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WeekendPreview010518_WeekendPreview010518 1/4/2018• A monthly 3:17 PM calendar Page 1 page available the last Friday of every month as part of the Harness Racing Weekend Preview. • The most up-to-date racing schedule as events are added and/or changed throughout the year. Print it out and use it on a bulletin board or wall. The first month (January 2011) will be available in next week’s December 31 January Weekend Preview. race calendar Advertising rates start at just $195. Space is limited and will be sold on a first come, first served basis, so call Lynne Myers at (859) 276-4026 or email page 14 [email protected], JANUARY with any5, questions2018 or to schedule your ad! ©2018 HORSEMAN PUBLISHING CO., LEXINGTON, KY USA •J FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION CALL (859) 276-4026 Wiggle It Jiggleit To Miss More Time While owner George Teague Jr. had hoped the return to ACCEPTING ENTRIES racing for his 2015 Horse of the Year Wiggle It Jiggleit from an extended absence was imminent, he told Weekend Pre- for the hottest sale this winter view on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 2, that the now 6-year-old pacer will continue to remain on the sidelines for an unde- termined period of time. Wiggle It Jiggleit has not raced since Oct. 28, 2016, after finishing second to Always B Miki in the Breeders Crown final at the Meadowlands. “It’s the same story Recurring back issues kept it’s been for the past Wiggle It Jiggleit in the barn 14 months, and he’s of trainer Clyde Francis for all February 12 & 13, 2018 not going to qualify of 2017, but Teague said in until he’s 100 per- early December he thought ENTER ONLINE NOW cent. And he’s still the gelding was just a few not 100 percent.”— weeks away from qualifying. www.bloodedhorse.com George Teague Jr. Teague had hoped to qual- ENTRIES WILL CLOSE AROUND JANUARY 10 ify Wiggle It Jiggleit for the first time last week or this week, with two more qualifiers following. “It’s the same story it’s been for the past 14 months, and he’s not going to qualify until he’s 100 percent. And he’s still not 100 percent,” said Teague. “I wanted to test the water with three qualifiers and see if everything was how they seemed to be. I didn’t want to make the stakes payments “There’s No Substitute for Experience” without a chance of him racing.” JERRY HAWS • P.O. Box 187 • Wilmore, Kentucky 40390 Teague had at first penciled in Wiggle It Jiggleit to return Phone: (859) 858-4415 • Fax: (859) 858-8498 to the track sometime late in 2017 for the Breeders Crown at Hoosier Park, but by the fall he had announced a delay for WHAT’S INSIDE . the Indiana-sired pacer until early 2018. With his absence from racing, Wiggle It Jiggleit is stalled Jerseylicious to be bred to Fear The Dragon—pg. 2 at $3,907,557 in career earnings. Teague admitted he was 14YO trotter Weskey wins 60th career race—pg. 4 looking forward to his star pacer returning and not only Nuncio to stand in Sweden—pg. 6 reaching the $4-million mark, but adding substantially to Propulsion on target for Prix d’Amerique—pg. 6 that number. “I was so excited because it seemed he was sound, but Tony Morgan wins 16,000th race—pg. 10 now we’ll just keep pressing on,” said Teague, who is now him. But he still has the aches and issues and will not return on his way to the Dominican Republic for a vacation. “He quite yet. needs more time. I don’t want the horse to diminish his rep- “Is it discouraging? Yes. Is it disappointing? Yes.”— By Gor- utation, and I feel that definitely won’t be a problem with don Waterstone WeekendPreview010518_WeekendPreview010518 1/4/2018 3:17 PM Page 2 HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 2 of 14 January 5, 2018 www.harnessracing.com Jerseylicious Racing Friday, FREE But Has Date With Fear The Dragon Program THIS WEEKEND’S Jerseylicious is one of eight mares competing for a $23,000 Pages purse in Race 10 at Miami Valley on Friday night. Jerseylicious, FEATURED RACES an 8-year-old daughter of Western Ideal, has the credentials to Friday, January 5 All times listed are local. be a broodmare, and she’ll get her chance this spring. 