New Number One in Warkentin's Road to the Hambletonian Week 6 (Copy)

The 2023 Hambletonian will take place Saturday, August 5

Week Eight – Issued Thursday, July 20

Meadowlands Racetrack

East Rutherford, NJ – Oh Well moves into the top spot in Week 8 of Ken Warkentin’s Road to the Hambletonian after and impressive wire to wire victory in a Stanley Dancer Memorial division.  Winner’s Bet also makes his debut on the Road to the Hambletonian ranked fifth after his impressive 1:51 win in his Dancer division.

#1 Oh Well

Tim Tetrick, Marcus Melander, S R F Stable

Second (1:52.2) in 3YO debut, then just missed in 1:52, second in NJSS Final, second (1:51.4) in a Reynolds division, wire-to-wire for a new mark of 1:51.2 in a Dancer division

#2 Air Power

Andrew McCarthy, Marcus Melander, Amg Stable Inc., Rick Wahlstedt, Kenneth Kjellgren, Heights Stable

Won his 3YO debut in 1:52.1, then a 1:51 NJSS division, career best 1:50.4 NJSS Final, second with a :25.3 in a Reynolds division, broke & sixth-placed eighth in Stanley Dancer Memorial division

#3 Kierkegaard K

Ake Svanstedt, Knutsson Trotting Inc.

Wire-to-wire in 1:53 NYSS, equaled the Vernon Downs all-age track record of 1:50.3 in an EBC division, dominated a Yonkers Trot elimination in 1:54.3, broke/sixth in that Final, rebounded with a solid second (1:51.4) in a Stanley Dancer Memorial division

#4 Up Your Deo

Ake Svanstedt, Suleyman Yuksel Stables, Deo Volente Farms, Van Camp Trotting Corp.

First win in 3YO debut @ The Big M from post 11 in 1:52 in the slop, third (1:51) going first over in NJSS Final, set a track record of 1:53.1 in a Yonkers Trot elimination, romped in Final in 1:53.3

#5 Winner’s Bet

Dexter Dunn, Domenico Cecere, Lindy Farms of Conn, Robert Rudolph

William Wellwood Memorial winner two for-two on Lasix as a 3YO, tripped out to win a Reynolds division in 1:52.2, shot home in :26.1 for a new mark of 1:51 in a Dancer division

#6 Kilmister

Brian Sears, Marcus Melander, Courant, Inc.

Peter Haughton Memorial winner, won an EBC division in 1:52.4 (:26.3), strong second (1:51) from post eight in a Dancer division, Melander has had three Hambo finalists in three of last four years

#7 Southwind Coors

Scott Zeron, Matthew Bax, Bax Stable, Glengate Farms, David Richard Hudson, Craig Wilson

Just one for 11 as a 2YO, yet has matured into a Goodtimes winner in 1:52, second (1:52.1) by a neck to Gaines Hanover in his elimination, then nosed out that rival in the final, cruised in 1:52.4 overnight @ Mohawk on July 10

#8 Tactical Approach

Scott Zeron, Nancy Takter, Robert Leblanc, John Fielding, Joe Sbrocco & Jaf Racing

Won his first two 3YO starts, a 1:52.1 NJSS division, deadheat fourth in NJSS Final, took 1:51.1 mark on June 23, third (1:51.4) in Reynolds division, third (1:51.1) in Dancer division

#9 Gaines Hanover

Louis Roy, Claude Cadieux, Gestion J Y Blais Inc.

O’Brien Award & Breeders Crown winner, won a Goodtimes elimination in a career best 1:52.1, nosed out as the heavy favorite in that final, broke/ninth in Dancer division

#10 Celebrity Bambino

Yannick Gingras, Ron Burke, Burke Racing Stable, J & T Silva Stables, Knox Services, Phil Collura

Breeders Crown elimination winner at two, deadheated for fourth in the NJSS Final, rallied in :26.3 to take a new mark of 1:51.3 in a Reynolds division, fourth (1:51.4) in a Dancer division

