No Change In Racing's Top 10 Poll

There was no movement in the top 10 in this week’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Tuesday (Nov. 9). Therefore, Test Of Faith is the number one ranked horse for the second straight week.

In fact, the only horse in the top 10 that raced in the previous week was number eight ranked Venerable, who won the Matron Stakes for two-year-old filly trotters at Dover Downs.

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.

The final poll will be November 30 following the completion of the Grand Circuit season.

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 25 – November 9, 2021

Rank Name (First Votes) A/S/G Record Earnings (USD) Points Pvs
1 Test Of Faith (24) 3fp 15-13-2-0 $1,005,239 333 1
2 Jujubee (4) 3ct 18-14-3-0 $948,791 269 2
3 Lyons Sentinel (3) 4mp 17-9-2-3 $678,433 215 3
4 Niki Hill (2) 2fp 8-7-1-0 $628,314 204 4
5 Bella Bellini 3ft 17-10-6-0 $1,017,065 165 5
6 Allywag Hanover 4gp 17-9-2-1 $750,750 158 6
7 Perfect Sting 3cp 16-7-8-1 $1,273,847 157 7
8 Venerable (2) 2ft 10-9-0-0 $927,295 153 8
9 Ecurie D DK 5ht 2-2-0-0 $393,000 65 9
10 Atlanta 6mt 11-6-2-1 $398,949 55 10

ALSO: Monte Miki 27; Hot Mess Express 26; Charlie May 25; Ocean Rock 24; Rocknificent 12; Blue Diamond Eyes, Captain Corey 7; Bulldog Hanover 6; Manchego 5; Dover In Motion 3; King Of The North, Treacherous Dragon 2; Desperate Man, Joviality S, Prohibition Legal, Southwind Arturo, This Is The Plan 1.

(USTA)

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The Matrons, on Thurs, are the last major stakes races of the year for 3yopf's, 3yotf's, and 3yotc's. (3yopc's still have The Progress Pace, on Nov. 24) Since Jujubee, #2 in the poll, isn't entered in The Matron, his racing season is over. Test of Faith has such a stranglehold on #1 in the poll that as long as she simply finishes in the money in her Matron event, that should be enough to wrap up US HOTY honors for 2021. That shouldn't be difficult, because she has never finished worse than 2nd in a race in her life.

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