Belmont Park
Wicked Strong has first post-Belmont Stakes breeze
Barbara D. Livingston If Wicked Strong were to post an upset in the Belmont Stakes, it would be the latest in a long line of shockers orchestrated by a member of the Jerkens family.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Wicked Strong, the Wood Memorial winner and fourth-place finisher in both the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes (in a dead heat with California Chrome), breezed a half-mile in 49.23 seconds Wednesday over the Belmont Park training track.
It was his first move since the Belmont, and he is being pointed to the Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga on July 26, according to trainer Jimmy Jerkens.
Though Wicked Strong was beaten only 1 3/4 lengths in the Belmont, Jerkens said: “I don’t think we got his best. The way he was training, I thought that was going to be the time to get something done.”