Ken Warkentin's Final Hambo Rankings
#1 Winner’s Bet
Dexter Dunn, Domenico Cecere, Lindy Farms of Conn, Robert Rudolph
William Wellwood Memorial winner two for-two on Lasix as a 3YO, Reynolds division in 1:52.2, shot home in :26.1 for a new mark of 1:51 in a Dancer division, fourth with tough post ten trip in second Hambo elimination, Dexter Dunn looks for his first Hambletonian
#2 Oh Well
Tim Tetrick, Marcus Melander, S R F Stable
Second (1:52.2) in 3YO debut, then just missed in 1:52, second in NJSS Final, second (1:51.4) in a Reynolds division, new mark of 1:51.2 in a Dancer division, second in the first Hambo elimination, Tetrick looks for his second Hambletonian
#3 Celebrity Bambino
Yannick Gingras, Ron Burke, Burke Racing Stable, J & T Silva Stables, Knox Services, Phil Collura
Rallied to win a 1:51.3 Reynolds division, fourth (1:51.4) in a Dancer division, took a new mark of 1:50.4 in the second Hambo elimination, Gingras said, “I expected a lot from this colt all along. All through the wire he was trotting strong.”
#4 French Wine
Andy Miller, Julie Miller, Andy Miller Stable, Daniel & Jean Christophe Plouffe, One Legend Stable
Won KY Championship at two, PASS winner in 1:53.3 on July 2, solid runner up in the second elimination, Team Orange Crush have had a second & two thirds in Hambo Finals
#5 Point Of Perfect
David Miller, ,Ron Burke, Burke Racing Stable, Hatfield Stables, Jerry & Theresa Silva Stables, Knox Services
Peaking perfectly fresh off a new mark of 1:51.2 with a 16-1 elimination upset, Gingras noted, “The breaks he made, it was always when he was on the move, Ronnie changed a few things around and he’s got him on point now.”
#6 Up Your Deo
Ake Svanstedt, Suleyman Yuksel Stables, Deo Volente Farms, Van Camp Trotting Corp.
Set a track record of 1:53.1 in a Yonkers Trot elimination, romped in 1:53.3 Final, fifth in second Hambo elimination after missing a month, Ake Svanstedt seeks his third Hambletonian
#8 Southwind Coors
James MacDonald, Matthew Bax, Bax Stable, Glengate Farms, David Richard Hudson, Craig Wilson
Goodtimes winner in 1:52, second (1:52.1) by a neck to Gaines Hanover in his elimination, then nosed out that rival in the final, fifth from post eight in first Hambo elimination
#9 Tactical Approach
Scott Zeron, Nancy Takter, Robert Leblanc, John Fielding, Joe Sbrocco & Jaf Racing
Took a 1:51.1 mark on June 23, third (1:51.4) in Reynolds division, third (1:51.1) in Dancer division, finished third in the second Hambo elimination, Nancy Takter was second in 2020 Ready For Moni, Scott Zeron goes for his third Hambletonian
#7 Osceola
Doug McNair, Gregg McNair, Gregg McNair, Willow Oak Ranch, Paul Hawman
Ontario-based son of Muscle Mass with a mark of 1:53.1 @ Mohawk, Hambo debut for father & son team of Gregg & Doug McNair, finished third in the first elimination after three weeks off
#10 Ghostly Casper
Brian Sears, Benoit Baillargeon, Benoit Baillargeon, Teresa Davidson, Santo & Nunzio Vena
Ontario-based son of Resolve with a mark of 1:53.3 @ Mohawk, finished fourth in the first Hambo elimination after three weeks off, Brian Sears goes for a Hambletonian grandslam
