Twin B Joe Fresh , who captured the Dayton Distaff Derby last week to extend her win streak to nine, pushed her consecutive weeks in the No. 1 spot in the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll to 12 when the Week 16 rankings were released on Tuesday, Oct. 1. The four-year-old pacing mare received 27 of 35 first-place votes. Jiggy Jog S, who won the Dayton Oaks last week, remained No. 2 in the poll and garnered seven first-place votes. The remainder of the rankings in the Top 10 were unchanged with the exception of Highland Kismet and Its A Love Thing swapping positions in the nine and 10 slots. Highland Kismet won a Bluegrass Stakes division last week while Its A Love Thing finished second in a leg of the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series. The Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, which will be released every Tuesday through the remainder of the Grand Circuit season, does not determine U.S. 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.

Dayton, OH — Twin B Joe Fresh headed to Saturday’s stakes action at Hollywood Dayton Raceway with top billing, and the sport’s highest-ranked star did not disappoint. Twin B Joe Fresh won the $250,000 Dayton Distaff Derby for older female pacers by 4-1/2 lengths in a track-record 1:48.3 over a surface labeled “good” one race after Jiggy Jog S captured the $250,000 Dayton Oaks for older female trotters by 3-1/4 lengths in 1:52.1. Both mares were driven by Dexter Dunn, who swept the night’s four major stakes, adding the $250,000 Dayton Trotting Derby with Logan Park and the $250,000 Dayton Pacing Derby with Abuckabett Hanover. Dunn won six races total on the card. Twin B Joe Fresh, ranked No. 1 in the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, went to the lead at the start of the Dayton Distaff and posted fractions of :26.3, :54.2, and 1:21 on her way to her ninth consecutive win of the season. Sylvia Hanover finished second and Always B Naughty was third. Trained by Chris Ryder, the 4-year-old Twin B Joe Fresh has nine victories and a second in 10 starts this season. For her career, the daughter of Roll With Joe -Fresh Breeze has won 28 of 37 races and earned $2.06 million. Twin B Joe Fresh is owned by Ryder, Dunn, Peter Trebotica, and Barry Spak. She was bred by Brittany Farms. 

TWIN B HIGH TIDE crashed down the lane like a tidal wave to win his $20,000 Buckeye Stallion Series for 2-year-old male pacers (3rd div.) in a lifetime best 1:52.3 at the Delaware County. Driven by Austin Hanners for trainer Alicia Hanner and owners Hanners Racing, the son of DOWNBYTHESEASIDE was bred by Twinbrook Limited. He paid $2.10 to win the third race of his career. CATCH THE ROCKET (Catch The Fire) finished second; SOUTH SEA (Downbytheseaside) was third.

No newcomers joined the Top 10 in the Week 14 Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released on Tuesday, Sept. 17, but there was shuffling of positions behind No. 1 Twin B Joe Fresh and No. 2 Jiggy Jog S. Holding the top spot for the 10th consecutive week, Twin B Joe Fresh won the Milton Stakes for older pacing mares last week while trotting mare Jiggy Jog S was idle. Nijinsky, who was idle, swapped positions No. 3 and No. 4 in the poll following Karl’s second-place finish by a neck to Dame Good Time in the Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series final for three-year-old male trotters. Legendary Hanover, who also was idle, remained fifth. Highland Kismet, who won his Canadian Trotting Classic elimination last week, moved from seventh to sixth. He was followed by Chantilly, who won her Shes A Great Lady elimination and jumped from ninth to seventh. Its A Love Thing, who was fourth in the Kentucky Sire Stakes championship for three-year-old female pacers, dropped from sixth to eighth. The shuffling pushed idle Warrawee Michelle down a notch to ninth. Captain Albano, also idle, remained unchanged at No. 10. Nijinsky, Legendary Hanover and Captain Albano compete Thursday in the Little Brown Jug. The Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, which will be released every Tuesday through the remainder of the Grand Circuit season, does not determine U.S. 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. 

