Always B Miki moves to second in Poll
June 28, 2016,by Ken Weingartner, Harness Racing Communications
Freehold, NJ — Wiggle It Jiggleit and Always B Miki head to Saturday’s Ben Franklin Pace at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono ranked 1-2 in this week’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, with rival Freaky Feet Pete not far behind at No. 4.
Each won his elimination last week, with Always B Miki’s time of 1:47 equaling the fastest ever on a five-eighths-mile track and Freaky Feet Pete’s 1:47.1 set the record for fastest by a 4-year-old on a five-eighths oval.
Pure Country, who won her elimination for Saturday’s James M. Lynch Memorial at Pocono, moved from No. 10 to fifth in the rankings.
Resolve, who won the Arthur J. Cutler Memorial last week at the Meadowlands in his first start since finishing second in Sweden’s Elitlopp, joined the Top 10 at No. 7.
The Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll does not determine Horse of the Year. The U.S. Harness Writers Association votes in December on all 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.
HambletonianSociety/Breeders Crown Standardbred Poll: Week 6 – 6/28/2016
Rank
|
Name (First Place Votes)
|
A/G/S
|
Record
|
Earnings
|
Points
|
Pvs
|
1
|
Wiggle It Jiggleit (31)
|
4pg
|
11-8-3-0
|
$442,265
|
346
|
1
|
2
|
Always B Miki (4)
|
5ph
|
6-4-2-0
|
$91,500
|
290
|
4
|
3
|
|
3pc
|
5-4-1-0
|
$451,605
|
231
|
2
|
4
|
Freaky Feet Pete
|
4ph
|
6-5-0-1
|
$108,326
|
202
|
6
|
5
|
Pure Country
|
3pf
|
6-3-1-2
|
$356,762
|
144
|
10
|
6
|
Southwind Frank
|
3tc
|
3-2-1-0
|
$68,750
|
135
|
3
|
7
|
Resolve
|
5th
|
5-1-2-0
|
$258,273
|
104
|
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|
8
|
Hannelore Hanover
|
4tm
|
8-7-1-0
|
$212,955
|
93
|
7
|
9
|
|
7ph
|
13-9-2-0
|
$473,750
|
89
|
5
|
10
|
Maestro Blue Chip
|
4th
|
12-11-0-1
|
$191,500
|
76
|
8
|
Also:Bee A Magician (53); Rockeyed Optimist (42); Mel Mara (22); Racing Hill (15);Lady Shadow (14); Control The Moment (13); Obrigado (12); Rockin Ron (9); Darlinonthebeach(6); Bar Hopping, Check Six, Dayson, Pinkman (4); Caprice Hill, Missile J (3);Newborn Sassy, Rose Run Parker (2); All Bets Off, Dante, Sintra (1).