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Good Magic Heads List of 44 Horses Invited To July 29 Haskell Invitational

July 13, 2018

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Forty-four 3-year-olds were extended invitations Friday to the $1 million betfair.com Haskell Invitational on Sunday, July 29, at Monmouth Park, with juvenile champion Good Magic heading the list of potential starters in the Grade 1 race. 

Trained by Chad Brown, Good Magic was the runner-up in the Kentucky Derby. Last year he burst onto the national scene when he captured the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile breaking his maiden in that Grade 1 event en route to his Eclipse Award. 

Brown will be seeking his first victory in the Haskell Invitational, the track’s showcase event that is contested at a mile and an eighth. 

The list of horses that were extended invitations today by Director of Racing/Racing Secretary John F. Heims, in alphabetical order, is: 

American Lincoln 

Ax Man 

Blended Citizen 

Bolt d’Oro 

Bravazo 

Catholic Boy 

Combatant 

Core Beliefs 

Diamond King 

Draft Pick 

Enticed 

Firenze Fire 

Flameaway 

Fort Peck 

Free Drop Billy 

Good Magic 

Gronkowski 

High North 

Hofburg 

Instilled Regard 

Kanthaka 

King Zachary 

Lionite 

Lone Sailor 

Mendelssohn 

Mr. Freeze 

Monomy Girl 

My Boy Jack 

Navy Commander 

Prince Lucky 

Promises Fulfilled 

Quip 

Red Ruby 

Roaming Union 

Rugbyman 

Seven Trumpets 

Sporting Chance 

Still Having Fun 

Supreme Aura 

Telekinesis 

Tenfold 

Vino Rosso 

Wonder Gadot 

World of Trouble