His sire Good Magic was the U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old in 2017 after he won the 2017 Breeders' Cup Juvenile as a maiden; in 2018 he finished second in the Kentucky Derby.

[5] Former Major League Baseball player Jayson Werth's Two Eight Racing Stable is a co-owner of Dornoch.

[6] After finishing second in his first two starts at Saratoga Race Course and Monmouth Park, Dornoch broke his maiden on October 14, 2023 at Keeneland.

Sent off at 17-1 odds, Dornoch stalked Preakness Stakes winner Seize the Grey before being sent to the lead by jockey Luis Saez.

Dornoch eventually turned back Timberlake and held off Mindframe, who had stumbled at the start, to win the Haskell by 1+1⁄4 lengths.