by Miami Valley Raceway
Lebanon, OH — Jerseylicious isn’t just back…she’s all the way back. The 7-year-old Western Ideal lass, who is the 2012 Sweetheart Pace winner and was feared as a distaff pacer in the sport, captured the $22,000 Mares Open at Miami Valley Raceway on Friday night (March 10).
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Jerseylicious demonstrates her class with a return to the winner’s circle at Miami Valley on a frigid Friday evening.
The Tim Lane-trainee paced a mile in 1:52.3, despite sub-freezing temperatures, for driver Trace Tetrick, upsetting Safe From Terror (Chris Page) and Cast No Shadow (Tyler Smith).
Purchased by Emerald Highlands Farm primarily for her breeding value after a 2016 season with just twelve starts and two wins for $19,970 in earnings, Jerseylicious now has a half dozen starts under Lane’s tutelage and has marched through the condition ranks with two wins and two show finishes before beating Miami Valley’s best.
Tetrick sent Jerseylicious directly to the front from post position seven, relented to Safe From Terror after the :27.3 first quarter, then waited through fractions of :56.2 and 1:25.1 before popping the pocket at the head of the stretch and sealing the deal with a :27.1 final panel.
With just 82 lifetime starts she now has accumulated $691,370 in earnings, while hitting the board in events such as the Jugette, Fan Hanover and Lynch finals as a 3-year-old. She took her record of 1:50.1 as a 4-year-old at The Meadowlands.