Magical Ways WINS!!!

Magical Wins had a decisive win today in the fourth race at Aqueduct. He broke and ran with the front runners, then pulled away coming out of the turn and continued to increase his margin until late stretch, when another horse began closing but was no match for our Maclean's Music son.

 
Here's the race. (This is from a full day of racing at Aqueduct but should begin just as the horses come out onto the track. As you'll see, one of the announcers was not very complimentary toward Magical Ways.)

But his wonderful performance came with a bit of a sting.

Magical Ways was claimed out of the race, and has now left our stable. :'(

We understand there was a four-way shake for the claim (meaning four different entities wanted to claim him at a claiming price of $40,000), so he was very much in demand. Maybe, in hindsight, he was dropped a little too low in class off his four Maiden Special Weight starts, with a place in one, but there's no sense second-guessing that decision now. Still, it worth noting that top jockey Junior Avarado was in the irons for the first time and this was Magical Ways first race on a dry track at Aqueduct. 

We're very sorry to see our "Magic" go. He was one of the first horses we bought into in the MRH stable. We wish him all the best for his future.

We'll be archiving his page in the next few weeks, and have thoroughly enjoyed the ride he took us on, especially this dominating closing victory. What a thrill!

We'd hoped to have a wall of these win photos
before this guy moved on, but at least we have one.
Congrats and farewell to Magical Ways. (Claimed)

The partnership congratulates Magical Ways on his decisive win
...and then says goodbye. (We were not present in NY to be in the photo.)