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
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