Mission Brief moves into top five in Poll
November 17, 2015,by Ken Weingartner, Harness Racing Communications
Freehold, NJ — Mission Brief, who won last week’s Matron Stakes for 3-year-old female trotters with a world-record 1:50.2 performance at Dover Downs, moved into the top five in this week’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll. The filly improved one spot, from sixth, to join the upper half of the group.
Wiggle It Jiggleit, who won the Matron Stakes for 3-year-old male pacers, remained No. 1 in the rankings, followed by Freaky Feet Pete, Southwind Frank, and Pinkman.
The final Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll will be released Nov. 24.
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 27 – 11/17/2015
Rank | Name (First Place Votes) | Age/Gait/Sex | Record | Earnings | Points | Pvs |
1 | Wiggle It Jiggleit (29) | 3pg | 24-20-3-0 | $2,014,495 | 336 | 1 |
2 | Freaky Feet Pete (4) | 3pc | 17-15-2-0 | $853,774 | 271 | 2 |
3 | Southwind Frank (1) | 2tc | 12-11-0-0 | $786,419 | 270 | 3 |
4 | Pinkman | 3tg | 17-11-3-1 | $1,892,865 | 200 | 4 |
5 | Mission Brief | 3tf | 13-9-3-0 | $929,317 | 177 | 6 |
6 | 4ph | 4-4-0-0 | $301,210 | 147 | 5 | |
7 | Pure Country | 2pf | 10-10-0-0 | $689,968 | 141 | 7 |
8 | Bee A Magician | 5tm | 17-10-4-0 | $931,345 | 90 | 8 |
9 | Wild Honey | 3tf | 15-7-6-0 | $1,113,532 | 75 | 9 |
10 | L A Delight (1) | 2pf | 12-11-0-1 | 533,127 | 41 | — |