Perfect Sting and Southwind Gendry both tasted defeat in their respective Pennsylvania Sire Stakes events on Sunday (May 16) but still cling to the top two spots in Week 3 of Dave Little's "Road to the Meadowlands Pace."

A pair of Tony Alagna trainees — Exploit and Abuckabett Hanover — climbed to the third and fourth spots with impressive wins, while One Eight Hundred debuts in the poll at No. 5.

Little's full rankings and commentary appear below.

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(Meadowlands)