by Ken Weingartner, Harness Racing Communications
Freehold, NJ — JL Cruze, who trotted the first sub-1:50 mile on a mile racetrack last weekend in winning the Graduate Series final in 1:49.4 at the Meadowlands, moved into second place in this week’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll. The 4-year-old male trotter was third in the previous rankings, but jumped ahead of idle trotter Bee A Magician.
Shake It Cerry, a 4-year-old female trotter who was last season’s Trotter of the Year, finished a hard-charging second to JL Cruze in his world-record performance, missing by a nose, and vaulted into the Top 10 at No. 9.
Meadowlands Pace elimination winner Wiggle It Jiggleit remained No. 1 in the rankings. Also moving into the Top 10 was In The Arsenal, who also won a Meadowlands Pace elimination last weekend.
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 9 –7/14/2015
|
Rank
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Name (First Place Votes)
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A/G/S
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Record
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Earnings
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Points
|
Pvs
|
|
1
|
Wiggle It Jiggleit (21)
|
3pg
|
14-13-1-0
|
$625,742
|
331
|
1
|
|
2
|
JL Cruze (9)
|
4tg
|
17-15-2-0
|
$391,138
|
311
|
3
|
|
3
|
Bee A Magician (5)
|
5tm
|
7-6-1-0
|
$395,070
|
294
|
2
|
|
4
|
Doo Wop Hanover
|
4ph
|
10-6-1-1
|
$254,020
|
183
|
4
|
|
5
|
Wakizashi Hanover
|
3pg
|
9-6-2-0
|
$559,418
|
178
|
5
|
|
6
|
Pinkman
|
3tg
|
5-4-1-0
|
$357,340
|
150
|
6
|
|
7
|
In The Arsenal
|
3pc
|
8-5-1-1
|
$355,345
|
114
|
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|
|
8
|
|
6ph
|
8-4-0-2
|
$201,746
|
61
|
9
|
|
9
|
Shake It Cerry
|
4tm
|
8-3-1-1
|
$144,601
|
52
|
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|
|
10
|
|
4th
|
4-1-2-0
|
$116,562
|
44
|
8
|
Also:Artspeak (42); Rockeyed Optimist (39); Uncle Lasse (25); Mission Brief (19);Lady Shadow (17); Luck Be Withyou (16); Barn Doll (13); Sebastian K (12); WranglerMagic (6); Bettor Be Steppin, Split The House (5); Allie Labrook (4); CrazyWow, Daylon Magician, Melmerby Beach, P H Supercam (1).