PROFILE
| Foaled: | April 04, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Racing Circuit | New York/Florida |
| Color/Sex: | Colt |
| Sire: | Good Magic |
| Dam: | Puca |
| Dam Sire: | Big Brown |
| Trainer: | Chad Brown |
HORSE OVERVIEW
Meet Puca ‘24, the full-brother to 2023 G1 Kentucky Derby winner Mage and 2024 G1 Belmont S. and G1 Travers S. hero Dornoch, as well as the half-brother to Baeza (McKinzie), a $1.2-million yearling and narrow second to Journalism in the 2025 G1 Santa Anita Derby who will make his next start in this year’s edition of the Kentucky Derby
Resolute purchased dam Puca–herself a stakes winner and Grade 2-placed runner who also received prestigious ‘TDN Rising Star’ honors–for a sale-topping $2.9 million at the 2023 Keeneland November sale while she was carrying this Good Magic colt. The daughter of dual Classic winner Big Brown was already a Derby winner-producing mare at that point, but she’d earn a second jewel towards her own Triple Crown the following June when Dornoch dug in gamely to defeat a strong field in the “Test of the Champion.” She was a shoe-in for that year’s KTOB Broodmare of the Year award, and that was after just her first three foals–her first foal, the filly Gunning (Gun Runner), was also multiple stakes-placed.
Puca is half to Finnegans Wake, who scored his own Derby Day glory when taking the 2015 G1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic.
Last April, meanwhile, Puca foaled her latest potential star in this strapping now yearling colt. He has continued to blossom in the past year or so, and is certainly one of the most promising and well-credentialed Thoroughbred yearlings on the planet. A beautiful chestnut with exceptional balance and proportion, he possesses a powerful forearm and hip and an athletic, free-moving walk.
He will go into pre-training later this year, with the plan to eventually turn him over to five-time Eclipse Award-winning conditioner and future Hall of Famer Chad Brown. The trainer of last year’s champion 3-year-old male, G1 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and near Kentucky Derby-misser Sierra Leone also guided Puca ‘24’s standout sire Good Magic.
A seven-figure son of Curlin, Good Magic was a champion juvenile himself and Derby runner-up, and he has emerged as one of the most successful sires–particularly of two-turn dirt horses–in America. In addition to the two superstar colts mentioned above, Good Magic has sired three other Grade 1-winning males routing on the dirt: last year’s G1 Pacific Classic hero and recent G1 Dubai World Cup runner-up Mixto; sale-topping G1 American Pharoah and G1 Arkansas Derby scorer Muth; and the Chad Brown-trained Blazing Sevens, winner of the prestigious G1 Champagne S. in 2022.
With four of those five currently standing at stud in Kentucky, there are not many–if any–sire lines that figure to have a more significant impact on the breed in the coming years.
Opportunities to get involved in a horse of this caliber do not come around every day.
Resolute Farm Visit Lottery
Join us on Wednesday, August 27th, at Resolute Farm for an up-close experience to visit with Puca ’24! This visit offers a unique chance to observe your horse up close, learn about their daily routines, and witness their turnout sessions. Please click here to join the lottery if you have any interest in attending the farm […]