LIVING UP TO HIS NAME

Win Win Win Lives Up to His Name With Triumph in Forego

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Despite a heavy downpour of rain just minutes before post time, Win Win Win did just that, coming from well off the pace and passing up five rivals through an assertive stretch run to take the Grade 1, $300,000 Forego presented by America’s Best Racing at Saratoga Race Course. Florida-bred Win Win Win, a 4-year-old son of Hat Trick, owned by Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak Plantation was initially last and 16 1 ⁄4 lengths back of the 11-horse field. Around the far turn over a sloppy track, jockey Javier Castellano engaged his charge at the three-eighths pole while Complexity and True Timber battled for the lead. At the top of the stretch, Castellano angled Win Win Win, still last, nine wide and in pursuit as Complexity established a one-length lead with “ I honestly don’t know what to say; he dropped so far back. I thought he was True Timber still fighting to the inside. In the final strides to the wire, Win Win Win found a new gear and powabsolutely out of the race. But then ered home a half-length winner in a final time of 1:21.71. turning for home, he came back. It’s just Castellano, who scored his first unbelievable. ” —trainer Mike Trombetta Forego victory since piloting Mass Media to victory in 2005 was impressed. “What an amazing horse. I’m truly honored to ride the horse and very blessed with the way everything went,” Castellano said. “He was very far back and made a huge run to win the race. Not too many horses can do that.” The victory was the first graded stakes triumph for Win Win Win, who increased his earnings past the half-million dollar mark to $601,600. Trainer Mike Trombetta had been anxious to get his horse back to the seven-furlong distance over the main track and was thrilled to see him display such an effort. “It’s a distance he likes, but he doesn’t have the best gate speed,” Trombetta said. “The way this track has been playing, it’s very hard to close. Well, what he did, I haven’t seen the whole meet.” Trombetta said he was a bit concerned when Win Win Win was so far back. “I honestly don’t know what to say; he dropped so far back,” Trombetta said. “I thought he was absolutely out of the race. But then turning for home, he came back. It’s just unbelievable.” ■