Chester, PA — The 2019 Harness Horse of the Year Shartin N qualified in 1:52.2 at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Tuesday morning (Sept. 15), with a :26.4 final quarter that showed her readiness for the rich season-ending events upcoming.

With the mare’s regular driver Tim Tetrick at The Meadows for Keystone Classics stakes competition, trainer Jim King Jr., who has 3,369 career sulky victories, guided the 7-year-old daughter of Tintin In America right to the front and rattled off fractions of :28.2, :57.3, and 1:25.3. He then let her speed on home in her first racetrack outing after winning the Artiscape Pace on Aug. 16 at Tioga Downs.

King noted that the possibilities on the schedule of his mare, who is owned by his wife Jo Ann Looney-King, Richard Poillucci, and Tim Tetrick LLC, include the Dayton Distaff Derby, the Breeders Crown, and the TVG series.

Shartin N’s entrymate in the high mares class, Soho Burning Love A, was also successful in a qualifier, coming home in :27 in a 1:54.1 mile.