Timothy A. Tetrick, born November 22, 1981, in Flora, Illinois, is an American Harness Racing driver. Tim started driving
Standardbred
The Standardbred is an American horse breed best known for its ability in harness racing, where members of the breed compete at either a trot or pace. Developed in North America, the Standardbred is recognized worldwide, and the breed can trace i ...
s at a very young age and on November 27, 2007, broke the record of number of wins (1,077) in a single year. Tim drove his 1,078th winner at Dover Downs in Delaware on the way to recording 1,189 wins that year. Class of the 2020 USHWA Hall of Fame!
Tetrick won the 2012
Hambletonian Stakes
The Hambletonian Stakes is a major American harness race for three-year-old trotting horses, named in honor of Hambletonian 10, a foundation sire of the Standardbred horse breed, also known as the "Father of the American Trotter." The first ...
with his horse Market Share. He won his 8,000th career race in March 2014. He was voted
Harness Tracks of America Driver of the Year
The Harness Tracks of America Driver of the Year is an American harness racing award for drivers of Standardbred racehorses. Created in 1968, it is awarded annually.
for 2007, 2008, 2012, and 2013 by the US Harness Writers Association.
He underwent hip replacement surgery in early December, 2008 for a congenital hip problem, but was back competing by late January 2009.
Tetrick's colors are green and gold. He is also recognizable on the track by the bright yellow wheels on the
sulky
A sulky is a lightweight cart with two wheels and a seat for the driver, generally pulled by horses or dogs. With horses, a sulky is used for harness racing. The term is also used for an arch-mounted cart on wheels or crawler tracks, used in ...
he drives. He has been a resident of
Runnemede, New Jersey
Runnemede is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the borough's population was 8,468,Tim Tetrick
Meadowlands Racetrack
The Meadowlands Racetrack (currently referred to as Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment) is a horse racing track at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. The track hosts both thoroughbred racing and harness ...
. Accessed February 8, 2017. "Residence: Woolwich Twp, NJ"