Captivating three
year old pacer hopes to use Gilmour Final to Spring into Stakes
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – (March 12, 2015) Wiggle It
Jiggleit will head to the starting gate in the $58,000 William “Buddy” Gilmour
Final Saturday night at The Meadowlands as a prohibitive favorite. In
fact, he has been installed as the 1/5 morning line choice.
While his connections are not looking past this next test
for their talented colt, it’s hard to not to look to the future and what is
looming on the horizon, considering how special his owner, George Teague Jr.,
believed he was from the onset.
“Last year I thought he was as good or better than most of
the best horses I’ve had,” said Teague. “The closest resemblance was
Rainbow Blue with all the qualities and the ability he showed as a two year
old. He may be even faster than Rainbow Blue. Since the start, he has
never had a bad day.”
Teague has mapped out a plan, with all roads leading to the
North America Cup and The Meadowlands Pace.
“After Saturday we will keep him in training, but we will
back off of him a bit. We’ll come back to The Meadowlands on May 3rd
for the Simpson and then we may head to Indiana for a couple of starts there.
If everything stays on course, we’ll be in Canada for The North America Cup and
then back to The Meadowlands for The Meadowlands Pace. That’s the plan
. Hopefully, he will be racing in most of the major stakes.”
Teague’s excitement can be felt throughout the industry as
Wiggle It Jiggleit continues his meteoric rise. The gelded son of Mr
Wiggles has won all five of his starts, with Montrell Teague in the sulky for
all five wins. The 24-year old has shown the patience and composure of a
seasoned veteran while sitting behind the talented three year old.
Wiggle It Jiggleit will leave from post four in the Gilmour
Final.
If there is to be a challenge in the Gilmour Final, perhaps
it can still come from National Seelster. The son of Bettor’s Delight was
unbeaten in three starts going into his round two matchup with Wiggle It
Jiggleit. But in the stretch, he posed no danger to that foe after
chasing him throughout the mile from the pocket and would need to improve to
threaten the favorite. He is couple with another Chris Ryder trainee,
Rodeo Romeo, who was second in his second round division last week. He was
defeated by the Ron Burke trainee, Coaster who came up with a lifetime best
performance that included a 26.2 final quarter sprint to score in round two.
The Buddy Gilmour is scheduled as race 11 on the
Saturday program at The Meadowlands.
The Saturday program includes the $.50 cent Pick Five (race
1) and $.50 cent Early Pick Four (race 3), both with an average pool of just
over $50,000 this meet. Also on the program is the $.50 cent Late Pick
Four, which features an average pool of over $75,000 thus far this season.
Post time for the 13-race Saturday program is 7:15 P.M.
