It’s My Show at No. 2 in Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll

Hightstown, NJ — Little Brown Jug champion It’s My Show showed up at No. 2 in the Week 16 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Tuesday while T C I also moved up and a familiar name rejoined the Top 10.

It’s My Show picked up 103 points from a week ago, when he was ranked fourth. He received three first-place votes, but remained 60 points behind No. 1-rated Confederate, who was idle. Confederate, who has spent six weeks in the top spot, received the remaining 32 first-place votes.

Sylvia Hanover, who was second last week in the Fillies & Mares Preferred at Woodbine Mohawk Park, dropped from second to third while It’s Academic, the winner of the Caesars Trotting Classic, moved from fifth to fourth. Next was Mohawk Million winner T C I, who gained 126 points from a week ago, when he was at No. 10.

Bythemissal, who was fifth in the Harrah’s Hoosier Park Pacing Derby, dropped from third to sixth. Mohawk FFA winner Tattoo Artist was seventh and idle Geocentric was eighth. Little Brown Jug runner-up Seven Colors dropped from sixth to ninth while Miss Versatility Series champ M-M’s Dream returned from a three-week absence in the Top 10, arriving at No. 10.

Alrajah One IT dropped from the Top 10.

The Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll does not determine Horse of the Year. The members of the U.S. Harness Writers Association vote on all Dan Patch Award division winners plus Trotter of the Year, Pacer of the Year and Horse of the Year.

Rankings based on the votes of harness racing media representatives on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.

Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown Standardbred Poll: Week 16 – 9/26/2023

342 Points

| Max Hempt | Cane Pace | Meadowlands Pace Final | Meadowlands Pace Elim | North America Cup Elim |

282 Points

| Little Brown Jug | North America Cup Final | North America Cup Elim | Adios Elim |

246 Points

| Shady Daisy | Tompkins Geers | Mistletoe Shalee | Fan Hanover Final | Fan Hanover Elim | Simcoe Stakes

192 Points

| Caesar’s Trotting Classic | John Cashman Memorial | Spirit Of Mass | Crawford Farms Trot | Tom Aldrich Trot |

186 Points

| Mohawk Million | Peter Haughton Memorial |

119 Points

| Aria Invitational | Canadian Pacing Derby Elim | President’s Pace |

106 Points

| Ewart Memorial | Canadian Pacing Derby |

70 Points

63 Points

60 Points

| E.T. Gerry Jr Hambletonian Maturity | Miss Versatility (LBJ) |

ALSO: Alrajah One IT 58; Tactical Approach, Twin B Joe Fresh 34; Bond 19; Special Way 17; Allywag Hanover, Grace Hill 15; Newsroom 11; Captain’s Quarters 10; Cannibal 8; Ken Hanover 7; Jiggy Jog S, Legendary Hanover, Silver Label, Ucandoit Blue Chip 5; Covered Bridge, Its A Love Thing, Sig Sauer 3; Pass Line 2.

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