Did GO FOR GIN ever run at the SPA?

[BIG49010]

I've noticed the sons and daughters of Go For Gin really suck at Saratoga!

Anybody know if he ever ran there?


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[cj]

He ran third in the Forego in 1994 behind American Chance and Evil Bear.

[DrugSalvastore]

I've noticed the sons and daughters of Go For Gin really suck at Saratoga!

Albert the Great came within a nose of winning the Travers--despite drifiting into the deeper rail path through the final 3/16ths of a mile.

He's a son of Go For Gin.

[pjbc77]

Only once, came in third in the Forego.

[BIG49010]

I have only 1 winner, Go Now a Zito horse, in the last 5 years that has won at the Spa. I have looked at a couple other horses, and passed the race, because of that stat.

[DrugSalvastore]

I'm someone who's far more open-minded regarding meet specific pedigree stats than most horseplayers.

However, Saratoga is a pretty elite meet and not a very long one---and Go For Gin, who stands for just $5,000 is not exactly an elite sire....he also doesn't breed to a big quantity of mares a year..and, he gets very few Ny Breds.

His best son, Albert the Great ran a winning a race in the Travers, but lost a photo, and he was also 2nd in the Whitney. So, he made a very good account of himself in the two most important races of the meeting.

It is still never a bad idea to monitor these things....

[Valuist]

I'm wondering what he was doing running in the Forego in the first place.....seems like a strange spot for the defending Derby champ. I'll never forgive him for the Belmont. A friend and myself were alive to him (just him, no Tabasco Cat) in the last leg of one of the old national P6s....and even hit a 30-1 shot earlier. McCarron kept him way off the rail. Probably didn't matter. Tabasco Cat was the superior horse.

[BIG49010]

Friday's card had a Go For Gin horse 3rd choice in the betting off the board.

Also an Albert The Great, who does not much better at the SPA with a record in the last 5 years of 0/5, very small sample size.