The Road to the Hambletonian has almost reached its ultimate destination, we’re a little more than a week away from the big day, post positions will be drawn at a Press Conference at Il Villaggio Restaurant on Tuesday at 3pm, and many contenders from our Top 10 will get their last preps in this weekend 1-Corky – a son of Muscles Yankee, who’s the new number one this week despite a fourth from post 10 in the Dancer, winner of the Beal & runner-up in the sires stakes final, could Dave Miller go into the Hall of Fame in style?, one of five prospects for Jimmy Takter, who has three Hambos and just missed last year with Guccio (POST 6, RACE 3 ON SATURDAY) 2-Royalty For Life – by NY sire RC Royalty has gone from the outhouse to the penthouse, early breaks in his first three starts this season, trainer George Ducharme says it’s all in his head & he just needs more racing, a switch to the mile track & Brian Sears yielded a sizzling 1:51.3 qualifier here, then a 1:52 win in the Dancer (POST 5 IN A PREFERRED TROT AT VERNON DOWNS ON SATURDAY WITH CHRIS LEMS DRIVING) 3-Donyouforgetit – Jimmy Takter looking for his fourth Yonkers Trot in five years with this 1:57.1 elimination winner, diminutive Cantab Hall colt with a mark of 1:52.1 was third in the Beal (POST 4 IN THE YONKERS TROT FINAL WITH BRIAN SEARS DRIVING) 4-Wheeling N Dealin – last year’s champion dropped out of the top spot for the first time this week, makes his American debut from POST 8 in RACE 8 SATURDAY, like his sire Cantab Hall went undefeated as a 2YO (nine-for-nine), has now lost his first two sophomore starts against older horses at Mohawk, the connections were eighth-placed seventh last year with Prestidigitator 5-Smilin Eli – Muscles Yankee colt, unraced at two, the sires stakes champion, who’s changed barns to David M. Smith, hasn’t raced in a month & recovering from lingering sickness, Tim Tetrick’s hope for back-to-back Hambletonians (POST 7 IN RACE 8 ON SATURDAY) 6-Spider Blue Chip – Son of Andover Hall peaking at the right time for four-time Hambo winner & Hall of Famer Chuck Sylvester, goes into the eliminations with wins in three of his last four, plus a close second in the Dancer for three-time winning driver Ron Pierce 7-Possessed Fashion – a colt by 2007 champion Donato Hanover, second to Spider Blue Chip in PASS last out, $82,000 Harrisburg buy heading in the right direction for trainer Tom Fanning & six-time winner John Campbell, his stalking & closing style could work well with the return to heat racing 8-Aperfectyankee – Donato Hanover & Muscle Hill are the only two Peter Haughton Memorial winners to come back to win the Hambletonian, this son of Yankee Glide will be well rested off two wins in a row in PA, including a career best 1:53.1 for Jim Oscarsson 9-E L Rocket – Credit Winner colt is an undefeated four-for-four since the Ron Burke acquisition, won twice here, then took two divisions of NYSS, (POST 1 IN RACE 3 ON SATURDAY), Burke has another prospect in Jacks To Open (POST 3 IN RACE 8) 10-All Laid Out – Noel Daley won the 2011 edition with Broad Bahn & was second in 2009 with Explosive Matter, this Yankee Glide colt suddenly came to form winning two in a row in PA, then got wiped out by a breaker (POST 8 IN RACE 3 ON SATURDAY) meadowlandsracetrack
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:25:39 +0000
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