East Rutherford, NJ – Race favorite Super Chapter tops Ken Warkentin’s Final Road to the 2025 Hambletonian Presented by FanDuel.
2025 HAMBLETONIAN
Road to the Hambletonian Top 10 – Final
The 100th Hambletonian will take place Saturday, August 2
| Rank | Horse | Driver, Trainer, Owner | Ken Warkentin’s Comments | |
| 1 | Super Chapter (Chapter Seven) | Yannick Gingras, Marcus Melander, Jeffrey Snyder, Arthur Pronti, Hanover Shoe Farms | Five-for-five in 2025, wired a 1:50.4 EBC division, won the Yonkers Trot, new mark of 1:50.3 in the Stanley Dancer, cruised in second Hambletonian elimination in 1:51.1, three-time Hambo runner up Marcus Melander sends out four finalists, Yannick Gingras picks up the drive & won last year’s Hambo with Karl, post two in Final | |
| 2 | Emoticon Legacy (Walner) | Louis Roy, Luc Blais, Determination | Dominated the Goodtimes Final in a Mohawk track record of 1:50.2, won the Zweig in 1:51.4, took first Hambletonian elimination in 1:51.4, Luc Blais upset the 2019 Hambo with Forbidden Trade, Louis Roy makes his Hambo debut, post three in Final | |
| 3 | Maryland (Chapter Seven) | Dexter Dunn, Marcus Melander, Courant Inc, PCW Racing, Holly Lane Stud East Ltd, SStewartRThorn Stable | 2024 Dan Patch Award winner, millionaire/richest in the field, runner up in an EBC division, Zweig Memorial, Stanley Dancer Memorial division & third Hambletonian elimination, Dexter Dunn’s choice over Super Chapter, Dunn looks for first Hambo, post four in Final | |
| 4 | Nordic Catcher S (Six Pack) | Ake Svanstedt, Little E LLC | Wire-to-wire in third/fastest Hambletonian elimination in 1:50.3 (:26.2), 2YO NJSS champion responded to a bridle change, Ake Svandstedt seeks his third Hambo, post six in Final | |
| 5 | Maximus Mearas S (Chapter Seven) | Scott Zeron, Lucas Wallin, Kjell Magne Andersen | Made 3YO debut finishing fourth in Stanley Dancer Memorial division, hard-charging runner up in second Hambletonian elimination, Lucas Wallin had the beaten favorite Rebuff in 2022, Scott Zeron goes for the Hambo grandslam, post five in Final | |
| 6 | Go Dog Go (Greenshoe) | Todd McCarthy, Carter Pinske, Wiesman Farms, Al Libfeld | Kicked of his 3YO season three-for-three, dominated a Stanley Dancer Memorial in a career best 1:50.4 (:26.1), finished third in the third Hambletonian elimination, Todd McCarthy shocked the 2022 Hambo @ 52-1 with Cool Papa Bell, post ten in Final | |
| 7 | Gap Kronos S (Face Time Bourbon) | Tim Tetrick, Ake Svanstedt, Bruni Racing Team Inc., Part Of Dream Inc. | Second in Goodtimes Final, equaled career best 1:51.4 in Reynolds division, fifth in Stanley Dancer Memorial division, finished third in second Hambletonian elimination, Tim Tetrick won the 2012 Hambo with Market Share, post seven in Final | |
| 8 | Greenma (Greenshoe) | Trond Smedshammer, Purple Haze Stables | Only two starts as a freshman, fresh off a PASS win he finished a fast-closing second by a nose in first Hambletonian elimination, Smedshammer won the 2004 Hambo with Windsong’s Legacy & had the beaten favorite Power To Charm in 2003, post nine in Final | |
| 9 | Meshuggah (Greenshoe) | Bjorn Goop, Marcus Melander, Courant Inc. | Fourth with traffic issues in first Hambletonian elimination & draws in with the highest lifetime earnings, PASS winner in 1:54.1, one of three finalists by Greenshoe & one of four for Marcus Melander, Swedish legend Bjorn Goop drives from the rail | |
| 10 | Blank (Gimpanzee) | Andrew McCarthy, Marcus Melander, S R F Stable, Holly Lane Stud East LTD | Flashed plenty late trot in a Dancer division, rallied third by a head in :26.3 in first Hambletonian elimination, Andrew McCarthy won the 2020 Hambo with the filly Ramona Hill, post eight in Final | |