`Devil' Gets Due in Wood Win

From: The Washington Post | Date: April 19, 1992| Author: Andrew Beyer | Copyright information

Allen Jerkens was frequently hailed as a miracle worker for his great training feats in the 1960s and 1970s, but he never had a day quite like this one. He won four races at Aqueduct today, three of them stakes, and gained a possible contender for the Kentucky Derby when Devil His Due captured the $500,000 Wood Memorial Stakes.

Devil His Due won decisively, but like most of the winners of Derby prep races, he didn't look like a realistic threat to the favored Arazi. He scored by one ...

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