FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015 ©2015 HORSEMAN PUBLISHING CO., LEXINGTON, KY USA • FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION CALL (859) 276-4026 Wiggle It Jiggleit Puts Perfect Record On Line In NA Cup Elims NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES With a perfect nine-for-nine record this year that brought his career undefeated streak to 10, Wiggle It Jiggleit is solidly in first in the most recent Top 10 poll conducted by Harness Racing Communications. His 2015 skein includes wins in the Buddy Gilmour Series final and Simpson at the Meadowlands, as well as a $75,000 Indiana Sires Stakes final at Hoosier Park on May 30, which earned him his biggest payday to date as he bulked up his bankroll to AUG. 31 & SEPT. 1, 2015 $142,242 for owner George Teague BLACK TYPE YEARLING SESSION — AUGUST 31 Horseman Photo Jr. He also won a May 11 overnight at • BLACK TYPE YEARLING ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 1 • Harrington Raceway in 1:49, the fastest mile ever by a 3-year-old ENTER ONLINE AT pacer on a half-mile track. www.bloodedhorse.com Although Teague has had nothing but praise for Wiggle It Jiggleit, the 3- year-old gelded son of Mr. Wiggles will face arguably his sternest test “I have never when he lines up behind the gate Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack trained a horse “There’s No Substitute for Experience” like him. The in the first of three eliminations for the $1 million Pepsi North America JERRY HAWS CHARLES MORGAN ability he’s got (937) 947-1218 Cup on June 20. Teague’s son, Mon- P.O. Box 187 • Wilmore, Kentucky 40390 is like nothing Phone: (859) 858-4415 • Fax: (859) 858-8498 DEAN BEACHY & ASSOCIATES I’ve ever had.” trell, will again be in the sulky, start- [email protected] Auctioneers ing from post 5 and sandwiched –George Teague Jr. between Hurrikane Ali, whose three on Wiggle It Jiggleit wins in four starts this year include a WHAT’S INSIDE . pair of New Jersey Sires Stakes, and Yankee Bounty, who Split The House in NA Cup elim—pg. 2 captured last year’s Pennsylvania Sires Stakes championship. Artspeak returns to Mohawk—pg. 5 Teague is no stranger to the North America Cup, having won Canepa Hanover favored in Goodtimes—pg. 6 the 2006 renewal with Total Truth. While he trained Total Truth, Foiled Again makes 7th Battle start—pg. 7 he has turned the conditioning responsibilities for Wiggle It Jiggleit over to longtime assistant Clyde Francis. Francis also Pierce hopes to be back in early July—pg. 7 worked with the gelding’s dam, Mozzi Hanover. Wind Of The North in Oslo Grand Prix—pg. 9 “I think we tried a big one last start as that was a pretty good Nichol experiences Belmont up close—pg. 10 horse we ran up against in Freaky Feet Pete,” Teague answered when asked about Wiggle It Jiggleit’s competition thus far in 2015. “And remember, the first time we took him to the Mead- owlands he raced against some decent horses that were 4 and Won Foto Photo 5 year olds, coming first-over into a back half of :53.4.” Teague said Wiggle It Jiggleit’s efforts solidify his confi- dence in the gelding. “I don’t think he’s done anything to sway my confidence,” said Teague. “I am still very impressed every time he hits the racetrack. He’s trained very well and come out of his races very well, so I’m very happy with his season so far.” Wiggle It Jiggleit Continues on page 2 ›››› HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 2 of 14 June 12, 2015 www.harnessracing.com Teague says he finds it hard to compare Total Truth and Wiggle It Jiggleit. FREE THIS WEEK’S “Two different horses and different generations,” he said. Program “Total Truth was at a point in my career where I was really Pages FEATURED RACES excited about it, but no comparison to the feeling I get from this one here and the confidence I have in him. Total Truth Friday, June 12 All times listed are local. needed a trip because he couldn’t get to the lead early, oth- 7:45p Moh2 Goodtimes 3CT elim Trackmaster PPs erwise he wouldn’t fight as hard. Position was so crucial 8:05p Moh3 Armbro Flight OMT elim Trackmaster PPs with him. He got a real good trip in the final. 9:25p Moh7 Armbro Flight OMT elim Trackmaster PPs “I think this horse is much stronger and more talented. Be- 9:30p Nfld11 Battle of Lake Erie OHP Trackmaster PPs lieve it or not, this horse is much better off the pace. When I train him, I always keep him off the pace to keep his head in 10:05p Moh9 Goodtimes 3CT elim Trackmaster PPs the game and not let him take off.” Click here to download all Friday PPs Teague also trained the 2003 Horse of the Year Rainbow Blue, Saturday, June 13 and while he may privately believe Wiggle It Jiggleit is better 7:24p PcD4 PASS 3CT div. Trackmaster PPs than his filly counterpart, he is hard-pressed to admit so publicly. 