Mage won the Kentucky Derby in his fourth career start for a four-pronged partnership. The Preakness Stakes favorite races for OGMA Investments, a partnership helmed by trainer Gustavo Delgado’s son and assistant Gustavo Delgado Jr.; bloodstock agent Ramiro Restrepo; Sam Herzberg’s Sterling Racing; and Commonwealth, a sports investment app offering micro-shares in racehorses. “The ownership group is four different groups from four different backgrounds, all different age ranges, nationalities,” Restrepo said. “I mean, it’s one heck of a melting pot that came together for this horse.” Mage, from the first crop of Good Magic, was bred in Kentucky by Robert Clay’s Grandview Equine, and was raised at Runnymede Farm. Runnymede consigned him at the 2021 Keeneland September yearling sale, where he sold for $235,000 to New Team. He was then a modestly successful pinhook at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale, selling for $290,000 to OGMA. That price, however, was beyond the budget that Delgado Jr. and Restrepo – who works for Fasig-Tipton as its South Florida market representative – had set. :: Get ready to bet the Preakness! Join DRF Bets and score a $250 Deposit Match + $10 Free Bet + Free PPs - Promo code: WINNING “I liked the horse a lot and felt we shouldn’t let him go,” Delgado Jr. said. “Had to catch a plane back to Lexington. I was at the airport. ... I was on the phone and kept telling [Restrepo], ‘Go ahead! Go ahead! Go ahead! Don’t let him go!’ Then he said, ‘We got him.’ Then it was, ‘Where do we find the money?’ We knew we had so little time to find a partner.” Restrepo quickly reached out to Miami real estate investor Herzberg, a Thoroughbred owner who he has known for a decade. “I’m in California,” Herzberg recalled. Restrepo called and “He said, ‘I just bought a horse at the Mid‑Atlantic sale. I think he’s the best Good Magic in the country.’” Restrepo then brought in Commonwealth, the partnership founded by Chase Chamberlin and Brian Doxtator, to make it four entities at 25 percent apiece. “Thank goodness Sam Herzberg and Commonwealth came along,” Delgado Jr. said. “That’s thanks to Ramiro, because he’s the one who contacted them and had the good relationships with them prior to the sale.” The relationship between the Delgados and Restrepo has been the crux of the partnership, with the trainers and the agent joining forces several years ago to work to create buzz around their respective businesses. “Gustavo Sr. as a trainer has had so much success in South America, and he has come here and has always had a small boutique stable, and has always wanted to increase his presence to have more quality horses with a lot more owners,” Restrepo said. “Myself as a bloodstock agent who has been trying to increase his profile as well, we kind of combined forces three years ago to start buying horses domestically and internationally and try to invest a little money and use the relationships that I have here to bring in people that are willing to have the faith to go forward with us and take the swing.” Mage’s success has also created more buzz for Commonwealth, which, in a handful of years since launch, owns a share of 2022 Dubai World Cup winner Country Grammer – and now, a Kentucky Derby winner. “I think I’ve been misusing the word ‘surreal,’ ” Chamberlin said. “Getting to share the winner’s circle with a portion of our 382 members [in Mage] was probably the best part of all. I’ve said to people, ‘What’s a great stage if it can’t be shared with others?’ ” :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.