I probably missed the reason for the initial post. If the magic reference means he's a cheater I don't know.

He came up with the Doug O'Neill barn and caught a nice break when Calumet hired him. Rusty Arnold also trains for the stable.

A friend and I came to the opinion he couldn't train turf horses, which could be a problem with all those English Channels, but he seems to have worked it out. Still only 10% lifetime on the surface. Been on his own since 2018 - 474 starters.

I am willing to give any guy, esp one with a Brit accent, a chance, but I think this talk is a bit knee jerk. He saddles the 2-1 ML favorite in Saturdays Bruce D Stakes at AP.