East Rutherford, NJ – Top three remain the same (Amigo Volo, Real Cool Sam & Hypnotic AM) in Ken Warkentin’s Road to the Hambletonian Week 5.
Rank |
Horse |
Driver, Trainer, Owner |
Ken Warkentin’s Comments |
1 |
Amigo Volo (Father Patrick) |
Dexter Dunn, Nifty Norman, Pinske Stables, David J. Miller |
Breeders Crown winner at two finished sixth [1:52.3] when forced wide off a slow pace & trotted home in :26.2 as the beaten favorite in a $25,000 overnight @ Big M on June 27 |
2 |
Real Cool Sam (Muscle Hill) |
Dave Miller, Jim Campbell, Fashion Farms LLC |
Dan Patch Award & Peter Haughton Memorial winner broke in his first Big M qualifier on June 20, rebounded with a second [1:53.1] in a Big M qualifier on June 27 with a final quarter in :26.3, back in to qualify @ Big M on July 3 |
3 |
Hypnotic AM (Chapter Seven) |
Brian Sears, Marcus Melander, Courant Inc. |
NYSS champion & Jim Doherty Memorial winner unleashed an ultra impressive 1:51.1 [:27.3] in her 3YO debut on June 12, cruised in a NYSS @ Tioga Downs on June 21 in 1:54.2, drew post 9 in EBC @ Vernon Downs on July 4 |
4 |
Back Of The Neck (Ready Cash) |
Scott Zeron, Ake Svanstedt, Howard Taylor, Order By Stable, Judith Taylor |
Son of two-time Prix D’Amerique winner Ready Cash now with Team Svanstedt, won a Big M qualifier on June 20 in 1:53.4, set the pace & second by a nose in 1:51.2 [:26] in a $25,000 overnight @ Big M on June 27 |
5 |
Synergy (Father Patrick) |
Andrew McCarthy, Per Engblom, Brittany Farms, John Fielding, Herb Liverman & David Anderson |
Qualified three times, the latest a second by a head in 1:54 [:26.2] @ Big M on June 20, third [1:52.1] in a $25,000 overnight @ Big M on June 27 in his 3YO debut |
6 |
Big Oil (Father Patrick) |
Andy & Julie Miller, Jason, Doug & Ron Allen |
First in a deadheat with Real Cool Sam in 1:52.1 @ The Red Mile at two, 1:53.3 winner in a Big M qualifier on June 12, wire-to-wire in 1:55 in his 3YO debut in an overnight @ Harrah’s Philadelphia on June 28 |
7 |
Capricornus (Cantab Hall) |
Tim Tetrick, Marcus Melander, JJ Racing Stable, Inc |
Second in the William Wellwood Memorial at two, second [1:52.4] in his 2020 debut on June 5, finished second [1:53.4] in an overnight @ Harrah’s Philadelphia on June 25 |
8 |
Third Shift (Chapter Seven) |
Ake Svanstedt, Mellby Gard, Inc., Ake Svanstedt |
Set a stakes & Batavia Downs track record of 1:56 in the NYSS Final at two, won a Big M qualifier in 1:55 on May 30, won a NYSS division @ Vernon Downs on June 24 in 1:54.2, has the rail in EBC division @ Vernon Downs on July 4 |
9 |
Chestnut Hill (Muscle Hill) |
Dave Miller, Nifty Norman, Melvin Hartman, David McDuffee, Little E LLC |
Stablemate to Amigo Volo finished third in the PASS Final, Breeders Crown & Valley Victory at two, won his 2020 debut @ The Big M on June 19 in 1:53.1 [:26.1] |
10 |
Maesteraemon (Andover Hall) |
Brian Sears, Marcus Melander, S R F Stable |
Gives Melander three in the Top Ten, took a mark of 1:52.4 @ The Red Mile, won two Big M qualifiers in 1:53.3 [:26.4] and in 1:54 [:26.3], fifth [1:52.2] in a $25,000 overnight @ Big M on June 27 |
KEY PREP RACES
Hambletonian Eligibles in Caps
Date |
Stakes |
Site |
Winner |
Driver |
Trainer |
2nd Horse |
3rd Horse |
Time |
June 19 |
NJSS |
M |
JULA TRIX TREASURE |
Ake Svanstedt |
Ake Svanstedt |
Play Trix On Me |
Barley |
1:54 |
June 21 |
NYSS |
TD |
HYPNOTIC AM |
Brian Sears |
Marcus Melander |
REBA BLUE CHIP |
Munster |
1:54.2 |
June 24 |
NYSS |
V |
THIRD SHIFT |
Ake Svanstedt |
Ake Svanstedt |
Take The Credit |
Ballcapsnbluejeans |
1:54.2 |
June 24 |
NYSS |
V |
BERKERY J |
Scott Zeron |
George Ducharme |
Chaptiana |
Barn Holden |
1:54.2 |
June 26 |
NJSS |
M |
Play Trix On Me |
Scott Zeron |
Linda Toscano |
Barley |
JULA TRIX TREASURE |
1:53.2 |
June 27 |
$25,000 |
M |
SORELLA |
Yannick Gingras |
Nancy Takter |
BACK OF THE NECK |
SYNERGY |
1:51.2 |
July 3 |
NJSS Final |
M |
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July 4 |
E. Breeders Classic |
V |
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July 4 |
Currier & Ives |
Mea |
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July 4 |
$25,000 |
M |
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July 11 |
Reynolds |
M |
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July 11 |
Reynolds |
M |
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July 17 |
NYSS |
TD |
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July 17 |
NYSS |
TD |
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July 18 |
Stanley Dancer |
M |
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July 18 |
Stanley Dancer |
M |
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July 25 |
Tompkins-Geers |
M |
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Aug. 1 |
Hambo Elim |
M |
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Aug. 1 |
Hambo Elim |
M |
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