Shartin N Holds Steady Atop Hambo Poll
Stakes winners Atlanta, Greenshoe, and Lather Up are the big movers in this week’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll.
Atlanta, the 2018 Trotter of the Year in the U.S., won the second leg of the Graduate Series for four-year-old trotters at Woodbine Mohawk Park and moves from fifth to second in this week’s rankings.
Greenshoe captured the New Jersey Sire Stakes final for three-year-old male trotters with a season’s best 1:50.2 mile at the Meadowlands Racetrack and jumps from ninth to fifth in the poll.
Lather Up won the second leg of the Graduate Series for four-year-old pacers at Mohawk and goes from unranked to No. 8.
Shartin N, who was idle last week, remains No. 1.
Done Well, who finished fourth in the Camluck Classic, slips from eighth to just outside the Top 10.
The Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, which runs weekly through November, 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 2 – 6/4/2019
| Rank | Name (First Votes) | Age/Gait/Sex | Record | Earnings | Points | Pvs |
| 1 | Shartin N (25) | 6pm | 7-6-0-0 | $369,500 | 335 | 1 |
| 2 | Atlanta (2) | 4tm | 2-2-0-0 | $86,630 | 230 | 5 |
| 3 | Western Fame (2) | 6ph | 8-5-1-1 | $448,800 | 212 | 2 |
| 4 | Captain Crunch (2) | 3pc | 2-2-0-0 | $57,818 | 191 | 3 |
| 5 | Greenshoe (3) | 3tc | 2-2-0-0 | $112,500 | 189 | 9 |
| 6 | Bettor’s Wish | 3pc | 3-3-0-0 | $180,000 | 141 | 4 |
| 7 | Gimpanzee | 3tc | 1-1-0-0 | $104,372 | 101 | 7 |
| 8 | Lather Up | 4ph | 4-3-0-0 | $72,460 | 81 | — |
| 9 | McWicked (1) | 8ph | 1-1-0-0 | $12,580 | 74 | 10 |
| 10 | Courtly Choice | 4ph | 4-2-0-0 | $74,000 | 64 | 6 |
Also: Done Well, Highalator, Rodeo Rock 29; Sunny Dee 22; Bettor Joy N, Caviart Ally, Six Pack 21; Warrawee Ubeaut 17; The Wall, Workin Ona Mystery 16; Guardian Angel As 14; Evident Beauty 13; Century Farroh, Ideal Jimmy, Southwind Ozzi 9; Tequila Monday 7; Queen Of The Pride 5; Sintra 4; Apple Bottom Jeans, Swandre The Giant, Swansea, Thinkbig Dreambig 3; Castle Flight 2; Keystone Abbey, Musical Rhythm 1.
(USTA)