Twin B Joe Fresh completed the sweep of Woodbine Mohawk Park's marquee pacing mare events for 2024 with a victory in Saturday’s $205,000 Milton Stakes. A winner of the $305,000 Roses Are Red Stakes in June, Twin B Joe Fresh had all eyes on her as the 1-9 favourite against five of the sport’s finest mares in her return to Mohawk. Leaving from the inside post, Twin B Joe Fresh scooted out to get away second behind rival Sylvia Hanover (Bob McClure), who led through a :27.1 opening panel. Driver and co-owner Dexter Dunn moved Twin B Joe Fresh to the lead in the second quarter and posted a reasonable half of :56. With the ball in her court, Twin B Joe Fresh kicked things up on the far turn with a :27.2 third quarter before unleashing as easy of a :25.4 final quarter as possible to win in 1:49.1. Not to be forgotten, Sylvia Hanover finished very strong right behind the winner to edge Silver Label (Doug McNair) for the place position. Her stablemate Prohibition Legal (Louis-Philippe Roy) finished fourth. “She felt great; post parade tonight was probably the best she felt all year,” said Dunn of Twin B Joe Fresh. “She’s extremely bright at the moment, she’s feeling good and I was really happy with her going to the gate.” A four-year-old daughter of Roll With Joe and Fresh Breeze bred by Brittany Farms, Twin B Joe Fresh is trained by Chris Ryder, who shares ownership with Dunn, Peter Trebotica and Barry Spak. The sport's top ranked Standardbred has won eight straight stakes in nine starts this season to earn nearly $700,000. Saturday’s win was the 27th career score for Twin B Joe Fresh to take her over $2.1 million in lifetime earnings. A $2 win ticket on Twin B Joe Fresh paid $2.20. To view Saturday's harness racing results, click the following link: Saturday Results - Woodbine Mohawk Park .  (With files from Woodbine)

Twin B Joe Fresh and Karl remained No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, while Captain Albano made his first Top 10 appearance of the season in the Week 10 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released on Tuesday, Aug. 20. Last week, Twin B Joe Fresh won the Cleopatra Invitational at Eldorado Scioto Downs in a track record 1:48.2. It was the four-year-old female pacer’s seventh consecutive victory after opening her 2024 campaign with a second-place finish. Karl also was victorious last week, capturing the second leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series in 1:51.1 at Lexington’s Red Mile. It was the three-year-old male trotter’s first start since his Hambletonian triumph on Aug. 3, and his third straight win. Jiggy Jog S and Nijinsky followed the top two, with both moving up one spot after posting victories last week. Jiggy Jog S won the Sebastian K Invitational and Nijinsky won the fourth Gold leg of the Ontario Sires Stakes. Completing the top five was Legendary Hanover, who dropped from third after a nose loss to Captain Albano in the Max C. Hempt Memorial. Captain Albano cracked the Top 10 at No. 8, following sixth-ranked Its A Love Thing, who was idle, and seventh-ranked Warrawee Michelle, who jumped three spots after winning the Delmonica Hanover last week. Highland Kismet, who was idle, and Papi Grad, who won a division of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes, completed the Top 10. M M s Dream, who was idle, dropped from the Top 10. The Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, which will be released every Tuesday through the remainder of the Grand Circuit season, does not determine U.S. 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 10 – Aug. 20, 2024 

