DANCINGINTHEDARK Takes Over Top Spot in Ken Warkentin's Road to the Hambletonian

Week Eight– July 15

The 2021 Hambletonian will take place Saturday, August 7

 

East Rutherford, NJ – Dancinginthedark M vaults to #1 in week 8 of Ken Warkentin’s Road to the Hambletonian.  Only two horses in Ken’s top ten are not racing this weekend – Locatelli and Ambassador Hanover.  The other eight are all racing at the Meadowlands Racetrack this weekend.  For all things Hambletonian visit thehambo.com. #hambo21.

1 | Dancinginthedark M

Won his 3YO debut in 1:52.3 in an overnight @ Big M on June 4, repeated in 1:52.1 on June 18, broke/distanced on June 26, took a mark of 1:51.4 in a Reynolds division in a driving rain on July 10, drew the rail in the first Stanley Dancer division on July 17

| M1 Prep | Reynolds |

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2 | Venerate

Dan Patch Award winner won his first two qualifiers, broke in his 3YO debut @ Big M on June 26, rebounded with a parked out post nine 1:52.1 score in the slop in a Reynolds division on July 10, post three in the second Dancer division

| Reynolds | Qualifier | 2nd Qualifier |

3 | In Range

Won his 3YO debut in a career best of 1:52.3 in PASS @ The Meadows, broke/seventh in PASS @ Pocono, fourth placed third (1:52) @ Big M on June 11, third in a Yonkers Trot elimination, third in Final, post seven in a Big M overnight on July 16

| PA Sire Stakes |

4 | Johan Palema

Took a mark of 1:53.2 in his PASS 3YO debut @ The Meadows, second to stablemate Ambassador Hanover in a 1:53 PASS division @ Pocono, won a Yonkers Trot elimination in 1:54.1, wire-to-wire in Final (1:55 in slop), post five in a Big M overnight on July 16

| MGM Yonkers Trot Final | MGM Yonkers Trot Elim |

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5 | Sonofamistery

Third in the NJSS Final, wire-to-wire in a 3YO Open @ Big M in a career best of 1:51.2 (:27.3) on June 11, lapped on break on June 25 & placed second (1:51.1), broke late again/second (1:52.1) in a Reynolds division, post seven in the second Dancer division

| M1 Prep|

6 | Locatelli

NJSS division winner in 1:52.4, fifth in the NJSS Final, a close second to Sonofamistery & placed first in 1:51.1 in an overnight on June 26, third (1:53) in a Reynolds division on July 10, not in to go

| NJSS | M1 Prep |

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7 | Take All Comers

1:52.3 Bluegrass winner at two, followed up a 1:53.2 PASS upset @ Phl on June 23 with a second (1:52) in a Reynolds division in rain storm conditions on July 10, post five in the first Dancer division

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8 | Captain Corey

2YO PASS champion romped to a new mark of 1:53 in his 2021 debut, then broke on June 23, rebounded with a sharp 1:53 Big M qualifier on July 10, post two in the second Dancer division

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9 | Cuatro De Julio

Won 3YO debut in a 1:53.1 NJSS division, then second (1:52.3), second again (1:52.2) in the NJSS Final, won a Red Mile qualifier in 1:56.2 on June 30, post five in the second Dancer division

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10 | Ambassador Hanover

Three-time NYSS winner at two, took a mark of 1:53 in his 3YO debut @ Vernon Downs on June 4, second in the EBC & Yonkers Trot elimination & Final, 1:55.3 NYSS winner @ Yonkers on July 13

KEY PREP RACES

Hambletonian Eligibles in Caps

Date Stakes Site Winner Driver Trainer 2nd Horse 3rd Horse Time
May 1 Dexter Cup Fhld Incommunicado Yannick Gingras Ake Svanstedt Sunny Crockett Fifty Ways 1:56.3
May 14 NJSS M CUATRO DE JULIO Lucas Wallin Marie Ortolan Bar MON AMOUR LOCATELLI 1:53.1
May 14 NJSS M LINDYSMUSCLEMANIA Dexter Dunn Ake Svanstedt REALLY FAST BEE FOREVER 1:51.4
May 14 NJSS M Narzario Ake Svanstedt Ake Svanstedt KILDARE KING CRICKET FASHION 1:53
May 15 PASS Mea Whiskey Blue Dan Charlino Ron Burke Capstone Mister Boinga 1:53.4
May 15 PASS Mea IN RANGE Tim Tetrick Marcus Melander Jujubee Lepanto 1:52.3
May 15 PASS Mea JOHAN PALEMA Ake Svanstedt Ake Svanstedt ARNOLD N DICKY TAKE ALL COMERS 1:53.2
May 21 NJSS M LOCATELLI Yannick Gingras Nancy Takter SONOFAMISTERY CRICKET FASHION 1:52.4
May 21 NJSS M MON AMOUR Yannick Gingras Ake Svanstedt CUATRO DE JULIO KILDARE KING 1:52
May 28 NJSS Final M REALLY FAST Yannick Gingras Nancy Takter CUATRO DE JULIO SONOFAMISTERY 1:52.2
May 31 PASSl PcD Jujubee Tony Hall Greg Wright JrNancy Takter Capstone Ceffyl Dwr 1:54.4
May 31 PASS PcD CAPTAIN COREY Ake Svanstedt Ake Svanstedt Lepanto Fifty Ways 1:53.4
May 31 PASSl PcD DELAYED HANOVER Ake Svanstedt Ake Svanstedt Johan Palema Type A 1:53
June 11 Prep 3YO Open SONOFAMISTERY Brian Sears Marcus Melander CALLE PALEMA IN RANGE 1:51.2
June 23 PASS Phi DELAYED HANOVER Ake Svanstedt Ake Svanstedt Jujubee TYPE A 1:55
June 23 PASS Phl TAKE ALL COMERS David Miller Jim Campbell GOODASHIM FLY LIGHT 1:53.2
July 10 Reynolds M DANCINGINTHEDARK Tim Tetrick Marcus Melander TAKE ALL COMERS ZENITH STRIDE 1:51.4
July 10 Reynolds M VENERATE Andy Miller Julie Miller SONOFAMISTERY JULIE MILLER 1:52.1
July 13 NYSS YR AMBASSADOR HANOVER Ake Svanstedt Ake Svanstedt Credit Con Steel 1:55.3
July 17 Dancer M
July 17 Dancer M
July 23 PASS Mea
July 24 Tompkins-Geers M
July 31 Hambo Eliminations M
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