Harrington, DE – Pacer Wiggle It Jiggleit, one of harness racing’s all-time greats, passed away after a short illness earlier this month at the age of 14.
Owned by George Teague Jr. and Teague Racing Partnership, the Mr. Wiggles gelding had a remarkable career, with earnings of $3.9 million and was the Dan Patch Horse of the Year in 2015. He was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2024.
Throughout his 39 victories in 66 lifetime starts, there were many impressive triumphs, but most will remember his epic performance in winning the 2015 Little Brown Jug as one of the best in the race’s history. Wiggle It Jiggleit, driven by his regular driver Montrell Teague, overcame an outside trip and appeared to be retreating near the three-quarters to re-rally and edge out Lost For Words by a whisker in the tightest of photo finishes for an amazing victory.
Aside from the Little Brown Jug, he won many of the sport’s biggest races for pacers, including the Canadian Pacing Derby, Dan Patch, Joseph Gerrity Memorial, Graduate, Battle of Lake Erie, Progress Pace, Meadowlands Pace, Max Hempt Memorial and Carl Millstein Memorial. He also set a world record for a 3-year-old pacer on a half-mile racetrack with a 1:49 win near his home base at Harrington Raceway.
Trained by Hall of Famer George Teague Jr., “Wiggles” as he was affectionately known by those in the stable, spent the balance of his post-racing career at the Teague farm in Harrington, Delaware. Visitors were known to drop in and request to see the world champion. He was the seconnd horse from the Teague stable to win Horse of the Year honors after Rainbow Blue accomplished the feat in 2004.