Forego Handicap
| Grade I race | |
| Location |
Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Springs, New York, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1980 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website |
www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 7 furlongs |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds and up |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | $700,000 (2015) |
The Forego Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Open to horses three years old and up, it is run at a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt. A Grade I event, the race is a prep race for the Breeders' Cup Sprint and the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile It currently carries a purse of $700,000 and is a Grade I event.
Inaugurated in 1980 at the Belmont Park racetrack in Elmont, New York where it remained through 1983, the Forego Handicap was initially run a distance of eight furlongs (one mile). From 1982 to 1999 it was raced at seven furlongs then for 2000 through 2002 at six and a half furlongs before reverting to the seven furlong distance in 2003.
This race is named for the great Forego, the American Horse of the Year for three straight years between 1974 and 1976.
Records
Time record: (at current 7 furlongs distance)
- 1:21.00 - Emcee (2012)
Most wins:
- 2 - Groovy (1986, 1987)
- 2 - Quick Call (1988, 1989)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Lynda S. Stokes (1988, 1989)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Angel Cordero, Jr. (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - Robert J. Frankel (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008)
Winners of the Forego Handicap
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Private Zone | 6 | Martin Pedroza | Jorge Navarro | Good Friends Stable | 1:21.09 |
| 2014 | Palace | 5 | Cornelio Velasquez | Linda Rice | Antonino Miuccio | 1:21.95 |
| 2013 | Strapping Groom | 6 | Junior Alvarado | David Jacobson | Jacobson/Drawing Away Stable | 1:22.27 |
| 2012 | Emcee | 4 | Alan Garcia | Kiaran McLaughlin | Godolphin Racing | 1:21.00 |
| 2011 | Jackson Bend | 4 | Corey S. Nakatani | Nicholas P. Zito | Robert LaPenta | 1:22.08 |
| 2010 | Here Comes Ben | 4 | Alex Solis | Charles Lopresti | Marianne/Brandon Chase. | 1:22.50 |
| 2009 | Pyro | 4 | John Velazquez | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 1:21.48 |
| 2008 | First Defence | 4 | Channing Hill | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 1:21.55 |
| 2007 | Midnight Lute | 4 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Bob Baffert | M. Pegram/Watson & Weitman | 1:21.06 |
| 2006 | Pomeroy | 5 | John R. Velazquez | Milton Wolfson | Silverleaf Farms Inc. | 1:23.39 |
| 2005 | Mass Media | 4 | Javier Castellano | Robert J. Frankel | Gary & Mary West Stables | 1:22.59 |
| 2004 | Midas Eyes | 4 | Edgar Prado | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1:22.22 |
| 2003 | Aldebaran | 5 | Jerry D. Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | Flaxman Stable | 1:21.26 |
| 2002 | Orientate | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | Bob and Beverly Lewis | 1:15.68 |
| 2001 | Delaware Township | 5 | Jerry D. Bailey | Ben Perkins, Jr. | New Farm | 1:15.53 |
| 2000 | Shadow Caster | 4 | Jorge Chavez | John P. Terranova II | Gatsas Stables | 1:15.00 |
| 1999 | Crafty Friend | 6 | Gary L. Stevens | John C. Kimmel | Ahmed bin Salman | 1:21.32 |
| 1998 | Affirmed Success | 4 | Jorge Chavez | Richard Schosberg | Albert Fried, Jr. | 1:21.98 |
| 1997 | Score A Birdie | 6 | Herb McCauley | Guadalupe Preciado | Joseph Imbesi | 1:22.47 |
| 1996 | Langfuhr | 4 | Jorge Chavez | Michael Keogh | Gus Schickedanz | 1:21.90 |
| 1995 | Not Surprising | 5 | Robbie Davis | Judson Van Worp | Robert Van Worp | 1:21.91 |
| 1994 | American Chance | 5 | Pat Day | David M. Carroll | John D. Gunther | 1:22.74 |
| 1993 | Birdonthewire | 4 | Mike E. Smith | Philip M. Serpe | Robert Kaufman | 1:21.88 |
| 1992 | Rubiano | 5 | Julie Krone | Flint S. Schulhofer | Centennial Farms | 1:22.54 |
| 1991 | Housebuster | 4 | Craig Perret | Warren A. Croll, Jr. | Robert P. Levy | 1:21.08 |
| 1990 | Lay Down | 6 | Chris Antley | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Mills Phipps | 1:22.80 |
| 1989 | Quick Call | 5 | Pat Day | Sidney Watters, Jr. | Lynda S. Stokes | 1:21.80 |
| 1988 | Quick Call | 4 | Pat Day | Sidney Watters, Jr. | Lynda S. Stokes | 1:21.00 |
| 1987 | Groovy | 4 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Jose A. Martin | Prestonwood Farm | 1:21.80 |
| 1986 | Groovy | 3 | Jose A. Santos | Jose A. Martin | John A. Ballis | 1:21.20 |
| 1985 | Ziggy's Boy | 3 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Walter A. Kelley | John B. Singer | 1:21.20 |
| 1984 | Mugatea | 4 | Robbie Davis | John O. Hertler | Paul Hoffman | 1:22.40 |
| 1983 | Maudlin | 5 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Jan H. Nerud | Tartan Stable | 1:21.60 |
| 1982 | Engine One | 4 | Ruben Hernandez | Sylvester Veitch | Benjamin Ferguson II | 1:21.20 |
| 1981 | Fappiano | 4 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Jan H. Nerud | John A. Nerud | 1:33.80 |
| 1980 | Tanthem | 5 | Jorge Velasquez | Doug Worswick | Ronald Worswick | 1:35.00 |