Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile-bound Muth to stand at Gainesway upon retirement

Dual Grade 1 winner Muth will stand at Gainesway when he retires from racing after the stud acquired the breeding rights for the Good Magic colt. 

Bred by Don Alberto Corporation, Muth was a $2 million two-year-old purchase by Donato Lanni on behalf of Zedan Racing Stables at the Ocala March Sale last year. 

He broke his maiden with a front-running eight-and-three-quarter-length victory on his debut at Santa Anita and established himself as a top two-year-old, with a near four-length triumph in the American Pharoah Stakes. He finished the season with a runner-up effort in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile to Fierceness.

Muth began his three-year-old campaign by winning the first three starts of the season, running out a clear winner in the San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita ,before heading to Oaklawn Park to win the Arkansas Derby by two lengths over a field that included future Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan.

Muth is also the only son of Good Magic to become a Grade 1 winner at two and three, replicating the accomplishment achieved by his sire.

"The natural speed shown by Muth as a Grade 1-winning two-year-old, and his ability to carry that speed to a Grade 1 victory over a mile and an eighth at three is very impressive." said Gainesway general manager Brian Graves. 

"Muth’s looks are exactly what you would expect of a $2 million purchase by Bob [Baffert] and Donato [Lanni]."

Muth has won five of his eight starts for earnings of more than $1.5m, while he is being aimed at the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Del Mar on Saturday.

A stud fee will be announced at a later date. 

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