Since breaking his maiden in May at Iroquois (Tenn.) for trainer Jack Fisher, Tricky Me has had to fill the shoes of Sonny Via’s injured superstar Good Night Shirt and carry Via’s stable.
This summer, Tricky Me ran fourth and second in novice stakes races at Saratoga Springs (N.Y.), but at Monmouth Park, Sept. 26, he stepped up and put on his best performance yet to win the $70,000 Metcalf Memorial Novice Hurdle Stakes in Oceanport, N.J.