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KEY PREP RACES

Hambletonian Eligibles in Caps

Date Stakes Site Winner Driver Trainer 2nd Horse 3rd Horse Time
May 6 Dexter Cup Fhld Khaosan Road Scott Zeron Ake Svanstedt ESPRESSO Candy Bomber 1:57.4
May 13 NJSS 1st Leg M WALNER PAYTON Dexter Dunn Chris Ryder BLONDE BOMBSHELL SECRET VOLO 1:51.4
May 13 NJSS 1st Leg M AIR POWER Tim Tetrick Marcus Melander Ari Ferrari J Dire Straits 1:51
May 13 NJSS 1st Leg M SPECIAL WAY Ake Svanstedt Ake Svanstedt MAMBACITA CHECK HER OUT 1:53.1
May 13 NJSS 1st Leg M TACTICAL APPROACH Scott Zeron Nancy Takter OH WELL CELEBRITY BAMBINO 1:52.1
May 20 NJSS 2nd Leg M SECRET VOLO Brian Sears Marcus Melander MAMBACITA Tactical Mounds 1:53.2
May 20 NJSS 2nd Leg M SPECIAL WAY Ake Svanstedt Ake Svanstedt WALNER PAYTON BLONDE BOMBSHELL 1:53.4
May 20 NJSS 2nd Leg M UP YOUR DEO Ake Svanstedt Ake Svanstedt OH WELL TACTICAL APPROACH 1:52
May 29 NYSS 1st Leg V Cecil Hanover Mark MacDonald Ake Svanstedt THE GRUFFALO CROWN 1:52.3
May 29 NYSS 1st Leg V KIERKEGAARD K Mark MacDonald Ake Svanstedt KILMISTER TILLIO’S ACTION 1:53
June 2 NJSS Final M AIR POWER Andrew McCarthy Marcus Melander OH WELL UP YOUR DEO 1:50.4
June 2 NJSS Final M SPECIAL WAY Ake Svanstedt Ake Svanstedt SECRET VOLO WALNER PAYTON 1:51.4
June 3 PASS 1st Leg Mea FATHER STOSH Ronnie Wrenn, Jr. Jill Roland CHAMBA Commander Frank 1:53.4
June 3 PASS 1st Leg Mea Spitfire Overseas Scott Zeron Megan Scran HERODOTUS Khaosan Road 1:53.2
June 3 PASS 1st Leg Mea Saint Louie Dave Palone Ake Svanstedt ONCE IN A LIFETIME Sintra De Vie 1:54
June 9 NYSS 2nd Leg TD CROWN Brian Sears Marcus Melander Chapercraz You Got It 1:52.4
June 9 Goodtimes Elims Moh GAINES HANOVER Louis Phillip Roy Richard Moreau SOUTHWND COORS TUSCAN PRINCE 1:52.1
June 9 Goodtimes Elims Moh Warrawee Yang Scott Young Mark Etsell Hasty Bid What An Angel 1:53.3
June 11 PASS 2nd Leg PcD ONCE IN A LIFETIME Tim Tetrick Jim Campbell FRENCH WINE Saint Louie 1:53.1
June 11 PASS 2nd Leg PcD Khaosan Road Ake Svanstedt Ake Svanstedt Kenobi Spitfire Overseas 1:52.3
June 16 EBC V KILMISTER Brian Sears Marcus Melander Cecil Hanover Sevecheetah 1:52.4
June 16 EBC V KIERKEGAARD K Ake Svanstedt Ake Svanstedt TILLIO’S ACTION Chapercraz 1:50.3
June 17 Currier & Ives Mea Commander Frank Mike Wilder Norm Parker Tailgate Buzz Fire N Lightning 1:53.4
June 17 Currier & Ives Mea HERODUTUS Ronnie Wrenn, Jr. Ron Burke Express Man Rumble Strips 1:55
June 17 Goodtimes Final Moh SOUTHWND COORS Scott Zeron Matthew Bax GAINES HANOVER TUSCAN PRINCE 1:52
June 18 PASS 2nd Leg PcD BOND Ake Svanstedt Ake Svanstedt RAILEE SOMETHING BELLA MACCHIATO 1:51.3
June 23 Yonkers Trot Elims Y UP YOUR DEO Ake Svanstedt Ake Svanstedt CHAPERCRAZ CROWN 1:53.1
June 23 Yonkers Trot Elims Y KIERKEGAARD K Ake Svanstedt Ake Svanstedt TILLIO’S ACTION Ari Ferrari J 1:54.3
June 30 Yonkers Trot Y
July 1 Reynolds M
July 1 Reynolds M
July 2 PASS Phl
July 2 PASS Phl
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