East Rutherford, NJ – Nancy Takter’s sensational filly
Sorella makes her debut on the Road to the Hambletonian coming in at number
two. Hypnotic AM remains in the top ten but drops two spaces to number
five. Every horse in Ken Warkentin’s top ten are in to go at the
Meadowlands this Saturday’s Stanley Dancer Memorial and/or Del Miller Memorial.
|
Rank |
Horse |
Driver,
Trainer, Owner |
Ken
Warkentin’s Comments |
|
1 |
Amigo
Volo (Father Patrick) |
Dexter Dunn, Nifty
Norman, Pinske Stables, David J. Miller |
Breeders Crown
champion sixth [1:52.3] as the beaten favorite in a $25,000 overnight @ Big M
in his 3YO debut, then romped in a PA Allstars division @ Pocono Downs in
1:54 on July 11, post four in a Dancer division on July 18 |
|
2 |
Sorella (Muscle Hill) |
Yannick Gingras, Nancy Takter, Elmer Fannin,
Crawford Farms Racing |
Filly has blossomed
for Team Takter going three-for-three 2020, fresh off a 1:50.2 win in the
Reynolds @ Big M on July 11, Nancy Takter: “We are considering the
Hambo. She will race in the Del Miller & we will decide then.
I don’t think there is a colt close to her.” |
|
3 |
Back
Of The Neck (Ready Cash) |
Scott Zeron, Ake
Svanstedt, Howard Taylor, Order By Stable, Judith Taylor |
Set the pace &
second by a nose in 1:51.2 [:26] in a $25,000 overnight @ Big M on June 27,
won a Reynolds division @ Big M on July 11 in 1:52 with a thunderous :26.4
rally, post six in a Dancer division on July 18 |
|
4 |
Real
Cool Sam (Muscle Hill) |
Dave Miller, Jim Campbell, Fashion Farms
LLC |
Dan Patch Award winner
broke in his first Big M qualifier, rebounded with a second in 1:53.1
[:26.3], second again in 1:52.4 [:28] on July 3, Jim Campbell was very happy
with his last two qualifiers, has the rail for his 3YO debut in a Dancer
division on July 18 |
|
5 |
Hypnotic
AM (Chapter Seven) |
Brian Sears, Marcus
Melander, Courant Inc. |
Filly was an ultra
impressive 1:51.1 [:27.3] in her 3YO debut, cruised in a NYSS @ Tioga Downs
in 1:54.2, romped from post nine in EBC @ Vernon Downs on July 4 in 1:53.4,
still a Hambo prospect, post eight in Del Miller division on July 18 |
|
6 |
Third
Shift (Chapter Seven) |
Ake Svanstedt, Mellby
Gard, Inc., Ake Svanstedt |
NYSS champion won a NYSS
division @ Vernon Downs on June 24 in 1:54.2, won an EBC division @ Vernon
Downs on July 4 in 1:52.4, post seven in a Dancer division on July 18 |
|
7 |
Big
Oil (Father Patrick) |
Andy & Julie
Miller, Jason, Doug & Ron Allen |
Wire-to-wire in 1:55
in his 3YO debut @ Harrah’s Philadelphia on June 28, won a PA Allstars
division @ Pocono Downs in 1:53.2 on July 11, post three in a Dancer division
on July 18 |
|
8 |
Beads (Archangel) |
Jimmy Takter, Per
Engblom, Renee Spahr |
Son of world champion
Archangel broke in his first two starts this season, then Jimmy Takter took
the lines for a 1:52.2 qualifier win, parked first over & just missed in
his 3YO debut in 1:51.2, has the rail in a Dancer division on July 18 |
|
9 |
Ready
For Moni (Ready Cash) |
Yannick Gingras, Nancy
Takter, John Fielding, Lindy Farms of Conn, Herb Liverman, Bud Hatfield |
Son of two-time Prix
D’Amerique winner Ready Cash, grandson of the great Moni Maker, KYSS champion
now with Team Takter & back in Top Ten, makes 3YO debut in Dancer
division on July 18 |
|
10 |
Synergy (Father Patrick) |
Andrew McCarthy, Per Engblom, Brittany Farms,
John Fielding, Herb Liverman & David Anderson |
Third [1:52.1] in a
$25,000 overnight @ Big M on June 27 in his 3YO debut, set the pace &
faded to fifth [1:52.2] in Reynolds Memorial division @ Big M on July 11,
post 8 in a Dancer division on July 18 |
