Go For Gin

Cormorant – Never Knock X Stage Door Johnny
Bred in Kentucky by Pamela Du Pont
Foaled April 18, 1991 at Pillar Stud, Lexington

Purchased for $150,000 at the 1991 Saratoga
August Yearling Sale by William Condren and Joseph Cornachia, who were also partners in the 1991 Kentucky Derby winner, Strike The Gold.
Go For Gin was trained by Nicholas P. Zito.

Accomplishments
At two: 1st G2 Remsen Stakes $200,000 1:52.4
1st Chief's Crown Stakes $50,000 1:37.1

At three: 1st G1 Kentucky Derby $500,000 2:03.4
2nd G1 Preakness Stakes $500,000
2nd G1 Belmont Stakes $500,000
2nd G1 Wood Memorial $500,000
2nd G2 Fountain of Youth $200,000
3rd G2 Forego Handicap

At four: 3RD Churchill Downs Handicap $100,000

19 Starts [5 First | 7 Second | 2 Third]
Lifetime earnings of $1,380,866

At stud, Go For Gin sired the durable Albert The Great, who earned over $3 million.
In total, he sired seven stakes winners and has total progeny earnings of over $20 million.
Go For Gin was retired from stud duty in 2011 and arrived at the Horse Park in August that same year.

(Photo by Steve Faust)