Father Patrick moves up in Poll

by Ken Weingartner, Harness Racing Communications

Freehold, NJ — Father Patrick won the Canadian Trotting Classic last weekend and became the first harness racing horse this season to surpass $1 million. The 3-year-old male trotter also moved up one spot in this week’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, from fourth to third.

Older male trotter Sebastian K remained the unanimous choice at No. 1, followed by older male pacer Sweet Lou.

Four of the horses in the Top 10 race at the Delaware County Fair this week.

Lifetime Pursuit, who is No. 9, is in Wednesday’s Buckette for 3-year-olde female trotters and No. 10 Sandbetweenurtoes is in Wednesday’s Jugette for 3-year-old female pacers. On Thursday, No. 5 He’s Watching and No. 6 McWicked are in the Little Brown Jug for 3-year-old male pacers.

Hambletonian/BreedersCrown Standardbred Poll: Week 18 –9/16/2014

Rank

Name (First Place Votes)

A/G/S

Record

Earnings

Points

Pvs

1

Sebastian K (35)

8th

9-8-1-0

$620,603

350

1

2

Sweet Lou

5ph

14-10-1-1

$940,533

298

2

3

Father Patrick

3tc

11-9-1-0

$1,136,901

257

4

4

Trixton

3tc

11-8-1-1

$893,370

217

3

5

He’s Watching

3pc

9-5-2-1

$801,578

205

5

6

McWicked

3pc

13-9-3-0

$908,266

162

6

7

Artspeak

2pc

6-6-0-0

$437,825

109

7

8

JK She’salady

2pf

6-6-0-0

$302,600

70

8

9

Lifetime Pursuit

3tf

12-7-1-2

$611,791

51

10

10

Sandbetweenurtoes

3pf

9-8-0-0

$248,598

44

9

Also:Shake It Cerry (39), Mission Brief (29), Nuncio (16), JK Endofanera (15),Yankee Bounty (12), Dancin Yankee (11), Lyonssomewhere (8), Classic Martine, FoiledAgain (7), Market Share (6), Modern Family (5), Somewhere In LA (2), All BetsOff, Billy Flynn, Clear Vision, Habitat, I Like My Boss (1).

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