Rank
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Horse
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Driver, Trainer, Owner
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Ken Warkentin’s Comments
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1
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Six Pack
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Ake
Svanstedt, Ake Svanstedt Inc, Little E, Stall Kalmar FF, Lars Berg
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Star on the NYSS circuit fresh off a dazzling world record of
1:50 in a Dancer division, a close second in the Beal his only loss in six
starts this season, Ake Svanstedt going for back-to-back Hambos
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2
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Wolfgang
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Yannick
Gingras, Jimmy Takter, Brixton Medical, Goran Falk, Hatfield Stables, Fair
Island Farm, Inc.
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Dominated
his Dancer division in a career best of 1:51.2 after missing three weeks,
three-for-three this season, Goodtimes winner leads the Takter battalion
& could give Takter his fifth Hambo
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3
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Atlanta
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Scott
Zeron, Rick Zeron, Crawford Farms, Holland Racing Stable, Howard Taylor, Brad
Grant
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Fifth filly since 2000 to try the boys & would be the first
to beat them since Continentalvictory in 1996, five-for-five this season,
sporting a Vernon Downs track record of 1:50.3 in the EBC
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4
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Crystal Fashion
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Tim
Tetrick, Jim Campbell, Fashion Farms LLC
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Consistent gelding for Jim Campbell with an 8 – 4-3-0 record
this season, upset the Earl Beal, Jr. Memorial in a career best 1:51.4, tuned
up with a 1:52.4 win in the Reynolds Memorial on July 28
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5
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You Know You Do
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Yannick
Gingras, Jimmy Takter, Howard Taylor, Order By Stable, Bud Hatfield, Marvin
Katz, Al Libfeld, Sam Goldband
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2017
Peter Haughton Memorial, a solid second to Six Pack [1:50.2] in the Dancer,
second [1:50.2] in a Big M overnight against older horses before that, Takter
back up plan peaking just right
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6
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Tactical Landing
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$800,000 brother to Hambo runner up Mission Brief could be
Takter’s best reclamation project ever, scored his second straight win on
July 20 in 1:52.3, looks ready for his test for class
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7
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Alarm Detector
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Trevor
Henry, Benoit Baillargeon, Thomas & Elizabeth Rankin, Claude Hamel &
Santo Vena
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Prepped
with an easy 1:54 Mohawk qualifier on July 27, O’Brien Award winner came up
sick & third [1:53.2] in the Goodtimes, set a fast pace & finished
third [1:50.4] to Six Pack in the Dancer
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8
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Classichap
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Trond
Smedshammer, Purple Haze Stables
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Has
quickly blossomed for Trond Smedshammer, rallied for second [1:51.4] behind
Wolfgang in the Dancer, held off Tactical Landing in 1:51.1 on July 6 @ The
Big M for his only career win
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9
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Evaluate
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Corey
Callahan, Marcus Melander, Stall TZ Inc
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Has the talent to bounce back from his first break (sloppy
track) in the Tompkins Memorial @ Big M on July 21, PASS winner in 1:51.4, a strong fourth
[1:52.2] in the Beal Final
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10
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Fourth Dimension
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Brian Sears, Marcus Melander, Courant, Inc
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2017 Dan Patch Award winner broke in two of only three starts
this season, bounced back with a wire-to-wire 1:52.4 Big M qualifier on July
21 & has the credentials to iron things out in time
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Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Ken Warkentin's Final Road to the Hambletonian 2018
