Harness: Return of Wiggle It Jiggleit delayed

The highly anticipated return of Wiggle It Jiggleit is once again on hold. The 2015 Horse of the Year was expected to qualify during the first week of January but was unable to keep that date.

Owner George Teague, Jr explained that the 6-year-old was looking great up until the final days before qualifying but his nagging back issues resurfaced.

“Right up until the day before I was going to qualify,” said Teague via text on Wednesday (1/3). “He’s going to be off again for a little bit. I’ll just keep hoping he makes it back one of these days. Life isn’t always what we want it to be, but it is what it is.”

Wiggle It Jiggleit trained down for his 2017 campiagn before he was sidetracked by injury and forced to sit out the entire year. Unfortunately Teague had already staked the gelding and took a bit of a financial hit. Considering how things unfolded last year, Teague purposely brought Wiggle It Jiggleit back early so he could gauge his health.

“I wanted to see what was going to happen before I spent a lot of money like last year. I can always stake him up for the middle to last part of the season,” said Teague, who reitterated that he would not race his star unless he was 100 percent healthy.