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...Forego has won at all times of the year and has consistently carried near-record weights in doing so. He beat chief rival Wajima in the September 1975 Wood-ward Stakes by almost two lengths, finishing a strong season marred only by a late injury. The injury is a recurring swelling of the ankle called sesamoidisis which the horse has had since birth...
Gerry has followed Forego's development closely, driving to New York once or twice a week to see him race and train...
Martha Gerry bred Forego, as she does 95 per cent of her horses. The only real notable in Forego's bloodline is Whirlaway, who won the Triple Crown...
...time of that race my mother said she would never enter Forego in a match race, no matter what the purse, distance, or opponent, unless she could scratch Forego the day of the race," Gerry says. Gerry explains that scratching at the last minute in a big race is out of the question because, "you can't let the public down...
Martha Gerry stresses consistency over other qualities in Forego's performance. According to her son, she feels that steady excellence is essential to promoting greater public interest in the sport. Bill says he feels that this emphasis is in contrast to that of Penny Tweedy, breeder of Secretariat and Riva Ridge, who Gerry feels had a tendency to overextend the horses to get them before the public...