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.
Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown Standardbred Poll: Week 9 – 7/14/2015
Rank |
Name (First Place Votes) |
A/G/S |
Record |
Earnings |
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 |
— |
8 |
State Treasurer |
6ph |
8-4-0-2 |
$201,746 |
61 |
9 |
9 |
Shake It Cerry |
4tm |
8-3-1-1 |
$144,601 |
52 |
— |
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); Wrangler Magic (6); Bettor Be Steppin, Split The House (5); Allie Labrook (4); Crazy Wow, Daylon Magician, Melmerby Beach, P H Supercam (1).
by Ken Weingartner, Harness Racing Communications