Forego

Forego
Forego at the Kentucky Horse Park in 1981
Sire	Forli
Grandsire	Aristophanes
Dam	Lady Golconda
Damsire	Hasty Road
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	1970
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Martha Farish Gerry
Owner	Lazy F Ranch
Trainer	Sherrill W. Ward Eddie Hayward Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. & David A. Whiteley
Record	57: 34-9-7
Earnings	$1,938,957
Major wins
Roamer Handicap (1973) Discovery Handicap (1973) Woodward Stakes (1974, 1975, 1976, 1977) Brooklyn Handicap (1974, 1975, 1976) Jockey Club Gold Cup (1974) Gulfstream Park Handicap (1974) Widener Handicap (1974, 1975) Carter Handicap (1974, 1975) Suburban Handicap (1975) Metropolitan Handicap (1976, 1977) Marlboro Cup (1976) Nassau County Handicap (1976, 1977)
Awards
American Champion Sprint Horse (1974) American Champion Older Male Horse (1974, 1975, 1976, 1977) American Horse of the Year (1974, 1975, 1976)
Honours
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1979) #8 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Forego Stakes at Turfway Park Forego Handicap at Saratoga Race Course

Forego (April 30, 1970 – August 27, 1997) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won eight Eclipse Awards including Horse of the Year, Champion Handicap Horse and Champion Sprinter.

Foaled at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky, he was owned and bred by Mrs. Martha Farish Gerry's Lazy F Ranch. Over the years, Forego had four trainers; Sherrill W. Ward, Eddie Hayward, and eventually Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. and his son David A. Whiteley. He had two main jockeys: Hall of Fame rider Bill Shoemaker and Heliodoro Gustines.

In 1973, Forego was fourth behind Secretariat in a Kentucky Derby that was run in record time (1:59 2/5). Eddie Hayward, assistant trainer to Sherrill Ward, took over when Ward was ill and is officially listed as Forego's trainer in his wins in his final two races of 1973: the Roamer and Discovery Handicaps. During the 1973 season, Forego had 18 starts for 9 wins, 3 seconds and 3 thirds for $188,909 in earnings.

Forego started 1974 in Florida with wins in the Donn Handicap, Gulfstream Park Handicap and Widener Handicap. Moving back to his home base in New York, he next won the Carter Handicap and Brooklyn Handicap, while placing in the Metropolitan Handicap and Suburban Handicap. He started the fall campaign with a loss in the Marlboro Cup, then went on to win the Woodward Stakes, Vosburgh Handicap and Jockey Club Gold Cup. In the Vosburgh, he carried 131 pounds to victory, the first of 13 races in which he carried 130 pounds or more. He won three Eclipse Awards that year: Champion Sprinter, Champion Older Horse and 1974 Horse of the Year.