As a younger horse, he raced mainly at Hoosier Park in Indiana but came to national prominence in his three-year-old season.
[1] Hurley also bred Always B Miki's sire Always A Virgin, who earned over $1 million in his career, and dam Artstopper, an unraced daughter of Artsplace.
[2] After his third start, Hurley sold a part interest in Always B Miki to Bluewood Stable and Val D'Or Farms.
[4] In early October 2016, a "significant interest" was sold to Diamond Creek Farm, at which Always B Miki will stand in retirement.
[4] He then raced mainly at Hoosier Park where he won an elimination for the Indiana Sire Stakes and finished third in two finals.
[9] He also finished second to He's Watching in the Meadowlands Pace even though he started from post nine and lost considerable ground racing three to four wide at times.
[2] Always B Miki then won his elimination heat for the Breeders Crown 3YO Colt & Gelding Pace but had to be scratched out of the final when he went lame during the warm-up.
Further examination showed that he had fractured the long (P1) pastern of his left hind leg when he kicked the wall of his paddock before the race.
"[9] He finally returned on October 3 at Hoosier Park in an Indiana Sire Stakes elimination, winning in 1:49.
[4] Always B Miki then traveled to Mohawk Raceway where he was made the 1–5 favorite for the Can$100,000 Gold Cup Invitational Pace on June 18.
[14] Always B Miki next headed to Pocono Downs where he won his elimination heat for the Ben Franklin in 1:47, a new career best and tied with the world record on a 5⁄8-mile track.
In the $500,000 final on July 2, he faced off for the first time with the two other leading older pacers: Wiggle It Jiggleit, the 2015 Harness Horse of the Year, and Freaky Feet Pete.
Wiggle It Jiggleit went to the early lead but Always B Miki was urged alongside as they moved down the stretch for the first time.
Turning into the final stretch, Wiggle It Jiggleit started to give way but Freaky Feet Pete then mounted his drive after getting an energy-saving "pocket trip".
[4] On September 10, he travelled to Scioto Downs for the $225,000 Jim Ewart Memorial, where despite the losing streak he was made the 4–5 favorite.
As the prohibitive 1–20 favorite, Always B Miki took advantage of the number one post position and cruised to a two length victory over Freaky Feet Pete.
[21] On October 9, Always B Miki entered the Allerage Farms open pace at the Red Mile in Lexington.
A one-mile oval with banked turns,[22] the Red Mile is known as one of the fastest tracks in the sport so a world record was viewed as a possibility.
Entering the stretch, Always B Miki again surged forward, completing the final quarter in :26.1 and the mile in an "epic" time of 1:46.
This broke the previous race world record of 1:46.4 held by four horses (Somebeachsomewhere, He's Watching, Warrawee Needy and Holborn Hanover).
[25] Always B Miki won his next start on October 21, an elimination heat for the Breeders' Crown at the Meadowlands, by four lengths despite drawing the tenth post position.