Spendthrift Farm's MGISW Dornoch (Good Magic) sired his first reported foal Wednesday when a colt was born at Taylor Made Farm in Nicholasville, KY on Jan. 7.
Bred by Albaugh Family Stable, the bay colt is out of the mare Four Grands and hails from the immediate family of top sires Not This Time and Liam's Map. Four Grands, by Honor Code, is out of the stakes-winning mare Taylor S, and her granddam is the late blue hen mare Miss Macy Sue.
“We're absolutely thrilled with the colt. He weighs a little over 130 pounds and is just a big, strong colt with great substance, a beautiful head, tons of bone, and an athletic frame,” said Taylor Made's Steve Castagnola. “He is out running the paddock with his mom right now and just full of energy. We could not be happier.”
“The Albaugh's and I were big fans of Dornoch, and we wanted to stick to the (Curlin) sire line with an exciting stallion that could give the mare some size and leg. We got a terrific result. If we had a barn full of individuals like this colt then we would be in great shape,” added Castagnola.
On the track, Dornoch captured the GII Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct as a 2-year-old over future champion Sierra Leone (Gun Runner), before going on to a stellar 3-year-old campaign that made him a 2024 Eclipse Award finalist. Out of 2024 Broodmare of the Year Puca, Dornoch won the GII Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream, the 1 1/4-mile GI Belmont Stakes at Saratoga, and the GI Haskell Stakes at Monmouth.
Last year, Dornoch was a top five first-season covering sire by average, with in-foal mares selling up to $585,000–the highest price for a broodmare in foal to a freshman sire in North America. He is set to stand his second season for a fee of $30,000 S&N.
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