Huntsville continues his surge in Poll

Freehold, NJ — Downbytheseaside and Lady Shadow remained 1-2 in this week’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, but Huntsville continued his surge by moving from seventh to No. 3 in the harness racing rankings.

Three of the top five horses in the poll — Downbytheseaside, Huntsville and No. 5 Fear The Dragon — won eliminations for Saturday’s Pepsi North America Cup and will meet in the C$1 million final at Mohawk Racetrack.

Charlie Hill Memorial winner Crazy Wow moved from ninth to sixth in the poll. Hannelore Hanover and Dr J Hanover joined the rankings at seventh and ninth, respectively.

The Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll does not determine Horse of the Year. The U.S. Harness Writers Association votes in December on all Dan Patch Award division winners plus Trotter of the Year, Pacer of the Year and Horse of the Year.

Rankings based on the votes of harness racing media representatives on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.

Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown Standardbred Poll: Week 3 – 6/13/2017 

Rank	Name (First Place Votes)	Age/Gait/Sex	Record	Earnings	Points	Pvs
1	Downbytheseaside (25)	3pc	4-4-0-0	$207,160	323	1
2	Lady Shadow (4)	6pm	3-3-0-0	$137,775	264	2
3	Huntsville (3)	3pc	4-3-1-0	$74,279	224	7
4	Ariana G (2)	3tf	2-2-0-0	$60,000	200	3
5	Fear The Dragon (1)	3pc	5-5-0-0	$90,703	197	5
6	Crazy Wow	5th	5-2-3-0	$231,500	176	9
7	Hannelore Hanover	5tm	3-2-1-0	$53,793	106	—
8	Resolve	6th	1-1-0-0	$93,000	89	6
9	Dr J Hanover	4pg	11-2-1-1	86,257	87	—
10	Bit Of A Legend N	8ph	10-3-2-3	$193,170	85	4

 

Also: Somewhere In LA (39); Mossdale Conner N (36); Marion Marauder (12); Enterprise (11); Tequila Monday (9); All Bets Off, Nirvana Seelster (8); Keystone Velocity (7); Glassine Hanover, Missile J, Nike Franco N, Sortie, Western Fame (5); Clear Vision (4); Rock N’ Roll World, Sintra (3); Broadway Donna, Hurricane Beach, Magic Presto (2); Long Tom, Odds On Equuleus, Safe From Terror (1). 

North American statistics only.

by Ken Weingartner, Harness Racing Communications