Forego Stakes

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Forego Stakes
Grade I race
Location Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated1980 (at Belmont Park as Forego Handicap)
Race type Thoroughbred – flat racing
Website NYRA
Race information
Distance 7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFour-year-olds and older
Weight124 lbs with allowances
Purse$500,000 (2023)

The Forego Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for horses four years old and older over the distance of seven furlongs on the dirt, scheduled annually in August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $500,000.

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History

This event is named for Forego, the American Horse of the Year for three straight years between 1974 and 1976. [1]

The event was inaugurated on 27 August 1980, Opening Day of the Belmont Park Fall meeting for that year over a distance of one mile with handicap conditions and was won by Tanthem who was ridden by United States' Racing Hall of Fame jockey Jorge Velásquez in a time of 1:35 flat. [2] The event was held at Belmont Park the following year but was moved in 1982 to Saratoga with a decrease in distance to seven furlongs. [3]

In 1983 the event was classified as Grade III, and year after it was upgraded to Grade II. [4]

From 2000 through 2002 the event was run at 6+1⁄2 furlongs before reverting to the seven-furlong distance in 2003. [4]

In 2001, the event was upgraded to Grade I. [3]

The event is considered a main preparatory race for either the Breeders' Cup Sprint at six furlongs, or the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. Several notable winners have followed such a path.

The 2020 and 2021 renewals were restricted to horses aged four years old and older.

Records

Time record:

Margins:

