No change in Ken Warkentin's Road to the Hambletonian Week 9 Top 10
Week 9 - 2022 Road to the Hambletonian
The 2022 Hambletonian will take place Saturday, August 6
Meadowlands Racetrack
No change in Ken Warkentin's Road to the Hambletonian Week 9 Top 10. Eliminations for the $1.2 million Hambletonian and $580,000 Hambletonian Oaks highlight the Saturday, July 30 race card. Free pps are will be available at PlayMeadowlands.com. Post time is 6:20 pm
1 | Rebuff
| Muscle Hill | Tim Tetrick | Lucas Wallin | Andersen, Wallin, Delis |
Breeders Crown champion two-for-two in 2022, won his 3YO debut in a Reynolds division in 1:51.3, equaled a 1:49.4 track record in a Stanley Dancer Memorial division, post eight in first Hambo elim
2 | Joviality S
| Chapter Seven | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | Courant Inc. |
Chapter Seven filly six-for-six as a 3YO, 1:51.2 NYSS romp @ Vernon & 1:51 in EBC for fillies, won her Yonkers Trot elimination in 1:54, beat the boys in 1:53.1 YT Final, career best 1:50.2 in Del Miller Memorial division, post ten in second Hambo elim
3 | Temporal Hanover
| Walner | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | AMG Stb, Kjellgren, Wahlstedt, Heights Stb |
Started two-for-two this season in NJSS, 1:54 & 1:52.3, then second by a neck [1:52.1] in NJSS Final, won the Zweig Memorial in 1:52.2, second to Rebuff in track record Stanley Dancer Memorial division, post three in second Hambo elim
4 | Branded By Lindy
| Chapter Seven | Yannick Gingras | Domenico Cecere | Lindy Farms of Conn |
Romped in 3YO debut in 1:54.2 NYSS division @ Vernon Downs, locked in second [1:54.1] in EBC, broke/eighth in the Zweig Memorial, tough trip third in a Stanley Dancer Memorial division, post four in first Hambo elim
5 | King Of The North
| Walner | Mark MacDonald | Ray Schnittker | Ward, Arnold, Arden Homestead Stb, Nolamaura Racing |
Dan Patch Award winner finished sixth (1:52.4) from post eight in 3YO debut @ Big M, broke/came back to finish a strong fifth [1:52.1] in another Big M overnight, second [1:52] by a neck in a Zweig consolation, runner up to longshot Slay in a Stanley Dancer Memorial division, post six in second Hambo elim
6 | Pretender
| Muscle Hill | Yannick Gingras | Nancy Takter | Caviart Farms, Fielding, Liverman, McClelland |
Took a mark of 1:51.4 in NJSS on May 13, won NJSS Final in 1:52.1, third [1:54] in a Goodtimes elimination, third [1:52.4] from post seven in Final, third [1:53] in the Zweig Memorial, third in first Stanley Dancer Memorial division, post ten in first Hambo elim
7 | Periculum
| Muscle Hill | Mattias Melander | Marcus Melander | Holly Lane Stud East, Brixton Medical, Taylor |
Won his NJSS 3YO debut in 1:55, third [1:52.2] from post ten in the NJSS Final, fourth [1:52.1] in Reynolds division, second to stablemate Temporal Hanover in Zweig Memorial, fourth in a Stanley Dancer Memorial division, post seven in first Hambo elim
8 | B A Superhero
| Muscle Hill | Tim Tetrick | Lucas Wallin | Winning Key Inc |
Stablemate to Rebuff won his first two 3YO starts, including a 1:54.1 NJSS division in the slop, dominated a Reynolds division in a career best of 1:51.2, fifth in a Stanley Dancer Memorial division, post seven in second Hambo elim
9 | Fast As The Wind
| Cantab Hall | Dexter Dunn | Tony Alagna | Leblanc and Kribbs, Sbrocco, Schmucker, Frank |
Dominated his Goodtimes elimination in 1:53.2, took a new mark of 1:52.2 in Final, second to Rebuff [1:51.4] in a Reynolds division, sixth from post nine in the Zweig Memorial, fifth in a Stanley Dancer Memorial division, post three in first Hambo elim
10 | Slay
| Chapter Seven | Dexter Dunn | Tony Alagna | Crawford Farms Racing, James Crawford IV |
NYSS winner in 1:52.2 @ Vernon Downs on June 10, career best 1:51 upset in second Stanley Dancer Memorial division, gives Tony Alagna two in the Top Ten, post four in second Hambo elim
