3Mystik Dan

20-1
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Owner

Lance Gasaway, 4 G Racing LLC & Daniel Hamby III

Trainer

Kenny McPeek

Jockey

Brian Hernandez, Jr.

Breeder

Lance Gasaway, Daniel Hamby & 4GRacing LLC

Earnings

$550,050

Color

Bay

Birthplace

Kentucky

Foal date

March 4, 2021

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Overview

Trainer Kenny McPeek has a Preakness (G1) and a Belmont (G1) on his resume in a lengthy training career. Can Mystik Dan be the one to give him an elusive Kentucky Derby?

A homebred for owners Lance Gasaway, Daniel Hamby, and 4G Racing, Mystik Dan is by Goldencents, the dual Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) winner. One of the first top horses by champion sire Into Mischief, Goldencents won the Santa Anita Derby (G1) at three prior to finishing 17th in the 2013 Kentucky Derby.

Mystik Dan is out of Ma’am, a four-time winner who hails from the family of Grade 1 performers Siphonic, Laragh, and Summer Front.

Ma’am’s family was largely best up to one mile and Goldencents’ progeny have an average winning distance of well under seven furlongs, though the fact Ma’am’s sire Colonel John stayed well enough to win the 1 1/4-mile Travers (G1) gives Mystik Dan some hope of staying the Derby distance.

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Speed Rating

Best: 101 on Feb. 3, 2024

Derby News March 25, 2024

Timberlake, Mystik Dan clash in Arkansas Derby

The winners of the past two Road to the Kentucky Derby events at Oaklawn Park, Timberlake and Mystik Dan, will square off in Saturday’s $1.5 million Arkansas Derby (G1).

10 Pedigree fun facts: Mystik Dan

Trainer Ken McPeek advised the match that produced Mystik Dan, adding another layer of interest to his pedigree.

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Mystik Dan

Mystik Dan picked up 20 points on the 2024 Road to the Kentucky Derby following his powerful, eight-length romp in the $800,000 Southwest S. (G3) at Oaklawn Park