Handicapping Contest Update

Published: November 21, 2017 03:32 pm EST

Rusty Nash has maintained his lead for the sixth straight week going into the penultimate leg of the 2017 Hambletonian Society Grand Circuit Handicapping Challenge with Gordon Waterstone in hot pursuit.

However, the top handicapper for the week was last year’s champion, Jay Hochstetler, who correctly selected three winners out of the four races on the Matron Stakes card which was contested on Thursday, November 16.

With his three winners for the day, Hochstetler had a daily net profit of $21.40, $9.20 ahead of Matt Rose, who nailed two winners on the card. Finishing third for the day was Dennis O’Hara, who had a net profit of $1.40.

As Nash and Waterstone came up with the same horses this week, Nash maintained his 23.7 point advantage over Waterstone. While next week has eight races scheduled for the contest slate, it appears the two leaders are competing for gold and silver positions while the next five handicappers (Anne Stepien, Megan Maccario, Sally Hinckley, Rose, and O’Hara) will be competing for the final pay-off position over the final two contest legs.

Next Up: November 25 is the final Saturday night of the handicapping challenge with the Final Four and TVG series finals being contested at the Meadowlands.

On November 30, the contest concludes with the Progress Stakes at Dover Downs.

(HANA)

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