Harness Superstar - Tim Tetrick

Born in 1982, Tim Tetrick has taken the harnessthe American National Stakes Trot, the American
racing world by storm. He grew up on the familyNational Stakes Pace (twice), the Arden Downs
farm in a harness racing family. He knew what heStakes Colt Pace, the Battle of the Brandywine
wanted to do for a living by the time he was five.Open Pace, the Breeders' Crown Open Pace, and
He began by exercising the horses on the farm.the Champlain Stakes Filly Pace. He has also
His father, Tom Tetrick, is a longtime trainer andmastered the Cinderella, the Pacing Classic Final,
driver, and his brothers are well known drivers inthe Coaching Club Trotting Oaks, the Colonial, the
the Midwest.Countess Adios, the Currier & Ives, the
He started driving as a teenager in the MidwestHelen Dancer Memorial, the James B. Dancer
because it was closer to his home in Illinois. Later,Memorial, and the Eternal Camnation.
he moved to the East Coast and began workingTim has continued to show his winning strategies
as many tracks as possible. It is not uncommonin the Fox Stakes, the Ben Franklin Final, the
for him to drive several races at one track, hopHanover Colt Stakes Colt Pace, the Hanover Filly
in his truck and drive to another track and driveStakes Filly Trot, the Hayes Memorial Stakes Colt
some more horses.Pace, the Oliver Wendell Holmes, the Hoosier
At the age of 25, he was already making a nameStakes Colt Pace, the Horseman Stakes Open
for himself. At age 26 in 2007, he not only brokePace, the Lismore Final and the Lady Catskill Final.
the record of the most wins in a single seasonHe has also proved his mettle in the James Lynch
(1,188), he broke the record for the most moneyPace Final, the Matron Stakes Final, the
earned in a single season as well. With all theMeadowlands Pace Final, the Nat Ray, the Little
record breaking, he added a few more to hisPat, the Review Stakes, the W. N. Reynolds
collection... he has become the youngest driver toMemorial, the Art Rooney Pace Final, and the
reach 3,000 lifetime wins, the youngest driver toShady Daisy.
win a million-dollar race, and the most driving winsHe came in second in the 2008 Hambletonian
in a single calendar month (120 races in June). Timdriving Crazed, but won the Hambletonian Oaks
Tetrick is well on the way to possibly becomingdriving Danae in 2007.
one of the best drivers in harness racing history.Early in the 2008 season, Tetrick has already won
He has already earned a .401 UDRS rating, whichover $1.2 million in purse money to his credit and
is similar to a baseball player batting .400. Whilehas over 3,800 career victories and $39 million in
this rating is not unheard of, it is extremely rarecareer earnings. He was named the U. S. Harness
with anyone who has had more than 3,000 startsRacing Writers Association Driver of the Year in
like Tetrick!January.
Tim Tetrick has won the Adioo Volo Filly Pace,