Jonathan Kalman’s One in Vermillion, who crossed the finish line first in H. Allen Jerkens Memorial (G1) Saturday after favorite New York Thunder fatally broke down on the lead near the the sixteenths pole at Saratoga Race Course, shipped out before sunrise Sunday morning for the 20-hour van ride back to Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minn.
Tragedy unfolded in the closing stages of the $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial (G1) for 3-year-old sprinters Saturday at Saratoga Race Course when favorite New York Thunder looked en route to a clear victory but fell at the sixteenths pole. The Nyquist colt suffered a catastrophic injury to his left front fetlock and was euthanized on the track.