Then on Sunday, Genena's Jesse established a new track record for four-year-old trottng geldings when he won on a fast track in 1:56.

Tracy Kay N, who is owned and trained by Arthur Brewer II, is obviously aging rather gracefully. He also holds the world record as the fastest 13-year-old pacing gelding, and he set that mark on a fast track in 1:51.4 at Rockingham last summer.

"He's amazing. Most horses can't go that fast when they're young, and he did it at 13. Then, he comes back at 14 and ties the world record. He's now won three-in-a-row and he's got nine wins already this year," said Brewer. "He's as healthy and sound as can be. He can still race every week, and he never doesn't want to go. If the time comes when he tells me he doesn't want to do it anymore, I'll stop on him. But now he still loves racing. He really pays attention when he gets into the paddock. He's very competitive, and he knows where the wire is."

Brewer, who claimed Try Kacy N three years ago as a 12-year-old for $15,000 in Maryland, said the horse's secret to success is the fact he wasn't campaigned as a youngster.

"He was brought over from New Zealand, where he didn't start racing until he was eight or nine," he explained. "I don't know why he was shipped over here because he only showed about $12,000 (In earnings) on his card when I got him. When he won seven or eight races in a row here last year, my wife, Kathy, e-mailed the people in New Zealand who sold him, and they've been e-mailing back and forth since."

Now the son of Silk Legacy and the Smooth Hanover mare Good Try has won almost $220,000 in purses.

"This is his last year on the track because 14 is the mandatory age limit. You hardly see any horses racing at 14, let alone winning," Brewer said. "But of the 12 to 15 horses in my barn, he's the soundest. It's kind of a shame this has to be his last year, because he likes racing and he likes winning. He's very spunky."

When Try Kacy N has to hang up his racing plates, he won't have to worry about his future.

"I'm bringing him home to my farm in Hartley, Delaware where he'll be taken care of for the rest of his life," Brewer said. "He's a nervous, goofy horse and he doesn't have the type of personality to be turned into a pet. If he went somewhere else, he'd be an easy horse not to like and somebody could abuse him. I would never let that happen to him and my kids, Kailey and Conor, wouldn't let it happen. He's their favorite horse. So he'll get turned out at the farm with Sinnamon Skip, who won $335,000 and 93 races, and Retribution, who also was a nice horse for me."

Genena's Jesse, who set his Rockingham track record with Michael MacDonald in the bike on Sunday, took one tick off the old record of 1:56.2. That mark was shared by three horses, Be Hooved (2003), Zi Zi's Balance (2003) and Tweedle Dum (2004).

The son of SJ's Photo and Dreamland's OMO is trained by leading conditioner Jamie Smith and is owned by John and Susan Marshall of New Jersey. He has now won five races from 16 starts in 2005.

LIve racing resumes on Wednesday with post time of 1:05 p.m.

Lynne Snierson