Back in 2017, the future looked bright for Wendell Fong. 

That it’s still bright today is the result of an unlikely confluence of circumstances and people combining to give the gelding a soft landing.

After selling as a weanling for $47,000, he was purchased for $160,000 ten months later by Al Gold, who has campaigned such graded stakes winners as Cyberknife, Chace City, and Instant Coffee.

Wendell Fong broke his maiden first out for trainer Jeremiah Englehart, winning by a nose at Laurel Park. Trained by Englehart, Robertino Diodoro, Natalia Lynch, and Chad Summers over the course of his career with Gold Square, the dark bay/brown by Flat Out compiled a record of 22-3-3-3 for his first owner, including a second-place finish in the Grade 3 Tom Fool Handicap in March of 2021 and wins in the Gold Fever at Belmont Park and Fire Plug at Laurel. 

He made over $300,000 for Gold Square, according to Equibase statistics.

“I worked for Jeremiah when Wendell first got shipped to the barn,” said Lynch. “I first met him when he was a two-year-old and shipped down to Laurel.”

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