9:05p MVR10 F&M Open Pace Trackmaster PPs Jerseylicious is owned by Bruce Trogdon’s Emerald High- Click here to download all Friday PPs lands Farm. Trogdon bought Jerseylicious for $30,000 at the Saturday, January 6 2016 Harrisburg mixed sale, with his interest in the mare 7:30p Wdb2 Conditioned Pace Trackmaster PPs solely as an addition to his broodmare band. But since Jer- 9:45p MVR12Open Pace Trackmaster PPs seylicious had been trained down, it seemed OK to give her 10:10p Wdb10 Conditioned Pace Trackmaster PPs a few races before she wrapped up her racing career. Well, a few races turned into a 24-race campaign in 2017. Click here to download all Saturday PPs Jerseylicoius won nine races, finished on the board in 18 of Sunday, January 7 her starts, lowered her lifetime mark to 1:49.3f when she set 12:15p YR2 OpenTrot Trackmaster PPs a track record at Hollywood Dayton, and banked $113,565, Click here to download all Sunday PPs bringing her career money-winnings to $780,165. Jerseylicious raced last winter and spring and then was Visit www.trackmaster.com turned out in early May so she could be bred to JK Endo- and subscribe to download fanera, who stands at stud in Indiana. When she didn’t get full cards from your favorite tracks! in foal, Trogdon put her back in training and she returned to racing in late August. HarnessRacing Weekend Preview Trogdon said he’ll keep Jerseylicious in training with Tim Kathy Parker Heather Kemper Lane and give her a few starts at Miami Valley this winter, [email protected] [email protected] Editorial Production providing she is competitive, before retiring her from rac- Editor/ General Manager Lynne Myers Vanessa Flannery ing. She is 8-1 on the morning line for the Friday Miami Val- [email protected] [email protected] Accounting & Circulation ley race and will start from post 8. Advertising Manager “We almost quit with her a few weeks ago,” he shared. Gordon Waterstone “She has some issues, but she got by it.” [email protected] For mail sent via U.S. Postal Service, Trogdon said at one point last fall he thought Jerseylicious Associate Editor either P.O. Box 8480, Lexington, KY 40533, was so good that he considered supplementing her to the Suzanne Starbuck or 1910 Harrodsburg Rd., Suite 200, Breeders Crown. [email protected] Lexington, KY 40503. (859) 276-4026 “I think she could have won the Breeders Crown, but the Production Manager supplement didn’t really make sense,” he added. © Copyright Horseman Publishing Company. Trogdon said he is sure Jerseylicious will be retired from A product of Horseman Publishing Company, publishers of the website racing this year, even if she enjoys a bit more success at www.harnessracing.com and The Horseman And Fair World magazine. Miami Valley. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission. “Last year we raced her through early May because they had that $100,000 race at Miami Valley. I raced her too long To sign up for the Weekend Preview please visit to breed her; I think that’s why she didn’t get in foal,” contin- www.harnessracing.com/members_sign_up.php ued Trogdon. “It took her about a month to relax. We got one follicle and she ovulated once, but she didn’t get in foal Trogdon has 48 broodmares, which is up a bit over the so she went back to racing. But this year I’ll retire her from usual number. He has nine booked to Indiana sires because racing, and we’ll quit with her earlier.” “I love the program there.” Jerseylicious is being bred to Fear The Dragon, who is Among his mares being bred are 2017 Dan Patch 3-Year- standing his first season at Midland Acres in Ohio. Trogdon Old Filly Pacer of the Year Blazin Britches and the Indiana bred and raced Fear The Dragon, winning the North America stakes winner Rockin Serena. Both will be bred and their Cup, Hempt Memorial and Adios with the colt. He has re- embryos transferred so they can continue racing. tained half of the shares in the Dragon Again stallion. Trogdon has a 260-acre farm in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, not far “The syndicate agreement was written up so that I can control things,” he said, and plans to give Fear The Dragon from Delaware, but he’s also looking for a farm in Kentucky plenty of support. to give his foals dual eligibility. The Kentucky Sires Stakes “I have about 24 mares I plan to breed to him,” said Trog- program allows eligibility for foals by sires standing outside don. “We announced his book was full and closed and since the state if the mares reside in Kentucky for 180 consecutive that time we’ve received quite a few calls, so I may switch a days in the year of conception.“We had found a farm, but he couple of my mares to other stallions so we can free up deal collapsed right before Christmas, so we’re still look- some breedings.” ing,” he said.—By Kathy Parker WeekendPreview010518_WeekendPreview010518 1/4/2018 3:17 PM Page 3 WeekendPreview010518_WeekendPreview010518 1/4/2018 3:17 PM Page 4 HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 4 of 14 January 5, 2018 www.harnessracing.com 14YO Weskey Gets 60th Win In Final Career Shot Ontario-based horseman Tyler Borth had one goal in mind as the clock ticked down on 2017: Get one last win with his 14-year-old trotter Weskey, who was set to be retired when he turned 15 on Jan.