*1011:35.68 Brian Hernandez Jr. [10]
Nov 25, 2023Allowance Churchill Downs 2.14*1151:37.94 Brian Hernandez Jr. [11]
2024 – Three-year-old season
Jan 1, 2024 Smarty Jones Stakes Oaklawn Park 7.90951:44.59 Julien Leparoux [12]
Feb 3, 2024 Southwest Stakes Oaklawn Park 11.401111:43.67 Brian Hernandez Jr. [13]
Mar 30, 2024 Arkansas Derby Oaklawn Park 4.001031:49.54 Brian Hernandez Jr. [14]
May 4, 2024 Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs 18.612012:03.34 Brian Hernandez Jr. [15]
May 18, 2024 Preakness Stakes Pimlico 2.40*821:56.82 Brian Hernandez Jr. [16]
Jun 8, 2024 Belmont Stakes Saratoga 6.401082:01.64 Brian Hernandez Jr. [17]

Notes:
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Mystik Dan was the post-time favorite.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Mystik Dan, Bay, foaled March 4, 2021 [1]
Sire
Goldencents
(2010)		 Into Mischief
(2005)		 Harlan's Holiday
(1999)		Harlan (1989)
Christmas in Aiken (1992)
Leslie's Lady
(1996)		Tricky Creek (1986)
Crystal Lady (1990)
Golden Works
(2000)		Banker's Gold
(1994)		 Forty Niner (1985)
Banker's Lady (1985)
Body Works (CAN)
(1989)		Bold Ruckus (1976)
Kinto (1980)
Dam
Ma'am
(2013)		 Colonel John
(2005)		 Tiznow
(1997)		Cee's Tizzy (1987)
Cee's Song (1986)
Sweet Damsel
(1995)		 Turkoman (1982)
Grande Dame (1986)
Lady Siphonica
(2002)		 Siphon (BRZ)
(1991)		 Itajara (BRZ) (1983)
Ebrea (1979)
Cherokee Crossing
(1991)		Cherokee Colony (1985)
Sky Meadows (1986)

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  6. ↑ Mystik Dan name, explained: Origin of the moniker for the 2024 Kentucky Derby winner
  7. ↑ "Mystik Dan".
  8. ↑ King, Byron (February 3, 2024). "McPeek's Mystik Dan Surprises in Sloppy Southwest Band of Gold becomes Preservationist's first stakes winner in Martha Washington". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Chart for Maiden Special Weight October 22, 2023 at Keeneland – Race 8". Equibase. October 22, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Chart for Maiden Special Weight November 12, 2023 at Churchill Downs – Race 4". Equibase. November 12, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Allowance – (Race 7)". Equibase. November 25, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
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