Fort Washington

Fort Washington shared the win in the dead heat in the Grade 3 $150,000 Monmouth Stakes going 1 1/8 miles on the turf at Monmouth Park on June 15, 2024. The win at 35-1 odds on the tote board in a 10-horse field was the fourth career victory for Fort Washington and the second career stakes win (first Graded Stakes win).

Fort Washington added a second graded stakes win, this time not in a dead heat but in a near dead heat, when getting the best of a four-horse blanket finish to win the Grade 3 $150,000 Canadian Turf Stakes going 1 1/16 miles on the turf at Gulfstream Park on March 1, 2025. In the Canadian Turf, Fort Washington topped a seven-horse field by a slimmest of margins as the top four finishers all finished within a neck. 

Fort Washington continued his very promising start to the 2025 season with another win in his next out in the Grade 3 $250,000 Dinner Party Stakes at Pimlico on the May 17 Preakness Stakes undercard. Fort Washington got the best of the 10-horse field going 1 1/8 miles on a turf course rated good. Sent off as the 5-1 third betting choice in the Dinner Party, Fort Washington stalked the pace in mid-pack behind a slow pace and made a big move into contention turning for home. He extended to a two-length lead in the stretch and held on to win by a length under jockey Junior Alvarado in a final time of 1:54.20. 

The next win for Fort Washington came in an even bigger spot when he scored the most significant victory so far in his career in the Grade 1 Arlington Million Stakes going 1 1/4 miles on the turf at Colonial Downs on Aug. 9. Fort Washington raced last in a seven-horse field for much of the race in the Arlington Million under a patient ride from Junior Alvarado. He began his move on the turn and swung six wide into the stretch and closed with a last-to-first rally to win by a half a length in a time of 1:59.58 over firm turf.