Weekend winners Caviart Ally and Papi Rob Hanover both moved into the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown top 10 for the first time this season, while the top three — Shartin N, Bettors Wish, and Greenshoe — remained unchanged.
Caviart Ally beat Shartin N by a nose in the TVG Mare Pace championship and was seventh in this week’s rankings. Papi Rob Hanover won the Governor’s Cup and was eighth.
Shartin N, pictured in victory.
Bettors Wish finished second against older horses in the TVG Open Pace and gained five first-place votes and narrowed the gap with Shartin N to 20 points, down from 52 a week ago. Shartin N has 23 first-place votes, a loss of two from last week.
Greenshoe, who is retired, saw his first-place votes cut in half, to three.
Tall Dark Stranger, who was idle, returned to the top 10 as Atlanta, who was second in the TVG Mare Trot, and McWicked, who was fifth in the TVG Open Pace, dropped out. Also dropping from the top 10 was the retired Lather Up.
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 released Dec. 3.
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 27 – 11/26/2019
| Rank | Name (First Votes) | A/G/S | Record | Earnings | Points | Pvs |
| 1 | Shartin N (23) | 6pm | 19-15-3-0 | $982,177 | 322 | 1 |
| 2 | Bettors Wish (8) | 3pc | 19-13-6-0 | $1,643,745 | 302 | 2 |
| 3 | Greenshoe (3) | 3tc | 13-10-3-0 | $1,277,049 | 255 | 3 |
| 4 | Manchego (1) | 4tm | 17-8-1-0 | $585,788 | 204 | 5 |
| 5 | Warrawee Ubeaut | 3pf | 19-12-2-3 | $950,610 | 174 | 4 |
| 6 | Gimpanzee | 3tc | 14-8-1-2 | $1,128,753 | 134 | 6 |
| 7 | Caviart Ally | 5pm | 19-9-7-3 | $672,215 | 104 | — |
| 8 | Papi Rob Hanover | 2pc | 12-6-4-2 | $754,774 | 63 | — |
| 9 | Real Cool Sam | 2tg | 10-9-0-0 | $497,774 | 58 | 7 |
| 10 | Tall Dark Stranger | 2pc | 9-8-1-0 | $717,514 | 57 | — |
ALSO: Atlanta 55; McWicked 44; Lather Up 40; Six Pack 39; Captain Crunch 14; When Dovescry 9; Emoticon Hanover, Forbidden Trade, Senorita Rita 8; Southwind Ozzi 6; Lyons Sentinel 5; Amigo Volo, JK First Lady 4; Sister Sledge 3; Elver Hanover 2; Always A Prince, Bold Eagle, Winndevie 1.
(USTA)
The final Top 10 poll of the
The final Top 10 poll of the year is next Tues, but there's really no need to have another one. Every horse in the top 10 is done racing in 2019. In fact, the only horse still racing which received a single vote is Captain Crunch, who will make the final start of his career tomorrow night at Dover Downs in The Progress Pace.