Most wins:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
At Saratoga –Forego Stakes
2023 Gunite 4 Tyler Gaffalione Steven Asmussen Winchell Thoroughbreds 7 furlongs1:21.53$485,000I [5]
2022 Cody's Wish 4 Junior Alvarado William I. Mott Godolphin Racing 7 furlongs1:20.95$589,000I [6]
2021Yaupon4 Ricardo Santana Jr. Steven M. Asmussen William L. & Corinne Heiligbrodt7 furlongs1:21.74$600,000I [7]
2020Win Win Win4 Javier Castellano Michael J. Trombetta Live Oak Racing (Charlotte Weber)7 furlongs1:21.71$300,000I [8]
2019 Mitole 4 Ricardo Santana Jr. Steven M. Asmussen William L. & Corinne Heiligbrodt7 furlongs1:20.80$576,950I [9]
2018 Whitmore 5 Ricardo Santana Jr. Ron MoquettRobert V. LaPenta, Ron Moquett & Head of Plains Partners7 furlongs1:21.46$600,000I [10]
2017 Drefong 4 Mike E. Smith Bob Baffert Baoma Corporation7 furlongs1:21.12$600,000I [11]
2016 A. P. Indian 6 Joe Bravo Arnaud DelacourGreen Lantern Stables7 furlongs1:20.99$700,000I [12]
2015Private Zone6 Martin A. Pedroza Jorge NavarroGood Friends Stable7 furlongs1:21.09$700,000I [13]
2014Palace5 Cornelio Velásquez Linda L. Rice Antonino Miuccio7 furlongs1:21.95$500,000I [14]
2013Strapping Groom6 Junior Alvarado David JacobsonDavid Jacobson & Drawing Away Stable7 furlongs1:22.27$500,000I [15]
2012Emcee4 Alan Garcia Kiaran P. McLaughlin Godolphin Racing 7 furlongs1:21.00$500,000I [16]
2011 Jackson Bend 4 Corey Nakatani Nicholas P. Zito Robert V. LaPenta7 furlongs1:22.08$250,000I [17]
2010Here Comes Ben4 Alex O. Solis Charles LoPresti Marianne I. Chase & Brandon L. Chase.7 furlongs1:22.50$250,000I [18]
2009 Pyro 4 John R. Velazquez Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Racing 7 furlongs1:21.48$300,000I [19]
2008First Defence4 Channing Hill Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 7 furlongs1:21.55$250,000I [20]
2007 Midnight Lute 4 Shaun Bridgmohan Bob Baffert Michael E. Pegram & Watson and Weitman Performances7 furlongs1:21.06$250,000I [21]
2006Pomeroy5 John R. Velazquez Martin D. Wolfson Silverleaf Farms Inc.7 furlongs1:23.39$250,000I [22]
2005Mass Media4 Javier Castellano Robert J. Frankel Gary & Mary West Stables 7 furlongs1:22.59$250,000I [23]
Forego Handicap
2004Midas Eyes4 Edgar S. Prado Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 7 furlongs1:22.22$250,000I [24]
2003Aldebaran5 Jerry D. Bailey Robert J. Frankel Flaxman Holdings 7 furlongs1:21.26$250,000I [25]
2002 Orientate 4 Jerry D. Bailey D. Wayne Lukas Robert B. & Beverly Lewis 6+1⁄2 furlongs1:15.68$250,000I [26]
2001Delaware Township5 Jerry D. Bailey Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. New Farm6+1⁄2 furlongs1:15.53$250,000I [27]
2000Shadow Caster4 Jorge F. Chavez John P. Terranova IIGatsas Stables6+1⁄2 furlongs1:15.00$250,000II [28]
1999Crafty Friend6 Gary L. Stevens John C. Kimmel Ahmed bin Salman 7 furlongs1:21.32$250,000II [29]
1998Affirmed Success4 Jorge F. Chavez Richard E. SchosbergAlbert Fried Jr.7 furlongs1:21.98$194,000II [30]
1997Score a Birdie6 Herb McCauley Guadalupe PreciadoJoseph Imbesi7 furlongs1:22.47$200,000II [31]
1996 Langfuhr 4 Jorge F. Chavez Michael Keogh Gustav Schickedanz 7 furlongs1:21.90$150,000II [32]
1995Not Surprising5 Robbie Davis Judson Van WorpRobert Van Worp7 furlongs1:21.91$104,000II [33]
1994American Chance5 Pat Day David M. CarrollJohn D. Gunther7 furlongs1:22.74$110,000II [34]
1993Birdonthewire4 Mike E. Smith Philip M. SerpeRobert Kaufman7 furlongs1:21.88$121,800II [35]
1992Rubiano5 Julie Krone Flint S. Schulhofer Centennial Farms7 furlongs1:22.54$116,800II [36]
1991 Housebuster 4 Craig Perret Jimmy Croll Robert P. Levy7 furlongs1:21.08$115,800II [37]
1990Lay Down6 Chris Antley Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 7 furlongs1:22.80$86,400II [38]
1989Quick Call5 Pat Day Sidney J. Watters Jr. Lynda S. Stokes7 furlongs1:21.80$113,200II [39]
1988Quick Call4 Pat Day Sidney J. Watters Jr. Lynda S. Stokes7 furlongs1:21.00$114,200II [40]
1987 Groovy 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Jose A. Martin Prestonwood Farm7 furlongs1:21.80$112,600II [41]
1986 Groovy 3 José A. Santos Jose A. Martin John A. Ballis7 furlongs1:21.20$117,200II [42]
1985Ziggy's Boy3 Ángel Cordero Jr. Walter A. Kelley John B. Singer7 furlongs1:21.20$88,350II [43]
1984Mugatea4 Robbie Davis John O. Hertler Paul Hoffman7 furlongs1:22.40$88,940II [44]
1983Maudlin5 Ángel Cordero Jr. Jan H. Nerud Tartan Farms 7 furlongs1:21.60$54,300III [45]
1982Engine One4 Ruben Hernandez Sylvester E. Veitch Benjamin Ferguson II7 furlongs1:21.20$55,600 [46]
At Belmont Park
1981 Fappiano 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Jan H. Nerud John A. Nerud 1 mile1:33.80$83,700 [47]
1980Tanthem5 Jorge Velásquez Douglas J. WorswickRonald Worswick1 mile1:35.00$85,050 [2]

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List of American and Canadian Graded races

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