7:45p Moh2 NA Cup 3CP elim Trackmaster PPs “I don’t want to brag him up too much, but he’s one of the 8:00p PcD6 PASS 3CT div. Trackmaster PPs few horses I’ve ever gotten this excited about,” said Teague. 8:05p Moh3 Fan Hanover 3FP elim Trackmaster PPs “I don’t want to get cocky about any of them, but he’s a hard horse not to get cocky about. I have never trained a horse 8:25p Moh4 Fan Hanover 3FP elim Trackmaster PPs like him. The ability he’s got is like nothing I’ve ever had.” 8:36p PcD8 PASS 3CT div. Trackmaster PPs Teague said he was glad Wiggle It Jiggleit drew away from 9:05p Moh6 NA Cup 3CP elim Trackmaster PPs arguably two top contenders in Artspeak and In The Arsenal. 9:45p Moh8 NA Cup 3CP elim Trackmaster PPs “All three horses drawing away from each, it couldn’t have 10:05p Moh9 Roses Are Red OMP elim Trackmaster PPs been better for the three of us,” said Teague. 10:25p Moh10 Roses Are Red OMP elim Trackmaster PPs While Teague plans to be at Mohawk for the NA Cup final if 10:45p Moh11 Preferred Pace Trackmaster PPs his pacer advances, because he is training a much smaller Click here to download all Saturday PPs stable than he did just a few years ago, he is also consider- ing making the 10-hour drive to Mohawk this weekend. He Visit www.trackmaster.com said he won’t give Montrell much pre-race advice. and subscribe to download “All I will tell him is good luck, and hopefully we will win it full cards from your favorite tracks! because you get to pick your post for the final,” said Teague. “It’s a crucial thing that we pull off a win and get the chance to pick our post.”—By Gordon Waterstone HarnessRacing Weekend Preview Kathy Parker Heather Kemper Split The House Making First Stakes [email protected] [email protected] Editor/ General Manager Assistant Production Manager Appearance In NA Cup Elim Lynne Myers Suzy Hall There are two undefeated horses competing in the elimi- [email protected] [email protected] Advertising Manager Production & Design nations for the Pepsi North America Cup. The one horse Gordon Waterstone Stephanie Condron-Hall most likely to come to mind is Wiggle It Jiggleit, the unex- [email protected] [email protected] pected sensation of the 2015 three-year-old male pacing di- Associate Editor Editorial Art Director vision. But there is a second, a colt named Split The House. Suzanne Starbuck Vanessa Flannery [email protected] [email protected] Split The House will also be making the NA Cup elimina- Production Manager Accounting & Circulation tion his first-ever stakes appearance. The colt by Rocknroll For mail sent via U.S. Postal Service, Hanover out of the stakes-winning Camluck mare Shake either P.O. Box 8480, Lexington, KY 40533, or 1910 Harrodsburg Rd., Suite 200, That Junk was training well as a 2 year old when he suf- Lexington, KY 40503. (859) 276-4026 fered a setback. © Copyright Horseman Publishing Company. “He cracked a hind pastern,” said James “Friday” Dean, A product of Horseman Publishing Company, publishers of the website who trains Split The House and owns the colt in partnership www.harnessracing.com and The Horseman And Fair World magazine. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, with Scott Horner and Peter Milligan. “We had him down to electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission. 2:02 in his training but about the middle of June, when we were about ready to race, the injury occurred.” To sign up for the Weekend Preview please visit After surgery, Split The House’s recovery began with four www.harnessracing.com/members_sign_up.php months of stall rest. Continues on page 3 ›››› HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 3 of 14 June 12, 2015 www.harnessracing.com “We brought him to Florida for winter training and he was very good, and Ron Waples qualified him for us at Southern Oaks,” said Dean. Split The House made his first career start on May 11 at Mo- hawk, this time with Randy Waples in the sulky, and cruised to an easy victory from post 7. He Split The House definition: followed that up with three A term in the sport of curl- more victories in overnight com- ing used in reference to a pany and showed the speed strategy of drawing to a dif- ferent area of the house to needed for the NA Cup when he prevent your opponent from won in June 6 in 1:50.2.