Hymn Makes the Grade in Style in G1 Forego (PHOTO GALLERY)

Hymn makes the grade in style in G1 Forego (PHOTO GALLERY)

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Hymn pressed a swift pace before making the lead and staying on strong to the wire to capture Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Forego, at Saratoga Race Course. The seven-furlong sprint for 3-years-old and up provided a “Win and You’re In” berth to the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile in October at Keeneland. The complexion of the race changed Saturday morning when the reigning Champion Male Sprinter and defending race-winner …

Travers Day Undercard: Hymn Wins Forego Stakes, Earns BC Dirt Mile Spot

Hymn put in a strong stretch run after racing just outside pace-setter Tip Top Thomas and won the $500,000 Forego Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga. Ridden by Ricardo Santana, Jr., who arrived in town after winning the $1 million Charles Town Classic (G1) aboard Willy D’s, Hymn clear took advantage of the absence of […] The post Travers Day Undercard: Hymn Wins Forego Stakes, Earns BC Dirt Mile Spot appeared first on US Racing.

Hymn holds off a dead heat in Saratoga's Forego

Hymn brushed the gate at the start, pressed the pace from the outside and turned back a three-horse threat through the final furlong to win the Grade 1, $500,000 Forego by three-quarters of a length Saturday at Saratoga, where T Kraft and Senior Officer finished in a dead heat for second. Ricardo Santana Jr. rode the seven-furlong victory for trainer Ron Moquett and the ownership of Fleur De Lis Stables, William S. Sparks and Bret Jones. The For…

Hymn Strikes the Right Chord in Forego

The complexion of Saturday's GI Forego Stakes at Saratoga took an about-face when reigning champion sprinter and Saratoga powerhouse Book'em Danno (Bucchero) was scratched Saturday morning after getting cast in his stall Friday night. Hymn (g, 4, McKinzie–Salt Bae, by Paynter), whose transformation to a serious racehorse after gelding was detailed in an edition of Saratoga Notebook this week, stepped up to the plate and captured the Forego, earn…