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FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2019 ©2019 HORSEMAN PUBLISHING CO., LEXINGTON, KY USA • FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION CALL (859) 276-4026 Maine Owner Hartt Stepping Up With Matchmaker, Levy Starters NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES Ron Burke tops all trainers and/or owners with starters in this weekend’s opening round of the Blue Chip Matchmaker and George Morton Levy Memorial Series at Yonkers Race- way, but there are several other people with a significant number of entries in the events. Among those with several entries is owner William Hartt of Maine. Hartt has two mares scheduled to com- pete in the Blue Chip Matchmaker and four entries in the MAY 14, 2019 Levy Series. Racehorses, racing prospects, Hartt’s entries are Write Me A Song and Betterb Chevron N broodmares, foals, yearlings & more! in the Matchmaker and Micky Gee N, Military Master A, Lockton Luck A and Christen Me N in the Levy. The 2018 sale was the strongest Hartt has been involved with Standardbreds since his teens. Spring Sale in its 55-year history, following “I had a couple of horses and took care of them after record-breaking sales in 2017, 2016 and 2015! work when I was younger. I’m second generation in the ENTER ONLINE NOW AT horse business,” said Hartt. www.bloodedhorse.com “She came up sick “Then I took over the family and we had to business and didn’t have turn her out for time for that.” Entries will three months. close around Hartt is the CEO of Hartt April 13 That’s tough to do Transportation of Bangor, when you’ve spent Maine, a hauling company “There’s No Substitute for Experience” good money.” founded in 1948 by his late fa- JERRY HAWS • P.O. Box 187 • Wilmore, Kentucky 40390 –William Hartt ther, Delmont. Phone: (859) 858-4415 • Fax: (859) 858-8498 about Write Me A Song “I took over when I was 35 and we had 50 trucks when I started and now, 20-plus years later, we’re at 600,” said WHAT’S INSIDE . Hartt. “I have a lot of good people who work for me, and Tim Tetrick now co-owner of Shartin N—pg. 4 that gives me time (for the horses) that I didn’t have a Jacobs starts Somebaddude in Levy—pg. 5 few years ago when our business was growing.” Medusa ready for Matchmaker—pg. 6 Lance Hudson trains all of Hartt’s Matchmaker and Levy High hopes for Wiggle It Jiggleit—pg. 7 contenders. 3YO Keystone Concrete dies—pg. 8 “Lance is from Maine and we’ve had our horses with him in New York,” said Hartt. “I’ve had Maine (bred) babies and Breeding Banter—pg. 9 you can have a lot of fun racing in Maine, but it’s tough to make money. As I’ve gotten older and my business grew, I’ve bought some better horses. We started out with $15- $20,000 claimers.” One of Hartt’s recent purchases was his Matchmaker starter Write Me A Song. The daughter of Sportswriter was acquired from Ontario horseman Jack Darling last October, after she finished fourth in an Ontario Sires Stakes Gold final. Write Me A Song had banked $182,893 and won eight of 15 starts. But Hartt quickly had some bad luck with Write Me A Song. Continues on page 2 Write Me A Song ›››› New Image Media Photo HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 2 of 11 March 15, 2019 www.harnessracing.com FREE THIS WEEKEND’S Program Pages FEATURED RACES All times listed are local. Friday, March 15 8:10p YR5 Matchmaker Pace div. Trackmaster PPs 8:30p YR6 Matchmaker Pace div. Trackmaster PPs 8:50p YR7 Matchmaker Pace div. Trackmaster PPs 9:10p YR8 Matchmaker Pace div. Trackmaster PPs 9:30p YR9 Matchmaker Pace div. Trackmaster PPs Click here to download all Friday PPs Saturday, March 16 7:50p YR4 Levy Mem. Pace div. Trackmaster PPs 8:10p YR5 Levy Mem. Pace div. Trackmaster PPs 8:30p YR6 Levy Mem. Pace div. Trackmaster PPs 8:50p YR7 Levy Mem. Pace div. Trackmaster PPs 9:10p YR8 Levy Mem. Pace div. Trackmaster PPs 9:30p YR9 Levy Mem. Pace div. Trackmaster PPs 10:10p YR11 Open Trot Trackmaster PPs Click here