Express just fast enough
By the slimmest of margins, trainer Jimmy Jerkens managed to win the $1 million Travers on Saturday, a prize that has eluded even his legendary father. In a photo finish, Afleet Express held on by a nose over Fly Down to prevail in the 1 1/4-mile Midsummer Derby before 45,764 fans at Saratoga Race Course. Afleet Express was the first Travers starter for Jerkens, 51, the son of Hall of Fame …