Despite only having a few starts as a juvenile, Magnum Force (IRE) appears battle tested. In his first four starts, all turf sprints in England, he’s been a dogfight at the wire, winning once, finishing second twice, and third once. The third-place effort -- beaten just 1 ½ lengths -- came Sept. 13 at Doncaster in the Carlsberg Danish Pilsner Flying Childers Stakes (G2), one of the premier races for 2-year-old turf sprinters in Europe.  

In his start prior to the Flying Childers, he was second, by a neck to Tropical Storm (GB), in the 5-furlong Julia Graves Roses Stakes at the Ebor-at-York stand in late August. 

Magnum Force capped off his 2-year-old campaign by springing a 12-1 upset at Del Mar on Nov. 1 in winning the Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1) by a half-length. 

Magnum Force is trained by Ger Lyons and has been ridden by 30-year-old Colin Keane. Lyons is based in County Meath, Ireland. At 20, Lyons shipped to the U.S. to work under Hall of Fame trainer Carl Nafzger before going to Britain where he spent four years as a National Hunt jockey. After a bad fall in 1989, he shifted to training where his first win as a trainer came in the early 1990s. Lyons has been represented by two starters in the Breeders’ Cup: Siskin in the 2020 Mile (G1) and Acanella (GB) in the 2021 Filly & Mare Turf (G1). 

Magnum Force is a bay son of Mehmas (IRE), Europe’s leading first-crop sire of 2020 and leading second-crop sire of 2021. Magnum Force is out of the Fastnet Rock (AUS) mare Tropical Rock (GB). He races as a homebred for Sheikh Abdulla bin Isa Al-Khalifa. The Sheikh bred Camelot (GB), winner of three classic races in 2012: the Investec Epsom Derby (G1), Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (G1) and QIPCO Two Thousand Guineas (G1).