Wicked Strong

GI Wood Memorial Stakes winner Wicked Strong (Hard Spun--Moyne Abby, by Charismatic) has been pensioned from stud duty, gelded and retired to the Massachusetts farm of Centennial Farm owner Don Little, Jr. An earner of nearly $2,000,000 through his racing career which spanned from 2013 to 2015, Wicked Strong broke his maiden at second asking at Belmont Park and was third in the GIII Remsen Stakes before winning the Wood Memorial. After finishing fourth in both the GI Kentucky Derby behind California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) and the GI Belmont Stakes,...

Native New Yorker Brooklyn Strong (Wicked Strong) earned his black-type badge against fellow Empire-breds last out in the Oct. 24 Sleepy Hollow S. and took his career to the next level Saturday with a gritty victory in the GII Remsen S. at Aqueduct. Away alertly under Joel Rosario, the 7-1 shot raced two wide near the back of the quintet as favored Ten for Ten (Frosted) clicked off early splits of :23.67 and :47.86. Inching up into third alongside GIII Nashua S. victor Pickin' Time (Stay Thirsty) on the backstretch...

Sophomore sire Wicked Strong (Hard Spun--Moyne Abbey, by Charistmatic) will stand at Dr. William Solomon's Pin Oak Lane Farm near New Freedom, Pa., for the upcoming 2021 breeding season. The syndicated stallion previously stood at Spendthrift Farm near Lexington, Ky. "He's by far the leading second-crop sire in the Mid-Atlantic region with earnings of $1.7 million," said Solomon. "And he comes with 154 2-year-olds and yearlings, so I think his chances of succeeding are good for that reason. He also has nine stakes horses in his first two crops to...

TIMONIUM, MD - The three-day under-tack preview ahead of next week's Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale concluded Friday under glorious blue skies and temperatures in rising steadily into the 80s through seven sets of workers. "It was a terrific under-tack show. All of the credit goes to [Maryland State Fairgrounds maintenance director Don] Chief Denmeyer," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning, Jr. "We had challenging weather at the beginning of the week and this racetrack was as good, from beginning to end, as any under-tack show we've ever conducted. The...