Forego an indomitable late bloomer who had the misfortune to be a three - year - old in 1973 with Secretariat, Forego started 57 times, with 34 wins, 9 seconds, and 7 thirds with lifetime earnings just under $2 million. From 1974 - 1976, he won consecutime Eclipse Awards for Horse of the Year and Champion Older Male carrying weights that would four of seven races earning the Eclipse for Champion Older Male.