Tim Tetrick drove the 8,000th
winner of his remarkable career on Thursday night at The Meadowlands, in
the process becoming the youngest driver to reach that plateau in harness
racing history at age 32 years and 4 months.
Tim passed the milestone in the
seventh race behind Spender Hanover, affording the veteran a typical Tetrick
steer placed second over behind the favorite and wearing that one down in the
stretch.
Spender Hanover, an eight year
old with career earnings of nearly $300,000, took a new record of 1:51.2
in the process for trainer Jeff Smith and owner Howard Ouriel.
Tetrick was greeted in the
winner's circle celebration on a cold, windy night by his wife Ashley and
daughter Tessa along with Meadowlands representatives Jenn Bongiorno and Justin
Horowitz.
Tim is currently twenty
second on the all time wins list and seventh in career earnings with
over $141 million, all at the tender age of thirty two. Tetrick continues
a pace that would put him in position to break every record the sport has by
the time his career is complete.
The equine performer that stood
out on the card was a young trotting filly. In the second race, Take The
Money, a three year old daughter of Donato Hanover made it a perfect two for
two in 2014 with a dominant five length romp in 1:56.1 for team Orange Crush,
Andy and Julie Miller. The filly is owned by Black Horse Racing.
Racing resumes on Friday with a
stellar 13-race program, including the first round of The Horse & Groom
Trotting Series and a compelling Free For All Trot. Post time is 7:15
P.M.
