Catch The Fire, Charlie May Make Top 10

Published: August 17, 2021 02:45 pm EDT

Catch The Fire and Charlie May joined the Top 10 in the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll as every horse in the upper echelon of this week’s voting received at least 100 points.

It is the first time since Week 8 in 2018, a span of 81 polls, that every horse in the Top 10 tallied triple digits.

The top five horses in the rankings — Manchego, Captain Corey, Hot Mess Express, Atlanta, and Lyons Sentinel — did not race and were unchanged from last week.

Test Of Faith, who won a division of the New York Sire Stakes, moved from eighth to sixth in the poll. She was followed by Dan Patch Stakes winner Catch The Fire and Carl Milstein Memorial champion Charlie May, whose time of 1:48.4 at Northfield was the fastest ever for a three-year-old pacer on a half-mile oval.

Bella Bellini and King Of The North, both idle last week, completed the Top 10.

Manchego received 31 of 35 first-place votes while Hot Mess Express got one and Charlie May garnered three.

This Is The Plan, who was fifth in the Dan Patch Stakes, and Venerable dropped from the Top 10. Venerable, who won the second leg of the Kentucky Championship Series, gained 15 points from last week but saw her total of 90 points leave her one spot shy of the Top 10.

The Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll does not determine Horse of the Year. The members of the U.S. Harness Writers Association vote on all Dan Patch Award division winners plus Trotter of the Year, Pacer of the Year and Horse of the Year.

Rankings based on the votes of harness racing media representatives on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.

Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown Standardbred Poll: Week 13 – 8/17/2021

Rank Name (First Votes) A/S/G Record Earnings Points Pvs
1 Manchego (31) 6mt 7-6-0-1 $419,755 344 1
2 Captain Corey 3ct 5-3-1-0 $583,695 250 2
3 Hot Mess Express (1) 3fp 7-7-0-0 $314,590 219 3
4 Atlanta 6mt 5-3-1-0 $198,346 162 4
5 Lyons Sentinel 4mp 10-4-1-2 $270,908 139 5
6 Test Of Faith 3fp 7-6-1-0 $207,050 126 8
7 Catch The Fire 4hp 10-7-1-1 $335,863 118
8 Charlie May (3) 3gp 12-5-4-0 $399,850 116
9 Bella Bellini 3ft 11-7-4-0 $382,585 114 7
10 King Of The North 2ct 5-5-0-0 $274,390 107 9

ALSO: Venerable 90; This Is The Plan 54; Nicholas Beach 17; Winning Ticket 13; Allywag Hanover 9; Beads 8; Bulldog Hanover, Hellabalou, Pebble Beach 6; Perfect Sting, Rockyroad Hanover 5; Betterhavemymoney 3; Ahundreddollarbill, So Much More 2; Batterup Hanover, Lawless Shadow, Ponda Warrior, Southwind Gendry 1.

(USTA)

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