Ken Warkentin's Final 2022 Road to the Hambletonian
Final Week - 2022 Road to the Hambletonian
The 2022 Hambletonian will take place Saturday, August 6
Meadowlands Racetrack
East Rutherford, NJ – Ken Warkentin ranks the ten Hambletonian contenders going into Saturday’s $1 million Hambletonian. #hambo22
1 | Rebuff
| Muscle Hill | Tim Tetrick | Lucas Wallin | Andersen, Wallin, Delis |
Breeders Crown champion three-for-three in 2022, won his 3YO debut in a Reynolds division in 1:51.3, equaled a 1:49.4 track record in a Stanley Dancer Memorial division, cruised in 1:52.2 elimination, Tim Tetrick won 2012 Hambo with Market Share, drew the rail
2 | Joviality S
| Chapter Seven | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | Courant Inc. |
Six-for-seven as a 3YO, 1:51.2 NYSS romp @ Vernon & 1:51 in EBC for fillies, beat the boys in 1:53.1 Yonkers Trot, career best 1:50.2 in Del Miller Memorial division, close third in second elimination, Brian Sears seeks Hambo grandslam, post two
3 | Temporal Hanover
| Walner | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | AMG Stb, Kjellgren, Wahlstedt, Heights Stb |
Second by a neck [1:52.1] in NJSS Final, won the Zweig Memorial in 1:52.2, second to Rebuff in track record Stanley Dancer Memorial division, game runner up in second elimination, Orjan Kihlstrom finished fifth with Evaluate in 2018 Hambo, post seven
4 | Jiggy Jog S
| Walner | Dexter Dunn | Ake Svanstedt | Jorgen Sparredal Inc |
Four wins & two seconds in six starts this season, won the Zweig for fillies in 1:53.3, equaled her lifetime mark of 1:52.2 with elimination upset, Ake Svanstedt looks for his third Hambo, post five, Dexter Dunn’s choice over Fast As The Wind
5 | Fast As The Wind
| Cantab Hall | Dexter Dunn | Tony Alagna | Leblanc and Kribbs, Sbrocco, Schmucker, Frank |
Won the Goodtimes Final in a career best 1:52.2, second to Rebuff [1:51.4] in a Reynolds division, second to Rebuff in his elimination, Tony Alagna won the 2020 edition with Ramona Hill, post three, switches to Big M leading driver Yannick Gingras
6 | Cool Papa Bell
| Chapter Seven | Todd McCarthy | Jim Campbell | Runthetable Stables |
Followed up a 1:54.2 NYSS blowout @ Yonkers with a third in the first elimination, Jim Campbell won the 1995 Hambo with Tagliabue & finished fifth last year with Take All Comers, post six, 2021 Rising Star Todd McCarthy makes his Hambletonian debut
7 | Periculum
| Muscle Hill | Mattias Melander | Marcus Melander | Holly Lane Stud East, Brixton Medical, Taylor |
Third in the NJSS Final, second to stablemate Temporal Hanover in Zweig Memorial, fourth in the first elimination, Marcus Melander also had three finalists in 2020 & 2019, post nine
8 | King Of The North
| Walner | Mark MacDonald | Ray Schnittker | Ward, Arnold, Arden Homestead Stb, Nolamaura Racing |
Dan Patch Award winner finished second by a neck in a Zweig consolation, runner up to Slay in a Stanley Dancer Memorial division, fourth in second Hambo elim, Ray Schnittker won the 2008 Hambo with Deweycheatumnhowe, post eight, Mark MacDonald makes his Hambletonian debut
9 | Keg Stand
| Bar Hopping | Dave Miller | Nancy Takter | Black Horse Racing, Christina Takter, John Fielding |
Three-for-three this season, won a pair of PASS events in 1:53.1 & 1:53, Nancy Takter was second in last two with Spy Booth & Ready For Moni, her father Jimmy Takter has won four Hambos, Dave Miller has finished third in three Hambo Finals, post four
10 | Looks Like Moni
| Muscle Hill | Andrew McCarthy | Nancy Takter | Brittany Farms, Marvin Katz, Al Libfeld |
Lone 3YO win was 1:51.4 career best in NJSS on May 13, Nancy Takter was second in last two with Spy Booth & Ready For Moni, Dave Miller has finished third in three Hambo Finals, post ten, Andrew McCarthy won his first with the filly Ramona Hill in 2020
