Final 2021 Road to the Hambletonian
Final 2021 Road to the Hambletonian
The 2021 Hambletonian will take place Saturday, August 7
East Rutherford, NJ – In Ken Warkentin’s final 2021 Road to the Hambletonian, elimination winners Delayed Hanover and Captain Corey are 1-2. Join in the Hambletonian discussion on twitter by using #hambo21. For all things Hambletonian visit TheHambo.com
1 | Delayed Hanover
Runner up to Dancinginthedark M in his Dancer division, rallied to a 6-1 upset with a new mark of 1:51.1 in his elimination, drew the rail in Hambo Final & picks up Yannick Gingras
2 | Captain Corey
PASS champion finished second (1:50.3) to Sonofamistery in a Dancer division, went all the way in a career best of 1:51.2 in his elimination, 3-1 ML favorite drew post four in Hambo Final
3 | Really Fast
Unraced at two, NJSS Final upsetter, 1:51.2 Tompkins-Geers division winner, first over runner up (1:51.3) to Captain Corey in his elimination, post seven in Hambo Final & Dexter Dunn’s choice
| Tompkins-Geers | NJSS Final |
4 | Take All Comers
1:52.3 Bluegrass winner at two, 1:53.2 PASS upset on June 23, second (1:52) in Reynolds division, rallied for fourth in :26.4 in his elimination, post two in Hambo Final
5 | Sonofamistery
Took a mark 1:50.2 from post seven in the slop in a Dancer division, finished fourth in his elimination, Brian Sears goes for a Hambo grandslam, post six in Hambo Final
| M1 Prep|
6 | Venerate
Dan Patch Award winner, 1:52.1 winner in the slop in the Reynolds, third (1:52.4) in a Tompkins-Geers division, rallied for third in the second elimination, post eight in Hambo Final
| Reynolds |
7 | Cuatro De Julio
1:53.1 NJSS division winner, second (1:52.2) in the NJSS Final, third (1:51) in a Dancer division, second (1:51.3) to Delayed Hanover in the first elimination, post ten in Hambo Final
8 | Ambassador Hanover
Empire Breeders Classic & Yonkers Trot elimination & Final runner up, 1:52.3 mark in a Tompkins-Geers division, third to stablemate Delayed Hanover in his elimination, post nine in Hambo Final & picks up two-time Hambo winner Scott Zeron
9 | Locatelli
NJSS division winner in 1:52.4 back on May 21, second placed first over Sonofamistery in 1:51.1 on June 25, finished fifth in the second elimination, post five in Hambo Final & gets Andrew McCarthy
10 | Spy Booth
Runner up to stablemate Really Fast in a Tompkins-Geers division, finished fifth in the first elimination, post three in Hambo Final & switches to Tim Tetrick
KEY PREP RACES
Hambletonian Eligibles in Caps
| Date | Stakes | Site | Winner | Driver | Trainer | 2nd Horse | 3rd Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | Dexter Cup | Fhld | Incommunicado | Yannick Gingras | Ake Svanstedt | Sunny Crockett | Fifty Ways | 1:56.3 |
| May 14 | NJSS | M | CUATRO DE JULIO | Lucas Wallin | Marie Ortolan Bar | MON AMOUR | LOCATELLI | 1:53.1 |
| May 14 | NJSS | M | LINDYSMUSCLEMANIA | Dexter Dunn | Ake Svanstedt | REALLY FAST | BEE FOREVER | 1:51.4 |
| May 14 | NJSS | M | Narzario | Ake Svanstedt | Ake Svanstedt | KILDARE KING | CRICKET FASHION | 1:53 |
| May 15 | PASS | Mea | Whiskey Blue | Dan Charlino | Ron Burke | Capstone | Mister Boinga | 1:53.4 |
| May 15 | PASS | Mea | IN RANGE | Tim Tetrick | Marcus Melander | Jujubee | Lepanto | 1:52.3 |
| May 15 | PASS | Mea | JOHAN PALEMA | Ake Svanstedt | Ake Svanstedt | ARNOLD N DICKY | TAKE ALL COMERS | 1:53.2 |
| May 21 | NJSS | M | LOCATELLI | Yannick Gingras | Nancy Takter | SONOFAMISTERY | CRICKET FASHION | 1:52.4 |
| May 21 | NJSS | M | MON AMOUR | Yannick Gingras | Ake Svanstedt | CUATRO DE JULIO | KILDARE KING | 1:52 |
| May 28 | NJSS Final | M | REALLY FAST | Yannick Gingras | Nancy Takter | CUATRO DE JULIO | SONOFAMISTERY | 1:52.2 |
| May 31 | PASSl | PcD | Jujubee | Tony Hall | Greg Wright JrNancy Takter | Capstone | Ceffyl Dwr | 1:54.4 |
| May 31 | PASS | PcD | CAPTAIN COREY | Ake Svanstedt | Ake Svanstedt | Lepanto | Fifty Ways | 1:53.4 |
| May 31 | PASSl | PcD | DELAYED HANOVER | Ake Svanstedt | Ake Svanstedt | Johan Palema | Type A | 1:53 |
| June 11 | Prep | 3YO Open | SONOFAMISTERY | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | CALLE PALEMA | IN RANGE | 1:51.2 |
| June 23 | PASS | Phi | DELAYED HANOVER | Ake Svanstedt | Ake Svanstedt | Jujubee | TYPE A | 1:55 |
| June 23 | PASS | Phl | TAKE ALL COMERS | David Miller | Jim Campbell | GOODASHIM | FLY LIGHT | 1:53.2 |
| July 10 | Reynolds | M | DANCINGINTHEDARK | Tim Tetrick | Marcus Melander | TAKE ALL COMERS | ZENITH STRIDE | 1:51.4 |
| July 10 | Reynolds | M | VENERATE | Andy Miller | Julie Miller | SONOFAMISTERY | JULIE MILLER | 1:52.1 |
| July 13 | NYSS | YR | AMBASSADOR HANOVER | Ake Svanstedt | Ake Svanstedt | Credit Con | Steel | 1:55.3 |
| July 17 | Dancer | M | ||||||
| July 17 | Dancer | M | ||||||
| July 23 | PASS | Mea | ||||||
| July 24 | Tompkins-Geers | M | ||||||
| July 31 | Hambo Eliminations | M |
