Classic-placed champion Good Magic will enter stud at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm alongside his sire, Curlin, and several other former Stonestreet Farm colorbearers. Good Magic, who was bred by Stone-street, was sold by Hill ‘n’ Dale on behalf of his breeder at the 2016 Keeneland September yearling sale, where e Five Racing went to $1 million to acquire him. Stone-street later bought back in, and the two entities raced him in partnership to three graded stakes victories from nine starts and earnings of more than $2.9 million. Curlin, a two-time Horse of the Year for Stonestreet and partners, has been represented by a classic winner or classic-placed runner from each of his first six crops. The Smart Strike horse has stood at Hill ‘n’ Dale since the 2016 season after originally standing at Lane’s End. The move was made after Hill ‘n’ Dale purchased a 20 percent interest and four annual breeding rights to Curlin in May 2015 for a total sum of about $6.2 million. The interest was offered at auction as part of the asset liquidation of former owners Shirley Cunningham Jr. and William Gallion’s Midnight Cry Stables. Stonestreet Stables owns the majority interest in Curlin. Hill ‘n’ Dale also stands rising young Stonestreet stallion Kantharos, the sire of graded stakes winners Bucchero, Mr. Jordan, and X Y Jet. Kantharos relocated to Kentucky for the 2017 season after beginning his career in Florida. Former Stonestreet colorbearers Atreides, a current freshman sire, and Maclean’s Music, represented by Preakness Stakes winner Cloud Computing from his first crop, have stood at Hill ‘n’ Dale since launching their careers. “Good Magic is a fantastic addition to our stallion roster,” Hill ‘n’ Dale’s John Sikura said in a press release. “It is rare indeed for a champion 2-year-old to retain his Grade 1 form at 3, which was witnessed by Good Magic’s narrow defeat by super horse Justify in the Kentucky Derby. We sold Good Magic . . . as a yearling, and he was a beautiful horse. I remember him as medium-sized, a great mover, and completely correct. Valiant, supremely talented, and by Curlin, breeders will love him.” Good Magic won his maiden in his third start, the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Del Mar, and was subsequently voted champion 2-year-old male. This year, Good Magic won the Blue Grass Stakes in his second start of the season, then caught sloppy tracks in the first two legs of the Triple Crown. He was a hard-fought second to Justify in the Kentucky Derby and fourth in the Preakness Stakes after dueling with the eventual Triple Crown winner through the early stages. He rebounded to win the Haskell Invitational by three lengths, but then finished a dull ninth as the favorite in the Travers Stakes on Aug. 25 in what turned out to be his final start. Blood tests taken following the race revealed that the colt had an elevated white blood cell count, and his connections responded with plans for a full veterinary examination in Kentucky and time off at Stonestreet. In September, his connections announced the champion was done for the year, and they later elected to retire him. Hill ‘n’ Dale will bring in another newcomer for 2019 in the unbeaten but lightly raced Grade 1 winner Army Mule. The Pennsylvania-bred son of successful young Maryland sire Friesan Fire won his career debut by 8 1/2 lengths in April 2017 at Belmont Park, but then a knee issue kept him away from the races until January 2018, when he won an optional-claiming event at Gulfstream by 7 1/2 lengths. Off that, he stepped up to Grade 1 company in the Carter Handicap in April, winning by 6 1/4 lengths over Awesome Slew. He posted a Beyer Speed Figure of 114 for the seven-furlong race. Army Mule was being pointed to the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap in June at Belmont, but another issue developed and he was ultimately sent for a break on a farm in Ocala. He returned to the work tab on Sept. 1 at Saratoga and logged four breezes there before his retirement was announced.