Here Comes Ben - 2010 Forego (G1)

Here Comes Ben continued his upward ascent in class with a late-running victory on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course in the 31st running of the Grade 1, $250,000 Forego.

Freshened after concluding his sophomore season with a fifth-place finish in a minor stakes at Turfway Park in December, Here Comes Ben opened 2010 with a pair of easy victories in allowance races in Kentucky in the spring and a neck decision in the Kelly's Landing at Churchill Downs on June 25, with all three wins coming in seven-furlong races.

Here Comes Ben had raced on or just off the lead in those three triumphs, but employed new tactics in the Forego as he sought his fourth win this year in as many starts at the distance.

Last of nine leaving the chute, the 4-year-old advanced to race in seventh along the backstretch and skimmed the rail as the field rounded the turn. Jockey Alex Solis guided Here Comes Bend off the rail for the stretch run, and the dark bay colt rallied between horses to tag Big Drama in the waning strides to get up by three-quarters of a length.

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