The Saturday card at Eldorado Scioto Downs on August 17 started off hot with a 1:49 opening race but even a power surge delay followed by a rain delay couldn’t dampen the racing events to come later in the card. Twin B Joe Fresh took the $136,987 Cleopatra Invitational for older mares, setting a new track record for female pacers of 1:48.2 while Seafire, a four-year-old Ohio-sired horse, won the $136,987 #SendItIn Invitational pace for older pacers in 1:48. In the Cleopatra, Man Dontforgetme (Tyler Smith) took the early lead with Grace Hill (Hanners) settling in the pocket. Strong Poison (Noble) made an early move heading to the :26 opening quarter and made the lead just before they went under the line for the first time. Twin B Joe Fresh and Brett Miller, who floated away fourth from the rail, pulled at the :53.4 half, and by the 1:21 third-quarter was head-to-head with Strong Poison. Man Dontforget Me pulled from third to try and track down the leader but couldn’t quite get there, as Twin B Joe Fresh won by a length and a half; Zanatta (Eric Goodell) was third. “I felt like a kid from the day before Christmas,” said winning driver Miller, when asked how he felt getting the call to drive Twin B Joe Fresh. “Dex (Dunn) told me all about her…she come first up and he said that she could just grind out there and take care of business and she did. I never even popped her ear plugs, she felt like she could have went much more.” Twin B Joe Fresh , a four-year-old mare by Roll With Joe out of the Captaintreacherous mare Fresh Breeze, was bred by Brittany Farms. The Chris Ryder trainee now has $2,032,074 earned lifetime and has seven wins in eight seasonal starts. Twin B Joe Fresh is owned by Chris Ryder, Dexter Dunn, Peter Trebotica and Barry Spak. In the #SendItIn, Carbine (Austin Hanners) rolled to the :25.2 opening quarter from the rail with Artatac A (Dan Noble) getting the pocket trip. At the :53.3 half Artatac A, pulled and brought along Seafire (Ronnie Wrenn, Jr.) second over. Sprinting by the 1:20.2 third-quarter, Artatac A had made the lead which left Seafire with open track to sprint to the lead and win by two and three-quarter lengths in a new lifetime mark of 1:48. Buzzsaw Russ (Dave Palone) followed the Seafire cover but just could not overcome the margin to be second. Artatac A held on for third. “I just wanted to use my post position to get away well and I was able to do so,” said Wrenn, Jr. “When Danny popped the pocket at the half, I was happy to be second over and luckily for me Danny’s horse cleared…at the three-quarter pole and my horse responded well. “I was a little nervous, Buzzsaw Russ is a really nice horse and he sat behind me and I thought he had a lot of pace and he did. Luckily Brian’s done a good job with Seafire and he raced really well.” Seafire , by Downbytheseaside out of the Towners Big Guy mare Wildfire Princess, was bred by Enos Weaver. Owned by Country Club Aces, Joelyn Ridder, Mark Kantrowitz and Scott Davis, Seafire now has $274,968 in lifetime earnings with seven victories this season in 11 starts. There was a lot of movement in each of the two $89,041 divisions of the Ohio Sires Stakes for two-year-old filly trotters. Dream Something (Smith) took the first division in 1:55.4 and Rose Run Allison (Noble) took the second division in 1:57. In the first division, Brink Street (Wrenn, Jr.) was the first to make the front going to the :28.1 opening quarter. Dave Palone pulled Freedom Hill first up and made the lead before going under the wire for the first time. Aunt Laura (Miller) was then first up heading to the :57 half and made the lead halfway down the backside. Dublins Dragonfly (Noble) applied pressure going to the 1:25.2 third quarter and around the last turn Brink Street came back to be three-wide with Dream Something four-wide. Dream Something and Aunt Laura battled it out down the stretch with Dream Something winning by a neck; Mega Money (Trevor Smith) got up for third. The mile was a new lifetime mark for Dream Something, trained by Miles Wollam who co-owns with Julie Ann and Dale Sweet. The filly, by Uncle Peter out of the Glidemaster mare Travelin Dream, who was a $30,000 Ohio Select Sale purchase, now has three wins in five lifetime starts and $109,350 in earnings. In the second division, Up (Chris Lems) took the early lead before the :29.2 quarter. Rose Run Allison pulled first up mid-way through the turn and made the lead, but stablemate Mocha Hill (Wrenn, Jr.) was quick to take over before the :59.1 half. Move Over Boys (Matthew Brown) made a quick bid to challenge from fifth but couldn’t make the top by the 1:28 third quarter. Rose Run Allison came out of the pocket and won by a length and a half over Mocha Hill. Aunt Lilly (Ty. Smith), who came three-wide around the last turn, was third. Ron Burke trains Rose Run Allison for Burke Racing, Hatfield Stables, Knox Services and Beasty LLC. The filly by Long Tom out of the Broadway Hall mare Rose Run Timeless was a $105,000 Ohio Select Sale purchase and has now made $158,975 in five lifetime starts with three wins. There were also three $41,096 open events held on the under card at Scioto. Alexa Skye (Noble) took the Filly & Mare Open Pace in her 100th lifetime start in 1:50.2. The seven-year-old mare by Somebeachsomewhere is trained by Virgil Morgan, Jr. for owners by Let It Ride and Odds On Racing. Her 31st lifetime win pushed her earnings to $673,511. Flemsteen (Ty. Smith) overcame an early miscue to take the Open Trot in 1:53. The six-year-old gelded son by Explosive Matter is co-owned by trainer Chris Beaver, Bill Manes and RBH Ventures and now has 25 wins in 104 lifetime starts and $634,151 in earnings. Noble and Morgan, Jr. teamed up again to take the Open Pace with Chase H Hanover in 1:49.4. The six-year-old gelded son of Somebeachsomewhere is owned by Odds On Racing and Carl Howard. Chase H Hanover has 28 wins in 91 lifetime starts and more than $1.06 million in lifetime earnings. The 90-day 2024 Eldorado Scioto Downs race meet runs through Saturday, Sept. 14. (Scioto Downs)

