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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Amigo Volo
(Father
Patrick)
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Dexter Dunn, Nifty Norman, Pinske Stables, David J.
Miller
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Breeders Crown winner at two
finished sixth [1:52.3] when forced wide off a slow pace & trotted home
in :26.2 as the beaten favorite in a $25,000 overnight @ Big M on June 27
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2
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Real Cool Sam
(Muscle
Hill)
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Dave
Miller, Jim Campbell, Fashion Farms LLC
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Dan Patch Award & Peter
Haughton Memorial winner broke in his first Big M qualifier on June 20,
rebounded with a second [1:53.1] in a Big M qualifier on June 27 with a final
quarter in :26.3, back in to qualify @ Big M on July 3
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3
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Hypnotic AM
(Chapter
Seven)
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Brian
Sears, Marcus Melander, Courant Inc.
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NYSS champion & Jim Doherty
Memorial winner unleashed an ultra impressive 1:51.1 [:27.3] in her 3YO debut
on June 12, cruised in a NYSS @ Tioga Downs on June 21 in 1:54.2, drew post 9
in EBC @ Vernon Downs on July 4
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4
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Back Of The Neck
(Ready
Cash)
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Scott
Zeron, Ake Svanstedt, Howard Taylor, Order By Stable, Judith Taylor
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Son of two-time Prix D’Amerique winner
Ready Cash now with Team Svanstedt, won a Big M qualifier on June 20 in
1:53.4, set the pace & second by a nose in 1:51.2 [:26] in a $25,000
overnight @ Big M on June 27
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5
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Synergy
(Father
Patrick)
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Andrew
McCarthy, Per Engblom, Brittany Farms, John Fielding, Herb Liverman &
David Anderson
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Qualified three times, the
latest a second by a head in 1:54 [:26.2] @ Big M on June 20, third [1:52.1]
in a $25,000 overnight @ Big M on June 27 in his 3YO debut
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6
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Big Oil
(Father
Patrick)
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Andy
& Julie Miller, Jason, Doug & Ron Allen
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First in a deadheat with Real
Cool Sam in 1:52.1 @ The Red Mile at two, 1:53.3 winner in a Big M qualifier on
June 12, wire-to-wire in 1:55 in his 3YO debut in an overnight @ Harrah’s
Philadelphia on June 28
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7
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Capricornus
(Cantab
Hall)
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Tim
Tetrick, Marcus Melander, JJ
Racing
Stable, Inc
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Second in the William Wellwood
Memorial at two, second [1:52.4] in his 2020 debut on June 5, finished second
[1:53.4] in an overnight @ Harrah’s Philadelphia on June 25
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8
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Third Shift
(Chapter
Seven)
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Ake
Svanstedt, Mellby Gard, Inc., Ake Svanstedt
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Set a stakes & Batavia
Downs track record of 1:56 in the NYSS Final at two, won a Big M qualifier in
1:55 on May 30, won a NYSS division @ Vernon Downs on June 24 in 1:54.2, has
the rail in EBC division @ Vernon Downs on July 4
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9
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Chestnut Hill
(Muscle
Hill)
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Dave
Miller, Nifty Norman, Melvin Hartman, David McDuffee, Little E LLC
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Stablemate to Amigo Volo
finished third in the PASS Final, Breeders Crown & Valley Victory at two,
won his 2020 debut @ The Big M on June 19 in 1:53.1 [:26.1]
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10
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Maesteraemon
(Andover
Hall)
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Brian
Sears, Marcus Melander, S R F Stable
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Gives Melander three in the Top Ten, took a mark of 1:52.4 @ The
Red Mile, won two Big M qualifiers in 1:53.3 [:26.4] and in 1:54 [:26.3], fifth [1:52.2] in a
$25,000 overnight @ Big M on June 27
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