by Ken Weingartner, Harness Racing Communications
Freehold, NJ — Weekend elimination winners Artspeak and State Treasurer moved into the Top 10 in this week’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll while idle trotter Bee A Magician remained No. 1.
Artspeak, a 3-year-old male pacer, won his Hempt Memorial elimination by a head over In The Arsenal in 1:50 over a sloppy track last Saturday at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono. He joined the rankings at No. 7 this week.
State Treasurer, a 6-year-old male pacer, captured his Ben Franklin Pace elim from post nine by a neck over Dynamic Youth in 1:50.3 at Pocono. He moved into the ratings at No. 8.
Hempt elimination winners Wiggle It Jiggleit and Wakizashi Hanover are No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, in this week’s poll. Four-year-old trotter JL Cruze and 4-year-old pacer Doo Wop Hanover complete the top five.
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 7 – 6/30/2015
|
Rank |
Name (First Place Votes) |
A/G/S |
Record |
Earnings |
Points |
Pvs |
|
1 |
Bee A Magician (26) |
5tm |
7-6-1-0 |
$395,070 |
331 |
1 |
|
2 |
Wiggle It Jiggleit (7) |
3pg |
12-11-1-0 |
$350,742 |
290 |
2 |
|
3 |
Wakizashi Hanover |
3pg |
7-6-1-0 |
$506,918 |
263 |
4 |
|
4 |
JL Cruze (2) |
4tg |
15-13-2-0 |
$233,638 |
247 |
3 |
|
5 |
Doo Wop Hanover |
4ph |
9-5-1-1 |
$134,020 |
131 |
6 |
|
6 |
4th |
3-1-2-0 |
$114,062 |
116 |
5 |
|
|
7 |
Artspeak |
3pc |
5-3-1-0 |
$119,075 |
99 |
— |
|
8 |
6ph |
7-4-0-1 |
$141,746 |
78 |
— |
|
|
9 |
Rockeyed Optimist |
4pg |
11-9-2-0 |
$178,525 |
68 |
9 |
|
10 |
Pinkman |
3tg |
4-3-1-0 |
$107,340 |
60 |
7 |
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