After having been absent from the charter’s eye since the TVG Mares Pace in late November, Shartin N, the accomplished aged distaffer, surfaced on Wednesday morning (Feb. 19) during a five-race qualifying session at Dover Downs.
The seven-year-old daughter of Tintin In America competed in the last of the morning’s races and lined up in Post 6 for driver Tim Tetrick and fellow co-owners Richard Poillucci and Joann Looney King.
The Jim King Jr. trainee started from the outside starting spot and settled into third as Highalator cut the fractions in :28.2, :55.3 and 1:23.2. Tetrick tipped Shartin N from third as the leaders rounded into the stretch. The duo raced three-wide in the stretch and got up to notch a well-measured, handy win in 1:51.3.
King has stated that the plan is to see Shartin N qualify again next week.
Shartin N, pictured victorious in the 2019 Roses Are Red.
Shartin N, who has been the most dominant Standardbred since she stepped foot on North American soil, has compiled a record of 41-7-0 from 56 starts and has banked $2,223,464 since her arrival. She debuted in North America in January of 2018 and holds the world record (1:46.4) as the fastest female Standardbred in the history of the sport (a replay of the historic mile appears below).