Big changes in Poll but Sebastian K remains on top
October 7, 2014,by Ken Weingartner, Harness Racing Communications
Freehold, NJ — JK She’salady, Shake It Cerry, Nuncio, and Mission Brief were big winners at The Red Mile and made big gains in this week’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll.
Freshman female pacer JK She’salady remained undefeated with a victory in a division of the International Stallion Stakes. She received seven first-place votes and moved from sixth to third in the rankings.
Shake It Cerry won the Kentucky Filly Futurity for 3-year-old female trotters and soared from ninth to fifth in the poll.
Sophomore male trotter Nuncio won the Kentucky Futurity, defeating stablemate and No. 2-ranked Father Patrick, to join the Top 10 at No. 8 while Mission Brief also landed in the Top 10, at No. 9, following her world-record 1:50.3 victory in a division of the International Stallion Stakes.
No. 1-ranked Sebastian K lost the Allerage Farm Open Trot by a head to Creatine, but remained in the top spot.
Hambletonian/Breeders Crown Standardbred Poll: Week 21 – 10/7/2014
Rank | Name (First Place Votes) | Age/Gait/Sex | Record | Earnings | Points | Pvs |
1 | Sebastian K (25) | 8th | 11-8-2-0 | $663,853 | 325 | 1 |
2 | Father Patrick (2) | 3tc | 13-10-2-0 | $1,292,201 | 298 | 2 |
3 | JK She’salady (7) | 2pf | 8-8-0-0 | $421,025 | 210 | 6 |
4 | 5ph | 16-10-1-1 | $958,558 | 194 | 3 | |
5 | Shake It Cerry | 3tf | 13-11-0-1 | $734,436 | 165 | 9 |
6 | 3tc | 11-8-1-1 | $893,370 | 135 | 4 | |
7 | Artspeak (1) | 2pc | 8-7-0-1 | $488,090 | 120 | 5 |
8 | 3tc | 13-8-5-0 | $1,027,896 | 114 | — | |
9 | Mission Brief | 2tf | 9-6-0-0 | $313,315 | 80 | — |
10 | 3pc | 16-9-4-1 | $945,596 | 51 | 7 |