| Date | Stakes | Site | Winner | Driver | Trainer | 2nd Horse | 3rd Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6 | NJSS 1st Leg | M | TEMPORAL HANOVER | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | CLASSIC HILL | MAJESTIC J | 1:54 |
| May 6 | NJSS 1st Leg | M | B A SUPERHERO | Tim Tetrick | Lucas Wallin | LOOKS LIKE MONI | Saverio Hanover | 1:54.1 |
| May 6 | NJSS 1st Leg | M | PERICULUM | Mattias Melander | Marcus Melander | TACHYON | GAELIHILL | 1:55 |
| May 6 | NJSS 1st Leg | M | VENERABLE | Dave Miller | Nifty Norman | JIGGY JOG S | FASHION SCHOONER | 1:55.1 |
| May 7 | Dexter Cup | Fhld | BRAVE BY DESIGN | Joe Bongiorno | Jennifer Bongiorno | JUSTICE | POUR MEA DOUBLE | 1:57.2 |
| May 13 | NJSS 2nd Leg | M | TEMPORAL HANOVER | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | BRAVE BY DESIGN | VILLAIN | 1:52.3 |
| May 13 | NJSS 2nd Leg | M | PRETENDER | Yannick Gingras | Nancy Takter | TESTING TESTING | B A SUPERHERO | 1:51.4 |
| May 13 | NJSS 2nd Leg | M | LOOKS LIKE MONI | Yannick Gingras | Nancy Takter | Senna | MAJESTIC J | 1:51.4 |
| May 16 | NYSS 1st Leg | Y | JOVIALITY S | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | Little Pink Lies | Deli Tessel | 1:53.2 |
| May 18 | NYSS 1st Leg | Buf | Chapheart | Trond Smedshammer | Trond Smedshammer | CASTLE HOUSE | Valentine Express | 2:00.3 |
| May 27 | NJSS Final | M | PRETENDER | Yannick Gingras | Nancy Takter | TEMPORAL HANOVER | PERICULUM | 1:52.1 |
| May 29 | NYSS 2nd Leg | V | JOVIALITY S | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | Pioneer AS | Little Pink Lies | 1:51.2 |
| June 4 | PASS 1st Leg | Mea | That Ol Bar Stool | Mike Wilder | Robert W Clark | S I P | Famous Feather | 1:54.1 |
| June 10 | NYSS 3rd Leg | VD | BRANDED BY LINDY | Yannick Gingras | Domenico Cecere | CASTLEHOUSE | MIDDLEMAN | 1:54.2 |
| June 12 | PASS 2nd Leg | PcD | DOUBLE DECEIVER | David Miller | Carter Pinske | Kosher Mahoney | DUCASSE | 1:53 |
| June 12 | PASS 2nd Leg | PcD | Dandy | Jacqueline Ingrassia | Frank Ingrassia | S I P | POUR MEA DOUBLE | 1:53.1 |
| June 17 | EBC | V | JOVIALITY S | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | BARE MY SOUL | VALENTINA BLU | 1:51 |
| June 17 | EBC | V | JUSTICE | Ake Svanstedt | Ake Svanstedt | BRANDED BY LINDY | COOL PAPA BELL | 1:53.3 |
| June 10 | Goodtimes Elims | Moh | FAST AS THE WIND | Dexter Dunn | Tony Alagna | Southwind Domino | PRETENDER | 1:53.2 |
| June 10 | Goodtimes Elims | Moh | Twin B Archie | James MacDonald | Scott Mceneny | LOOKS LIKE MONI | WORLD AT WAR DEO | 1:53.1 |
| June 18 | Goodtimes Final | Moh | FAST AS THE WIND | Dexter Dunn | Tony Alagna | Twin B Archie | PRETENDER | 1:52.2 |
| June 24 | Yonkers Trot Elims | Y | JOVIALITY S | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | POUR MEA DOUBLE | SLAY | 1:54 |
| June 24 | Yonkers Trot Elims | Y | JUSTICE | Ake Svanstedt | Ake Svanstedt | DOUBLE DECEIVER | ROBERTSIN | 1:54.1 |
| July 1 | Yonkers Trot | Y | JOVIALITY S | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | DOUBLE DECEIVER | POUR MEA DOUBLE | 1:53.1 |
| July 1 | Reynolds | M | B A SUPERHERO | Tim Tetrick | Marcus Melander | CLASSIC HILL | MAJESTIC J | 1:51.2 |
| July 1 | Reynolds | M | REBUFF | Tim Tetrick | Lucas Wallin | FAST AS THE WIND | Finn Palema | 1:51.3 |
| July 9 | Zweig Memorial | V | TEMPORAL HANOVER | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | PERICULUM | PRETENDER | 1:52.2 |
| July 16 | Stanley Dancer | M | REBUFF | Tim Tetrick | Lucas Wallin | TEMPORAL HANOVER | PRETENDER | 1:49.4 |
| July 16 | Stanley Dancer | M | SLAY | Dexter Dunn | Tony Alagna | KING OF THE NORTH | BRANDED BY LINDY | 1:51 |
| July 16 | Del Miller | M | FASION SCHOONER | Tim Tetrick | Jim Campbell | MANON | DELILAH HANOVER | 1:50.1 |
| July 16 | Stanley Dancer | M | JOVIALITY S | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | VENERABLE | SELFIE QUEEN | 1:50.2 |
| July 30 | Hambo Eliminations | M |
