Hall of Fame

 



george teague jr.

Year of Induction: 
2022
Year of Birth: 
1963
DriverTrainer: 
Yes
Election Into Living Hall of Fame: 
2021
Biography: 

George Teague Jr. was born September 29, 1963 into the harness racing business. His mother Annie and father George Sr. trained horses for Fermer Perry at the Keller fairgrounds in Virginia. George Jr. learned the ins and outs of training harness horses from his father, whom he assisted as soon as he was big enough to “pull his own weight.”

Teague has campaigned some of the top horses of the 21st century, including 2004 Horse of the Year and Hall of Famer Rainbow Blue p,3,1:49.2s ($1,428,934), a pacing distaffer who won all but two of her 32 lifetime starts and who is generally regarded as one of the most talented female pacers of all-time.

Teague followed up on Rainbow Blue’s success in 2006 with North America Cup winner Total Truth p,4,1:48.3 ($2,022,433), who earned nearly $1.5 million in his Pacer of the Year season, and with 2012’s Two-Year-Old Pacing Filly of the Year, Breeders Crown winner and world champion Somwherovrarainbow p,4,1:48f ($1,342,848), a daughter of Rainbow Blue by top sire and Hall of Famer Somebeachsomewhere.

A second Horse of the Year campaign by a Teague horse came in 2015 with Wiggle It Jiggleit p,4,1:47.2 ($3,945,839), who was as prolific a winner as Rainbow Blue and who earned nearly $4 million in his combined 3- and 4-year-old seasons. His most famous win came in the Little Brown Jug where he was passed in the stretch but fought on to claim the victory.

Team Teague also campaigned 2018 North America Cup winner and world champion Lather Up p,4,1:46 ($1,735,623), a tremendously fast pacer who in 2019 equaled the 1:46 record for the fastest mile ever.

The exploits of George Teague Jr. have twice earned him the William R. Haughton Good Guy Award (2004, 2016) and Harness Horse International’s Dominic Frinzi Person of the Year Award (2016). Also in 2016, his outstanding Team Teague received the Stan Bergstein Proximity Award, the United States Harness Writers Association’s highest honor.

George Teague Jr. lives in Harrington, Delaware.