Ariana G and Huntsville climb in this week’s Poll
June 6, 2017,by Ken Weingartner, Harness Racing Communications
Freehold, NJ — Returning Dan Patch Award winners Ariana G and Huntsville made upward moves in this week’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll thanks to impressive wins over the weekend.
Ariana G won the New Jersey Sire Stakes championship for 3-year-old female trotters by 3-1/4 lengths in a stakes-record 1:51.1 and rose from ninth to third in the rankings. Huntsville won a division of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes series for 3-year-old male pacers by 7-1/4 lengths in 1:49 and moved from unranked to No. 7 in the poll.
Fear The Dragon also gained in the rankings, jumping from 10th to fifth following his 1:49.1 triumph in a division of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 3-year-old male pacers.
Three-year-old male pacer Downbytheseaside, who was idle, remained No. 1 in the poll. Lady Shadow, a 6-year-old pacing mare, also was idle and remained second.
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.
HambletonianSociety/Breeders Crown Standardbred Poll: Week 2 – 6/6/2017
|
Rank
|
Name (First Place Votes)
|
Age/Gait/Sex
|
Record
|
Earnings
|
Points
|
Pvs
|
|
1
|
Downbytheseaside (22)
|
3pc
|
3-3-0-0
|
$188,910
|
313
|
1
|
|
2
|
Lady Shadow (6)
|
6pm
|
2-2-0-0
|
$125,000
|
227
|
2
|
|
3
|
Ariana G (2)
|
3tf
|
2-2-0-0
|
$60,000
|
185
|
9
|
|
4
|
|
8ph
|
10-3-2-3
|
$193,170
|
145
|
3
|
|
5
|
|
3pc
|
4-4-0-0
|
$72,453
|
119
|
10
|
|
6
|
Resolve (1)
|
6th
|
1-1-0-0
|
$93,000
|
113
|
7
|
|
7
|
Huntsville (1)
|
3pc
|
3-2-1-0
|
$56,029
|
112
|
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|
|
8
|
Somewhere In LA (1)
|
6pg
|
17-7-4-2
|
$346,500
|
103
|
5
|
|
9
|
|
5th
|
4-1-3-0
|
$131,500
|
96
|
4
|
|
10
|
Mossdale Conner N (1)
|
8pg
|
4-4-0-0
|
$126,000
|
90
|
6
|
Also:Dr J Hanover (55); Hannelore Hanover (43); Keystone Velocity (36); All Bets Off(35); Missile J (33); Clear Vision (29); Rock N’ Roll World (22); Long Tom(18); Broadway Donna (15); Rockeyed Optimist (12); Highalator (10); Medusa,Sintra (9); Mackenzie A, Split The House, Western Fame (8); Tequila Monday (7);Deerfield Beach, Safe From Terror (6); Caviart Wonder, Darlinonthebeach, Sortie(5); McWicked, Red Hot Herbie (4); Barn Girl, Enterprise, Every Way Out, Soto,Treviso (3); American Virgin, Charmed Life, Gustavo Fring, Mel Mara (2);Dayson, Freeze Out, Hurricane Beach, Keystone I Wish, Knocking Around, LordCromwell, Magic Presto (1).
DrJ Hanover received 1 first-place vote.
NorthAmerican statistics only.