[3] As a yearling, The Wicked North was bought at auction by the retired plumbing contractor Philip Hersh for $10,000.
[4] He was trained in California by David Bernstein and ridden in all his Grade I wins by Kent Desormeaux.
Until he was five years old The Wicked North was mainly campaigned over sprint distances with his most significant win coming in the Grade III Bing Crosby Handicap.
He started odds-on favourite for the Hollywood Gold Cup but finished fourth after sustaining a serious injury to his suspensory ligament.
The Wicked North was voted U.S. Champion Older Male Horse for 1994 at the Eclipse Awards.