Lucky Jim’s 13-for-13 record in 2009 has earned him the top spot for the eighth straight week in this year’ s
Hambletonian/Breeders Crown Standardbred Poll, but a couple of talented pacers garnered a few of this week’s first-place votes.
Julie Miller’s star student earned 31 of this week’s first-place votes, but Southwind Tempo and Well Said each picked up a pair of first-place votes.
Southwind Tempo cruised to an impressive 1:50.1 victory in last Friday’s $246,000 Lady Liberty at The Meadowlands and Well Said dropped jaws at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday night when he stepped to a Canadian record clocking of 1:48.1 in the $1.5-million Pepsi North America Cup.
Rank – Name – Points - 1st place votes
1. Lucky Jim - 340 (31)
2. Southwind Tempo - 277 (2)
3. Muscle Hill - 203
4. Well Said 196 (2)
5. Winbak Speed – 152
6. Mister Big - 130
7. Foiled Again – 129
8. Buck I St Pat – 101
9. Bettor Sweet - 73
9. Not Enough - 73
Also earning points were: Yellow Diamond (62), Dial Or Nodial (31), Classic Lane (30), Federal Flex, Mr Wiggles (23), If I Can Dream (13), Art Colony (12), Keep It Real (10), American Lane (7), Explosive Matter, Russell Hill, Shark Gesture, Southern Rocketop (6), Anders Bluestone (4), Arch Madness, Honorable Daughter (3), Corleone Kosmos, Desperate Housewife, Passmaster Hanover (2), Straight Shooting, TP Lucy (1).