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Saratoga · 28.08.21
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Forego Stakes
1stYauponby Uncle Mo × ModificationUS$ 377,999
2ndFirenze Fire6yo by Poseidon's Warrior × My Every WishUS$ 120,000
3rdChance It4yo by Currency Swap × Vagabon DivaUS$ 60,001
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PurseUS$ 600,000
To the winnerUS$ 377,999
Distance1408 metres
Winning time1m 21.74s
SurfaceDirt · Fast
Conditions3-year-olds and up
Runners8

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Result

8 runners · prize money to 4th place
PosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
1stYaupon4yo colt by Uncle Mo × ModificationRicardo Santana JrSteve AsmussenUS$ 377,999
2ndFirenze Fire6yo colt by Poseidon's Warrior × My Every WishJose L OrtizKelly BreenUS$ 120,000
3rdChance It4yo colt by Currency Swap × Vagabon DivaTyler GaffalioneSaffie Joseph JrUS$ 60,001
4thMind Control5yo colt by Stay Thirsty × Feel That FireJohn R VelazquezTodd PletcherUS$ 42,000
–Mischevious Alex4yo colt by Into Mischief × White Pants NightIrad Ortiz JrSaffie Joseph Jr
–Lexitonian5yo colt by Speightstown × Riviera RomperJose LezcanoJ Sisterson
–Whitmore8yo gelding by Pleasantly Perfect × Melody's SpiritJoel RosarioRonald Moquett
–Doubly Blessed4yo gelding by Empire Maker × Via VillaggioLuis SaezMichael Maker

Pedigree of the winner

As of race day 28.08.21
Yaupon
Uncle MoSire
ModificationDamby Vindication
DamModification

Yaupon is out of Modification (Vindication), who was third in the 2009 Grade 1 Humana Distaff Stakes. He is her second graded runner after Sawyer's Hill (Spring At Last), multiple graded stakes-placed and second in both the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby and the Grade 2 Twilight Derby in 2014.

Second damSwift Alliance

Second dam Swift Alliance (Afleet). Modification is a half-sister to the Group winner Sky Alliance (Sky Classic).

Third damStately Bride

Third dam Stately Bride (Tom Rolfe).

Next generation

Modification has an unraced two-year-old filly, Royal Flower (American Pharoah), and produced a colt by Good Magic in 2020. She has been bred to Curlin for 2022.

Connections
JockeyRicardo Santana Jr
TrainerSteve Asmussen
OwnerWilliam L. & Corinne Heiligbrodt
BreederBetz, Lamantia, CoCo Equine, Magers & Burns

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