Forego

34th Running on Saturday, August 31, 2013

$500,000 7 Furlongs 3&UP (Dirt) Grade: I

Year:	Horse:	Age	Wt.	Time	Owner	Trainer	Jockey	Value	Replay
2012	Emcee	4	124	1:21.00	Godolphin Racing LLC	Kiaran P. McLaughlin	Alan Garcia	$300,000
2011	Jackson Bend	4	124	1:22.08	LaPenta, Robert, V. and Brei, Fred, J.	Nicholas P. Zito	Corey S. Nakatani	$150,000
2010	Here Comes Ben	4	124	1:22.50	Chase, Brandon L. and Marianne	Charles Lopresti	Alex O. Solis	$150,000
2009	Pyro	4	124	1:21.48	Godolphin Racing LLC	Saeed bin Suroor	John R. Velazquez	$180,000
2008	First Defence	4	119	1:21.55	Juddmonte Farms, Inc.	Robert J. Frankel	Channing Hill	$150,000
2007	Midnight Lute	4	117	1:21.06	Watson, Karl, Pegram, Michael E. and Weitman, Paul	Bob Baffert	Shaun Bridgmohan	$150,000
2006	Pomeroy	5	117	1:23.39	Silverleaf Farms Inc.	Milton Wolfson	John Velazquez	$150,000
2005	Mass Media	4	117	1:22.59	Gary and Mary West Stables, Inc.	Robert J. Frankel	Javier Castellano	$150,000
2004	Midas Eyes	4	117	1:22 1/5	Edmund A. Gann	Robert Frankel	Edgar Prado	$150,000
2003	Aldebaran	5	123	1:21 1/5	Flaxman Stable	Robert Frankel	Jerry Bailey	$150,000
2002	Orientate	4	122	1:15 3/5	Bob and Beverly Lewis	D. Wayne Lukas	Jerry Bailey	$150,000
2001	Delaware Township	5	116	1:15 2/5	New Farm	Ben Perkins Jr.	Jerry Bailey	$150,000
2000	Shadow Caster	4	113	1:15	Gatsas Stables	John P. Terranova II	Jorge Chavez	$150,000
1999	Crafty Friend	6	119	1:21 1/5	Ahmed bin Salman	John Kimmel	Gary Stevens	$150,000
1998	Affirmed Success	4	115	1:21 4/5	Albert Fried Jr.	Richard Schosberg	Jorge Chavez	$120,000
1997	Score A Birdie	6	113	1:22 2/5	Joseph Imbesi	Guadalupe Preciado	Herb McCauley	$120,000
1996	Langfuhr	4	110	1:21 4/5	Gustav Schickedanz	Michael Keogh	Jorge Chavez	$90,000
1995	Not Surprising	5	121	1:21 4/5	Robert Van Worp	Judson Van Worp	Robbie Davis	$64,200
1994	American Chance	5	113	1:22 3/5	John D Gunther	David Carroll	Pat Day	$66,000
1993	Birdonthewire	4	117	1:21 4/5	Robert Kaufman	Philip M. Serpe	Mike Smith	$73,080
1992	Rubiano	5	124	1:22 2/5	Centennial Farms	Flint S. Schulhofer	Julie Krone	$70,080
1991	Housebuster	4	126	1:21	Robert P. Levy	Warren A. Croll	Craig Perret	$69,480
1990	Lay Down	6	113	1:22 4/5	Ogden Mills Phipps	Claude R. McGaughey	Chris Antley	$51,840
1989	Quick Call	5	116	1:21 4/5	Lynda S. Stokes	Sidney Watters Jr.	Pat Day	$67,920
1988	Quick Call	4	110	1:21	Lynda S. Stokes	Sidney Watters Jr.	Pat Day	$68,520
1987	Groovy	4	132	1:21 4/5	Prestonwood Farm	Jose A. Martin	Angel Cordero Jr.	$81,060
1986	Groovy	3	118	1:21 1/5	John A. Ballis	Jose A. Martin	Jose Santos	$83,820
1985	Ziggy's Boy	3	115	1:21 1/5	John B. Singer	Walter A. Kelley	Angel Cordero Jr.	$66,510
1984	Mugatea	4	111	1:22 2/5	Paul Hoffman	John O. Hertler	Robbie Davis	$53,370
1983	Maudlin	5	119	1:21 3/5	Tartan Stable	Jan Nerud	Angel Cordero Jr.	$32,580
1982	Engine One	4	112	1:21 1/5	Benjamin Ferguson II	Sylvester E. Veitch	Ruben Hernandez	$33,360
1981	Fappiano	4	119	1:33 4/5	John Nerud	Jan Nerud	Angel Cordero Jr.	$50,220
1980	Tanthem	5	114	1:35	Ronald Worswick	Doug Worswick	Jorge Velasquez	$51,030

The Forego, which had its first running at Belmont Park in 1980, is named for Martha Gerry’s three-time Horse of the Year (1974-76), four-time champion older horse (1974-77) and champion sprinter (1974). Trained successively buy Sherrill Ward and Frank Whitely, the big gelding won dozens of stakes races including four editions of the Woodward and two Met Miles. In one of racing’s most thrilling moments, Forego came charging through the stretch under 137 pounds to nip Travers winner Honest Pleasure in the 1976 Marlboro Cup. The Forego, which was run at a mile in its first two editions, was shortened to seven furlongs in 1982.