Downbytheseaside, Lady Shadow retain top spots in Poll
June 13, 2017,by Ken Weingartner, Harness Racing Communications
Freehold, NJ — Downbytheseaside and Lady Shadow remained 1-2 in this week’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, but Huntsville continued his surge by moving from seventh to No. 3 in the rankings.
Three of the top five horses in the poll — Downbytheseaside, Huntsville and No. 5 Fear The Dragon — won eliminations for Saturday’s Pepsi North America Cup and will meet in the C$1 million final at Mohawk Racetrack.
Charlie Hill Memorial winner Crazy Wow moved from ninth to sixth in the poll. Hannelore Hanover and Dr J Hanover joined the rankings at seventh and ninth, respectively.
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 3 – 6/13/2017
|
Rank
|
Name (First Place Votes)
|
Age/Gait/Sex
|
Record
|
Earnings
|
Points
|
Pvs
|
|
1
|
Downbytheseaside (25)
|
3pc
|
4-4-0-0
|
$207,160
|
323
|
1
|
|
2
|
Lady Shadow (4)
|
6pm
|
3-3-0-0
|
$137,775
|
264
|
2
|
|
3
|
Huntsville (3)
|
3pc
|
4-3-1-0
|
$74,279
|
224
|
7
|
|
4
|
Ariana G (2)
|
3tf
|
2-2-0-0
|
$60,000
|
200
|
3
|
|
5
|
Fear The Dragon (1)
|
3pc
|
5-5-0-0
|
$90,703
|
197
|
5
|
|
6
|
|
5th
|
5-2-3-0
|
$231,500
|
176
|
9
|
|
7
|
Hannelore Hanover
|
5tm
|
3-2-1-0
|
$53,793
|
106
|
—
|
|
8
|
Resolve
|
6th
|
1-1-0-0
|
$93,000
|
89
|
6
|
|
9
|
Dr J Hanover
|
4pg
|
11-2-1-1
|
86,257
|
87
|
—
|
|
10
|
|
8ph
|
10-3-2-3
|
$193,170
|
85
|
4
|
Also:Somewhere In LA (39); Mossdale Conner N (36); Marion Marauder (12); Enterprise(11); Tequila Monday (9); All Bets Off, Nirvana Seelster (8); Keystone Velocity(7); Glassine Hanover, Missile J, Nike Franco N, Sortie, Western Fame (5);Clear Vision (4); Rock N’ Roll World, Sintra (3); Broadway Donna, HurricaneBeach, Magic Presto (2); Long Tom, Odds On Equuleus, Safe From Terror (1).
NorthAmerican statistics only.