East Rutherford, NJ – Marcus Melander’s two trainees, Dancinginthedark M and Sonofamistery, take the top two spots in Ken Warkentin’s Road to the Hambletonian Week 10.
Two eight-horse $50,000 eliminations will be contested Saturday, with the top-five finishers from each group advancing to the $1 million Hambletonian final on Aug. 7. For all things Hambo visit TheHambo.com. #Hambo21.
Rank | Horse | Driver, Trainer, Owner | Ken Warkentinās Comments |
1 | Dancinginthedark M
(Readly Express) |
Tim Tetrick, Marcus Melander, Menhammer Stuteri Ab |
Fresh off a 1:51.4 Reynolds division he reeled off a 1:50.1 Stanley Dancer division, 2-1 ML favorite from post seven in first elimination (Race 6) leads a solid Melander 1-2 punch |
2 |
Sonofamistery(Muscle Hill) |
Brian Sears, Marcus Melander, S R F Stable, Holly Lane Stud East LTD. |
Won a 3YO Open @ Big M in 1:51.2 on June 11, from off the pace he took a mark 1:50.2 from post seven in the slop in a Dancer division, 3-1 ML from post six in first elimination |
3 | Johan Palema
(Bar Hopping) |
Yannick Gingras, Ake Svandstedt, Bender Sweden, Inc |
1:53.2 PASS winner @ The Meadows, won a Yonkers Trot elimination/Final, career best of 1:50.4 in a Big M overnight on July 16, 5-2 ML favorite + post three in second elimination (Race 10) |
4 | Captain Corey
(Googoo Gaagaa) |
Ake Svanstedt, S R F Stable, Knutsson Trotting, Midnight Sun Partners, Ake Svanstedt |
PASS champion won his 3YO debut in a career best of 1:53, sharp 1:53 Big M qualifier on July 10, second (1:50.3) to Sonofamistery in a Dancer division, 5-1 ML from post seven in second elimination |
5 | Ambassador Hanover
(Chapter Seven) |
Ake Svanstedt, Ake Svanstedt Inc, Order By Stable, Howard Taylor, Judith Taylor |
Second in the Empire Breeders Classic & Yonkers Trot elimination & Final, took a mark of 1:52.3 in a Tompkins-Geers division, 9-2 ML from post five in first elimination |
6 | Delayed Hanover
(Southwind Frank) |
Dexter Dunn, Melby Gard Inc, Ake Svanstedt Inc |
Won his first two 3YO starts in PASS, 1:53 @ Pocono & 1:55 @ Phl, second (1:50.3) to Dancinginthedark M in a Dancer division, 5-1 ML from post three in first elimination |
7 | Really fast
(Muscle Hill) |
Dexter Dunn, Nancy Takter, Brixton Medical Inc, Hatfield Stables, Marvin Katz, Al Libfeld |
Unraced at two, scored a NJSS Final upset in 1:52.2, new mark of 1:51.2 in a Big M qualifier on July 17, 1:51.2 again in a Tompkins-Geers division, 3-1 ML from post five in second elimination |
8 | In Range
(Bar Hopping) |
Tim Tetrick, Marcus Melander, AMG Stable Inc., Kenneth Kjellgren, Tomas Hans Asell, Rick T. Wahlstedt |
PASS winner in 1:52.3 @ The Meadows, third in Yonkers Trot elimination/Final, third (1:51) to Johan Palema in a Big M overnight on July 16, 8-1 ML from post four in second elimination |
9 | Venerate
(Love You) |
Andy Miller, Julie Miller, Pinske Stables, Andy Miller Stable |
Dan Patch Award winner, gallant post nine 1:52.1 winner in the slop in the Reynolds, broke in a Dancer division, third (1:52.4) in a Tompkins-GeersĀ division, 4-1 ML from post six in second elimination |
10 | Cuatro De Julio
(Trixton) |
Lucas Wallin, Marie Ortolan Bar, D Farm LLC |
1:53.1 NJSS division winner, second (1:52.2) in the NJSS Final, third (1:51) in the second Dancer division, 8-1 ML from the rail in first elimination |