Twin B Joe Fresh made a shambles of the $202,778 Lady Liberty Stakes, for older pacing mares, demolishing her rivals and scampering to a 1:48 blowout victory to conclude the stakes events on the Saturday, Aug. 3 Hambletonian Day program at the Meadowlands. The four-year-old Roll With Joe mare from the Captaintreacherous dam Fresh Breeze was a winner for the sixth time in seven starts this year with the powerhouse performance, and she gave co-owner Dexter Dunn his sixth driving win on the card. Dunn and Twin B Joe Fresh left from the outside but took a seat on the first turn as a few other mares were more intent on cutting the fractions. Silver Label and Scott Zeron left fast from the pole position but were overpowered by Grace Hill (Todd McCarthy) into the first turn. Always B Naughty and driver Yannick Gingras swept three-wide to gain control at the :26.3 opening quarter fraction. Tim Tetrick settled second choice Sylvia Hanover into a hole early, but past the quarter, he saw Grace Hill making a second move and got on her back quickly. Sylvia Hanover had control of the action before the half in :53.3 with Dunn sitting chilly with Twin B Joe Fresh content to race from off the pace. Dunn sent Twin B Joe Fresh in motion past the half, and the mare accelerated quite quickly as Tetrick anxiously tried to get Sylvia Hanover’s attention going to three-quarters. Twin B Joe Fresh just blew by Sylvia Hanover like she was standing still and quickly drew distance following the 1:21.3 three-quarter clocking. With Dunn a passenger, Twin B Joe Fresh completed her mile with a :26.2 final quarter and won by 2-1/4 lengths. The battle for minor spoils found Silver Label finally freeing herself from a bad shuffle on the final turn to rally stoutly for second with Zanatta (Joe Bongiorno) coming from the clouds to finish third. Co-owned as well by trainer Chris Ryder, Twin B Joe Fresh is also owned by partners Peter Trebotica and Barry Spak, and was bred by Brittany Farms. “She’s just been a better mare this year,” said Dunn following the victory to give the pacing powerhouse 25 lifetime tallies. “Sometimes she’d get a little weak towards the end of a mile last year, but this year she’s just powering through the finish line. As the 3-5 favourite, Twin B Joe Fresh returned $3.20 to win. Her total earnings are now $1,963,582.

Nothing changed at the top of the Week 6 Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released on Tuesday, July 23, but there were three newcomers at the bottom of the Top 10. Twin B Joe Fresh, who was idle, remained No. 1 for the second week in a row. Spots eight, nine and 10 had Elista Hanover, Sylvia Hanover and Papi Grad move in while Winners Bet, T C I and Highland Kismet dropped out. Elista Hanover extended her win streak to nine with a victory in a division of the Tompkins-Geers Stakes while Sylvia Hanover won the Clara Barton and Papi Grad captured a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes division. Nijinsky, who won an Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Mid-Season Final, took over the No. 2 spot in a swap of positions with idle Legendary Hanover. Its A Love Thing, another OSS Gold Mid-Season winner, remained fourth while idle Jiggy Jog S rounded out the top five. The Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, which will be released every Tuesday through the remainder of the Grand Circuit season, does not determine U.S. 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 6 – July 23, 2024