In the first leg of the Miss Versatility Series on a rain-soaked Friday night at The Meadowlands, the first $30,000 division went as expected while the other did not.
Trainers always say that a horse’s four-year-old season is one of transition, and that when they turn five, that’s the year the good ones really blossom.
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Tim Tetrick was on his game Saturday night (May 8) at The Meadowlands, as the 39-year-old Hall of Fame driver won both $30,000 divisions of the first leg of the Miss Versatility Series for open mares on the trot.
Off a superb seasonal debut where she closed in :26.4 to just miss, Next Level Stuff was predictably sent to the gate as the 3-5 public choice in division one, and while she did not disappoint, she needed every inch of the stretch to record a neck victory in 1:52.2.
“She raced against the top [fillies] last year,” said Tetrick. “She’s a trip mare, and she got a trip tonight.”