Every once in a while, Uriah St. Lewis pulls off an upset in a stakes race and Sunday's Queens County was another one of those surprises. Breaking from the outside of the field of nine, Forewarned went five-wide on the far turn to find racing room down the center of the stretch and pass the dueling duo of Empty Tomb and Backsideofthemoon to take the stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y., by 1 1/4 lengths.
Going off at a big price, Forewarned broke from post nine, settling midpack as Bal Harbour, Empty Tomb, and Backsideofthemoon battled three across for the lead around the first turn and down the backstretch of the 1 1/8-mile stakes. Coming out of the far turn, Backsideofthemoon had a narrow lead over Empty Tomb, with Bal Harbour still battling to their outside.
Into the Aqueduct straight, Empty Tomb and Backsideofthemoon battled as Bal Harbour fell back. On their outside, down the center of the track, Forewarned mounted his bid for the lead, jockey Dexter Haddock driving the son of Flat Out for the lead. Inside the last sixteenth, Forewarned caught the dueling frontrunners, pulling away to win by a length. Empty Tomb pulled ahead of Backsideofthemoon in the race's final strides to take second. Olliemyboy, Bal Harbour, Mystic Night, Bourbonic, You're to Blame, and Shooger Ray Too rounded out the order of finish.
The final time for the 1 1/8 miles was 1:51.90. Find this race's chart here.
Forewarned paid $86.00, $24.00, and $13.00. Empty Tomb paid $9.10 and $5.90. Backsideofthemoon paid $6.10.
“He was working well into this race. The thing with him is he wants longer distances. The longer the better and that's what we were trying to do. He won the Best of Ohio Endurance three years in a row which is a mile and a quarter,” owner/trainer Uriah St. Lewis said after the Queens County. “We're going to keep him in longer distance races over the winter. The mile and an eighth is great for him. Anything that Dexter [Haddock] is willing to ride, we're willing to take the chance.”
“I saw a couple of horses fighting up front around the first turn. I knew I had a lot of horse when I made my move and he came with a big run at the end. He was training so well in the morning, and he felt good today,” jockey Dexter Haddock told the NYRA Press Office after the race.
Bred in Ohio by Preston Stables LLC, who also bred Gravesend winner Chateau, Forewarned is by Flat Out out of the Five Star Day mare Fortune Play. He is owned by his trainer Uriah St. Lewis. Consigned by Bill Reightler, agent for Preston Stables LLC, Forewarned was sold for $40,000 at the December 2018 Fasig-Tipton Midatlantic Mixed Sale. With his win in the Queens County, the 6-year-old horse has two wins in 13 starts in 2021, for a lifetime record of 45-10-7-4 and career earnings of $762,383.
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