Mr. Nickerson set a stakes record in...
Mr. Nickerson set a stakes record in winning his third consecutive race, a 2 1/4-length victory in the $113,000 Boojum Handicap at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.
Mr. Nickerson, ridden by Craig Perret, covered six furlongs in 1:08 1/5, two-fifths of a second better than the time posted by Soy Numero Uno in 1976 and matched by King’s Swan in 1986.
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