A jaw-dropping performance by Somebeachsomewhere in last Saturday's Meadowlands Pace elimination has fans and horsemen buzzing all over the world, and the performance was more than enough to earn the pacer bragging rights for the fifth consecutive week in the Hambletonian/Breeders Crown Standardbred Poll.
The son of Mach Three took down 25 of this week's first-place votes, which evidently is one vote short of the number of first-place votes he received one week ago.
Deweycheatumnhowe's romp in the Stanley Dancer Memorial Trot kept his undefeated record intact, and it was good enough to earn Ray Schnittker's star student five first-place votes and a second-place overall ranking in this week's poll.
Mister Big, fresh off defending his title in the Wm. R. Haughton Memorial, was another performer that climbed the chart. The son of Grinfromeartoear soared from eighth to fourth in the standings even thought he didn't pick up any of the first-place votes.
The top ten performers in Week 10 of the poll are listed below along with their total points based on voting. The number of first place votes for certain horses are noted in brackets.
2008 Hambletonian/Breeders Crown Standardbred Poll
1. Somebeachsomewhere (25) - 334 pts
2. Deweycheatumnhowe (5) - 269 pts
3. Buck I St Pat (4) - 261 pts
4. Mister Big – 224 pts
5. Badlands Nitro (1) – 185 pts
6. Artistic Fella – 169 pts
7. Snow White – 105 pts
8. Mister Feelgood – 100 pts
9. Lantern Kronos – 78 pts
10. Southwind Tempo – 68 pts