Forego - 1974 Jockey Club Gold Cup
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- The mighty Forego draws away and wins with authority, showcasing his legendary versatility over two miles in 3:21 1/5.
Harvey Pack provides the analysis with Dave Johnson calling the race.
People forget that Forego ran in the 1973 Derby won by Secretariat. At that stage, he was still growing.
I can't believe I found all of these Forego videos here on UA-cam. This horse was one of the greatest horses I ever saw run and probably the best handicap horse ever.
Thanks for the great memories!
What an amazing race !
This footage is fantastic cf !
Forego showed so much determination , power , and courage in all of his races .
A great champion !
Thank you so much for posting .
I hope you will have a great evening :)
A two-mile (i.e., 16f) race. They knew what horses could do in those days.
Nowadays the JCGC is run at 10f.
>:-P
I recently learned that Arbees Boy's trainer George Weckerle Jr. passed away on Nov.30, 2010 in Arcadia, California; he as 93. Arbees Boy was a 60-1 in the 1974 Met Mile and managed to come from seventh in a field of eight to beat Forego. Eddie Maple was his rider in that race. Arbees Boy was a good horse and for some reason I've always liked the sound of the name, a real old-time American race horse kind of name.
@cde41 A great uncle is a brother of one's grandparent. Zenyatta's grandmother is For the Flag. For the Flag and Forego were sired by Forli.
Santorin was a great Peruvian horse, probable the best one we've ever had. He won the four crowns here in Lima in 1973, and at the end of the year ran the "Carlos Pellegrini Grade 1" race in Argentina with the best hores in South America and won by 13 lengths, obviously the best horse in this part of the globe. It's a pitty I've never seen that video because for a strange reason it's very difficult to find. I'll keep on searching for that race, thank you anyway.
God bless!
Wish I knew where you found all these races but this better than anything on TV. I never really got to see Forego run.
i see Zenyatta's bloodline. even the shape of the horse is exactly like zenyatta.
no wunder Zenyatta has that powerful kick, her uncle forego carried no less than 130 lbs. every race
Actually, 1974 was the next-to-last year the JCGC was at two miles. It was run at 1 1/2 Miles from 1976-'89 and was then shortened to 1 1/4 Miles in 1990 after Easy Goer (who won the last JCGC at 1 1/2 Miles) lost to Sunday Silence at Gulfstream in the BC Classic in '89.
WHat the?!? My subscription to you seems to have vanished!! I didn't know you posted all of these delicious Forego vids!! All I can say is my eyes are gonna be pretty tired tonight!!! THANK YOU!!!
Santorin II finished third in the Grade III Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap in April of 1974.
That was the horse's only U.S. start. Forego did not run in the Turf Cup that year or any other year.
Does this video remind anyone else of Forego's, Great-niece Zenyatta ?
Oh how I loved Forego. Only Kelso, who saw me through my teens, is as dear. We have lost so much in losing the 2-mile JC Gold Cup. It was certainly the test of champions. The BC Classic is pale by comparison.
A Peruvian horse called Santorin ran in one Forego's race in 1974 and finished 3rd, does anybody know what race is it? Is there a video of that race? Please reply if you know tha answer, I'll be more than glad to know!
Thank you in advance!