The Big Beast Ready for Forego

Alex and JoAnn Lieblong’s The Big Beast (Yes It’s True) is slated for a start in Saturday’s GI Forego S. at Saratoga. The 18.2 hand horse took an allowance at Saratoga and annexed the GI King’s Bishop S. last season and enters Saturday’s contest off a narrow runner-up effort in the GI Vanderbilt H. here Aug. 1. “He came out of the Vanderbilt in very good shape and we’re happy with that,” trainer Anthony Dutrow said. “Going forward he seemed to snap into plenty of energy quickly and we’ve just been matter of fact with him. He’s had two workouts [five furlons in 1:00.60 Aug. 14 and a half-mile in :49.09 Aug. 23] and both were very impressive and well within himself. We’re really feeling good about The Big Beast.”