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Good Magic Heads List of 44 Horses Invited To July 29 Haskell Invitational
July 13, 2018
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
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