Post Position: 8
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Bay colt by The Panderosa – Contrapan – Artsplace
BREEDERS: Peter Pan Stables Inc., Pepper Pike, OH
OWNERS: Elmer Fannin, Lincoln, DE & George Teague Jr. Inc, Harrington, DE
STATISTICS:
2009 9 4 1 2 $220,950
2008 5 2 1 0 $23,916
Totals 14 6 2 2 $244,866
LIFETIME MARK: 3, 1:51.1, The Meadowlands
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS & NOTES:
Purchased for $25,000 at Harrisburg Sale in PA in November of 2007
• Owned by Elmer Fannin and George Teague Jr., who also own another Cup hopeful, Mr Wiggles
• Co-owner George Teague Jr. and trainer Brenda Teague won 2006 Cup with Total Truth
• Sire The Panderosa won 1999 Cup
At two:
• Began his career with a victory at Chester on August 27 in 1:55.1
• Finished second in the $40,848 Pennsylvania Sires Stake at The Meadows, September 11
• Won his second race at Chester on October 1
At three:
• Opened his 2009 season by winning his first four races, including two $16,000 legs of the Scooter Series
• Won $104,400 final of the Scooter Series on March 21, when taking a life mark of 1:51.1
• Finished second, just one-quarter length behind Mr Wiggles in $500,000 Hoosier Cup, May 30 at Hoosier Park
• Finished third to Ideal Danny in a $100,000 Burlington division on June 13 at Mohawk
• Finished third, five and one-half lengths behind Well Said in his Cup elimination, but drew into final as one of two third-place finishers
ELIMINATION QUOTES:
George Teague Jr., Co-owner
“I thought he raced real well in the elimination. He kept going right to the wire.”
“He’s been very effective both ways – off the pace or on the front, he can do it.”
“Our ideal trip on Saturday would be coming off cover, second or third-over. But it will depend on our post position. (If I could pick), I’d pick the five hole.”
“(Chasin Racin) is pretty simple to work with. He doesn’t have any quirks to speak of. He’s a big fellow but a real good-tempered horse. He’s on an even keel all the time.”
“We entered the other three colts (Barber Pole, Johnny Z, and Bunkmeister) in the consolation.”
Trainer – Brenda Teague
George Teague Jr./Brenda Teague
Age: 45
Career wins through June 21, 2009: 942
Career earnings through June 21, 2009: $19,618,533
It's only taken two decades for George Teague, Jr. to become an ‘overnight sensation’ in harness racing. The second generation Delaware horseman followed in the footsteps of his late father, George Teague, Sr.
As a teen, George's first job in the sport came working for well known trainer Jim Case. A short time later, Teague opened his own small stable. From that beginning, Teague has become the most successful African American trainer in the sport. He accomplished this with only a small stable of private purchases and yearlings. For years, Teague attended yearling sales and purchased modest priced colts and fillies, owning at least 50 per cent of them.
Sister Brenda has shared the training duties and handles most of the stakes performers when they race in Canada. She is the only female trainer to win the Pepsi NA Cup, having captured the 2006 edition with Total Truth.
At the 2002 Fall Classic Sale in New Jersey, Team Teague liked a filly (Rainbow Blue) so much that they went to $10,500 (U.S.) to buy her. The rest is history. As a two year old in 2003, Rainbow Blue had six wins in seven trips to the post, with earnings of $102,674 (U.S.).
Rainbow Blue was the toast of the sport as a three year old in 2004. She won an amazing 20 races in 21 starts and banked $1,195,010 (U.S.), the most ever earned in a single season by a female pacer. The daughter of Artiscape captured the $610,000 Breeders Crown Final, the $705,900 Fan Hanover Final, the $222,500 Nadia Lobell, the $159,675 Matron Final and the $150,000 New Jersey Sires Stakes Final. Rainbow Blue's 1:49.2 clocking in a Fan Hanover elimination equalled the world record for a sophomore pacing filly on a mile track.
Her terrific accomplishments led to Rainbow Blue capturing Dan Patch Awards as the U.S. Horse of the Year, Pacer of the Year, and Three Year Old Filly Pacer of the Year. With high hopes for her four-year-old season, Rainbow Blue unfortunately suffered a torn tendon in early June, missed the rest of the season, then was retired to the broodmare ranks in 2006.
Team Teague finished second in last year’s Pepsi NA Cup with Badlands Nitro.
Driver – David Miller
Age: 45
Career wins through June 21, 2009: 9099
Career earnings through June 21, 2009: $124,893,396
Ohio native, David Miller, now calls Cream Ridge, New Jersey home and The Meadowlands his usual stomping grounds. He’s consistently among the top drivers there, and last year finished third in earnings, fifth in number of wins, and eighth in UDRS. The third generation horseman ended 2007 with a total of 368 wins and $10,869,335 in purse earnings – the ninth consecutive year he has topped $5 million.
Miller first came to national prominence thanks to the stand-out two-year-old pacer, Falcons Future, who closed out his freshman season on a five-race winning streak and helped Miller achieve a Rising Star Award from the United States Harness Writers’ Association.
He also enjoyed considerable success with the trotting gelding, Magician (winner of a Dan Patch Award for older trotting male in 2000), who bested Moni Maker in both the $1 million Breeders’ Crown that year and the Maple Leaf Trot final.
It was the three-year-old pacing colt, No Pan Intended, who was probably Miller’s highest-profile drive. The 2003 US Horse of the Year earned over $1.4 million and captured the Pacing Triple Crown as well as the Breeders Crown final.
He compiled over 400 wins in 2008, including Breeders Crown triumphs with Fox Valley Topaz and A And Gs Confusion, sending Miller to a career-best $12.1 million in earnings.
He’s delivered a fine first-half in 2009, with 195 wins in the books, including career victory 9,000 with Redstone Ruckus on March 24. He became the youngest harness driver to win 9,000 races.
He ranks 11th in lifetime harness racing wins and fifth in career purse earnings ($121 million) among all North American drivers.