Jerkens Duo Work for JCGC

With an eye on the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup in two weeks, trainer Jimmy Jerkens had his GI Travers S. one-two finishers V. E. Day (English Channel) and Wicked Strong (Hard Spun) breeze over the Belmont Park training track Saturday morning.

Magalen O. Bryant’s V. E. Day worked seven furlongs in 1:28.30; GI TwinSpires.com Wood Memorial S. winner Wicked Strong, owned by Centennial Farms, covered six furlongs in 1:15.93. 

Exercise rider Kelvin Pahal was aboard for both moves. 

“V. E. Day went kind of faster than I wanted,” Jerkens admitted. “The track was very fast after the first harrow, but, still, he looked great. We wanted to work [Wicked Strong] in the blinkers, but sometimes that keys them up too much, so we worked him in the middle of the track.”