| Date | Stakes | Site | Winner | Driver | Trainer | 2nd Horse | 3rd Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6 | NJSS 1st Leg | M | TEMPORAL HANOVER | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | CLASSIC HILL | MAJESTIC J | 1:54 |
| May 6 | NJSS 1st Leg | M | B A SUPERHERO | Tim Tetrick | Lucas Wallin | LOOKS LIKE MONI | Saverio Hanover | 1:54.1 |
| May 6 | NJSS 1st Leg | M | PERICULUM | Mattias Melander | Marcus Melander | TACHYON | GAELIHILL | 1:55 |
| May 6 | NJSS 1st Leg | M | VENERABLE | Dave Miller | Nifty Norman | JIGGY JOG S | FASHION SCHOONER | 1:55.1 |
| May 7 | Dexter Cup | Fhld | BRAVE BY DESIGN | Joe Bongiorno | Jennifer Bongiorno | JUSTICE | POUR MEA DOUBLE | 1:57.2 |
| May 13 | NJSS 2nd Leg | M | TEMPORAL HANOVER | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | BRAVE BY DESIGN | VILLAIN | 1:52.3 |
| May 13 | NJSS 2nd Leg | M | PRETENDER | Yannick Gingras | Nancy Takter | TESTING TESTING | B A SUPERHERO | 1:51.4 |
| May 13 | NJSS 2nd Leg | M | LOOKS LIKE MONI | Yannick Gingras | Nancy Takter | Senna | MAJESTIC J | 1:51.4 |
| May 16 | NYSS 1st Leg | Y | JOVIALITY S | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | Little Pink Lies | Deli Tessel | 1:53.2 |
| May 18 | NYSS 1st Leg | Buf | Chapheart | Trond Smedshammer | Trond Smedshammer | CASTLE HOUSE | Valentine Express | 2:00.3 |
| May 27 | NJSS Final | M | PRETENDER | Yannick Gingras | Nancy Takter | TEMPORAL HANOVER | PERICULUM | 1:52.1 |
| May 29 | NYSS 2nd Leg | V | JOVIALITY S | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | Pioneer AS | Little Pink Lies | 1:51.2 |
| June 4 | PASS 1st Leg | Mea | That Ol Bar Stool | Mike Wilder | Robert W Clark | S I P | Famous Feather | 1:54.1 |
| June 10 | NYSS 3rd Leg | VD | BRANDED BY LINDY | Yannick Gingras | Domenico Cecere | CASTLEHOUSE | MIDDLEMAN | 1:54.2 |
| June 12 | PASS 2nd Leg | PcD | DOUBLE DECEIVER | David Miller | Carter Pinske | Kosher Mahoney | DUCASSE | 1:53 |
| June 12 | PASS 2nd Leg | PcD | Dandy | Jacqueline Ingrassia | Frank Ingrassia | S I P | POUR MEA DOUBLE | 1:53.1 |
| June 17 | EBC | V | JOVIALITY S | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | BARE MY SOUL | VALENTINA BLU | 1:51 |
| June 17 | EBC | V | JUSTICE | Ake Svanstedt | Ake Svanstedt | BRANDED BY LINDY | COOL PAPA BELL | 1:53.3 |
| June 10 | Goodtimes Elims | Moh | FAST AS THE WIND | Dexter Dunn | Tony Alagna | Southwind Domino | PRETENDER | 1:53.2 |
| June 10 | Goodtimes Elims | Moh | Twin B Archie | James MacDonald | Scott Mceneny | LOOKS LIKE MONI | WORLD AT WAR DEO | 1:53.1 |
| June 18 | Goodtimes Final | Moh | FAST AS THE WIND | Dexter Dunn | Tony Alagna | Twin B Archie | PRETENDER | 1:52.2 |
| June 24 | Yonkers Trot Elims | Y | JOVIALITY S | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | POUR MEA DOUBLE | SLAY | 1:54 |
| June 24 | Yonkers Trot Elims | Y | JUSTICE | Ake Svanstedt | Ake Svanstedt | DOUBLE DECEIVER | ROBERTSIN | 1:54.1 |
| July 1 | Yonkers Trot | Y | JOVIALITY S | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | DOUBLE DECEIVER | POUR MEA DOUBLE | 1:53.1 |
| July 1 | Reynolds | M | B A SUPERHERO | Tim Tetrick | Marcus Melander | CLASSIC HILL | MAJESTIC J | 1:51.2 |
| July 1 | Reynolds | M | REBUFF | Tim Tetrick | Lucas Wallin | FAST AS THE WIND | Finn Palema | 1:51.3 |
| July 9 | Zweig Memorial | V | TEMPORAL HANOVER | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | PERICULUM | PRETENDER | 1:52.2 |
| July 16 | Stanley Dancer | M | REBUFF | Tim Tetrick | Lucas Wallin | TEMPORAL HANOVER | PRETENDER | 1:49.4 |
| July 16 | Stanley Dancer | M | SLAY | Dexter Dunn | Tony Alagna | KING OF THE NORTH | BRANDED BY LINDY | 1:51 |
| July 16 | Del Miller | M | FASION SCHOONER | Tim Tetrick | Jim Campbell | MANON | DELILAH HANOVER | 1:50.1 |
| July 16 | Stanley Dancer | M | JOVIALITY S | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | VENERABLE | SELFIE QUEEN | 1:50.2 |
| July 30 | Hambo Eliminations | M |