to download all Saturday PPs Visit www.trackmaster.com and subscribe to download full cards from your favorite tracks! Post Position Wins at Yonkers Raceway “She came up sick and we had to turn her out for three PP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 months. That’s tough to do when you’ve spent good starts 496 496 496 496 496 491 471 336 win 93 70 87 84 92 39 24 8 money,” he shared, acknowledging that the filly was a “six- place 90 94 75 89 76 32 28 11 figure” purchase. show 82 88 81 76 57 55 40 18 Percent in Money Write Me A Song appears to have bounced back from her win 18.8 14.1 17.5 16.9 18.5 7.9 5.1 2.4 illness. She won the $44,000 Open for fillies and mares at place 36.9 33.1 32.7 34.9 33.9 14.5 11.1 5.7 Yonkers on March 8. She’ll be starting from post 1 in the show 53.4 50.8 49.0 50.2 45.4 25.7 19.6 11.0 first Matchmaker division (Race 5) on Friday night. HarnessRacing Weekend Preview In addition to having a group of older horses so strong they merit nominations to the Matchmaker and Levy, Kathy Parker Heather Kemper [email protected] [email protected] Hartt also owns the 3-year-old So Awesome p,2, 1:53.3h Editor/ General Manager Production Manager ($232,440), the runner-up in last year’s New York Sires Lynne Myers Hannah Reynolds Stakes 2-Year-Old Filly Pace final, and has five 2 year olds [email protected] [email protected] in training. Advertising Manager Editorial Production Gordon Waterstone Vanessa Flannery “I bought So Awesome last year after she qualified at [email protected] [email protected] Saratoga. She was beaten just a nose in the final,” said Associate Editor Accounting & Circulation Hartt. For mail sent via U.S. Postal Service, Hartt said with his business obligations, having twin 17- either P.O. Box 8480, Lexington, KY 40533, or 1910 Harrodsburg Rd., Suite 200, Lexington, KY 40503. (859) 276-4026 year-old sons, and the distance from his home to Yonkers © Copyright Horseman Publishing Company. (430 miles), he mostly watches his horses race via stream- A product of Horseman Publishing Company, publishers of the website ing on a TV or computer. www.harnessracing.com and The Horseman And Fair World magazine. “From what I see, other than Shartin, there are a lot of This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission. good horses in both (Matchmaker and Levy), but not great,” Hartt noted. “Shartin’s really tough, but these races have To sign up for the Weekend Preview please visit been the graveyard of some very good horses. 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Requestt a copy of the 2019 Stallion Directory or visit www.nyysirestakes.com to downlooad a copy todayay.y. HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 4 of 11 March 15, 2019 www.harnessracing.com Shartin N Now Driven By Conrad Photo Co-owner Tim Tetrick Tim Tetrick was behind Shartin N in all 24 of her starts on her way to honors as the 2018 Dan Patch Older Pacing Mare of the Year, and he’ll be in the sulky on Friday night when the 6 year old makes her seasonal debut in the last of five $40,000 divisions of the opening round of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series at Yonkers Raceway. But instead of being driver Tetrick on Friday night, the 37 year old will be on the track as driver and co-owner of Shartin N. Tetrick recently purchased a small interest in the New Zealand-bred daughter of Tintin In America from own- ers Richard Poillucci and Jo Ann Looney-King, the wife of trainer Jim King Jr. “They let me be part of her, just a small piece, and I think Shartin N just so (Poillucci) made sure I drove her,” Tetrick explained with a laugh. she was really nice. I don’t know if she’s as good as Shartin, In addition to Shartin N, Tetrick also purchased a small in- but she has a lot of qualities I like.” terest from Poillucci and Jo Ann Looney-King in new New Bettor Joy N will start from post 2 in the second Match- Zealand import Bettor Joy N, and having already been a co- maker division (Race 6).