Air Power Moves into Third Spot in Week 2 of Ken Warkentin’s Road to the Hambletonian
Thursday, June 8, 2023
ROAD TO THE HAMBLETONIAN
Week Two – Issued Thursday, June 8
The 2023 Hambletonian will take place Saturday, August 5
Meadowlands Racetrack
East Rutherford, NJ – Air Power makes the biggest jump in Week 2 of the Ken Warkentin’s Road to the Hambletonian after his NJ Sire Stakes win in a career best of 1:51.4.
| Rank | Horse | Driver, Trainer, Owner | Ken Warkentin’s Comments | |
| 1 | Volume Eight
(Chapter Seven) |
Andrew McCarthy, Noel Daley, Sjoblom Racing, Joe Sbrocco, LA Express & JAF Racing, Mario Mazza | Dan Patch Award winner, fastest 2YO male trotter of 2022 [1:52], five-race winning streak, including the Valley Victory & Kindergarten Classic Final, scheduled to qualify June 14 @ Magical Acres, then June 23 @ Big M, first start July 1, plan is Hambo will be his fifth | |
| 2 | Special Way
(Walner) |
Ake Svanstedt, Brittany Farms, Marvin Katz, Al Libfeld | Dan Patch Award winner, richest 2YO female trotter of 2022 with $697,475, made it three-for-three this season & 10 in a row with a career best 1:51.4 in the NJSS Final | |
| 3 | Air Power
(Muscle Hill) |
Andrew McCarthy, Marcus Melander, Amg Stable Inc., Rick Wahlstedt, Kenneth Kjellgren, Heights Stable | Made only three starts at two, won his 3YO debut in 1:52.1, came right back to upset Ari Ferrari J in a 1:51 NJSS division, then shook loose late to capture the NJSS Final in a career best 1:50.4 | |
| 4 | Oh Well
(Muscle Hill) |
Tim Tetrick, Marcus Melander, S R F Stable | Won 2022 NJSS Final in 1:53.1, Mohawk Million & NJ Classic A Final & banked $748,380, second (1:52.2) in 3YO debut, just missed in 1:52, then finished second again in the NJSS Final | |
| 5 | Bond
(Southwind Frank)
|
Ake Svanstedt, Little E, L. Berg Inc. | Filly finished 2022 with six straight wins, including PASS Championship, Kindergarten Classic & Goldsmith Maid, took a mark of 1:52.3 & banked $587,264, wire-to-wire from post eight in PA Allstars division @ Pocono on June 4 in a career best 1:52.3 | |
| 6 | Up Your Deo
(Walner) |
Ake Svanstedt, Suleyman Yuksel Stables, Deo Volente Farms, Van Camp Trotting Corp. | Broke his maiden in his 3YO debut from post 11 in 1:52 in the slop, upsetting Oh Well, finished third going first over in the NJSS Final, one of three for Team Svanstedt & Walner in Top 10 | |
| 7 | Tactical Approach
(Tactical Landing) |
Scott Zeron, Nancy Takter, Robert Leblanc, John Fielding, Joe Sbrocco, JAF Racing | Won two qualifiers & first two starts as a 3YO, including a 1:52.1 NJSS division, third with a :25.4 in the slop on May 20, forced wide off dull cover in a deadheat for fourth in the NJSS Final | |
| 8 | Kilmister
(Chapter Seven) |
Brian Sears, Marcus Melander, Courant, Inc. | 2022 Peter Haughton Memorial winner, third placed second (1:53.2) to Kierkegaard K in NYSS season debut on May 29, drew the rail in a NYSS division @ Tioga Downs on June 9 | |
| 9 | Walner Payton
(Walner) |
Dexter Dunn, Chris Ryder, Kenneth Jacobs | Dominated NJSS Final at two, mark of 1:52.2 in ISS division @ The Red Mile, won her 3YO debut in 1:51.4, second to Special Way, then finished third in the NJSS Final | |
| 10 | Celebrity Bambino
(Muscle Hill) |
Yannick Gingras, Ron Burke, Burke Racing Stable, J & T Silva Stables, Knox Services, Phil Collura | Breeders Crown elimination winner in 1:53.2, second (1:52.2) in his 3YO debut, then fourth (1:52.3), stung early in a deadheat for fourth in the NJSS Final | |
| Date | Stakes | Site | Winner | Driver | Trainer | 2nd Horse | 3rd Horse | Time |
| May 6 | Dexter Cup | Fhld | Khaosan Road | Scott Zeron | Ake Svanstedt | ESPRESSO | Candy Bomber | 1:57.4 |
| May 13 | NJSS 1st Leg | M | WALNER PAYTON | Dexter Dunn | Chris Ryder | BLONDE BOMBSHELL | SECRET VOLO | 1:51.4 |
| May 13 | NJSS 1st Leg | M | AIR POWER | Tim Tetrick | Marcus Melander | Ari Ferrari J | Dire Straits | 1:51 |
| May 13 | NJSS 1st Leg | M | SPECIAL WAY | Ake Svanstedt | Ake Svanstedt | MAMBACITA | CHECK HER OUT | 1:53.1 |
| May 13 | NJSS 1st Leg | M | TACTICAL APPROACH | Scott Zeron | Nancy Takter | OH WELL | CELEBRITY BAMBINO | 1:52.1 |
| May 20 | NJSS 2nd Leg | M | SECRET VOLO | Brian Sears | Marcus Melander | MAMBACITA | Tactical Mounds | 1:53.2 |
| May 20 | NJSS 2nd Leg | M | SPECIAL WAY | Ake Svanstedt | Ake Svanstedt | WALNER PAYTON | BLONDE BOMBSHELL | 1:53.4 |
| May 20 | NJSS 2nd Leg | M | UP YOUR DEO | Ake Svanstedt | Ake Svanstedt | OH WELL | TACTICAL APPROACH | 1:52 |
| May 29 | NYSS 1st Leg | V | Cecil Hanover | Mark MacDonald | Ake Svanstedt | THE GRUFFALO | CROWN | 1:52.3 |
| May 29 | NYSS 1st Leg | V | KIERKEGAARD K | Mark MacDonald | Ake Svanstedt | KILMISTER | TILLIO’S ACTION | 1:53 |
| June 2 | NJSS Final | M | AIR POWER | Andrew McCarthy | Marcus Melander | OH WELL | UP YOUR DEO | 1:50.4 |
| June 2 | NJSS Final | M | SPECIAL WAY | Ake Svanstedt | Ake Svanstedt | SECRET VOLO | WALNER PAYTON | 1:51.4 |
| June 3 | PASS 1st Leg | Mea | FATHER STOSH | Ronnie Wrenn, Jr. | Jill Roland | CHAMBA | Commander Frank | 1:53.4 |
| June 3 | PASS 1st Leg | Mea | Spitfire Overseas | Scott Zeron | Megan Scran | HERODOTUS | Khaosan Road | 1:53.2 |
| June 3 | PASS 1st Leg | Mea | Saint Louie | Dave Palone | Ake Svanstedt | ONCE IN A LIFETIME | Sintra De Vie | 1:54 |
| June 9 | NYSS 2nd Leg | TD | ||||||
| June 9 | NYSS 2nd Leg | TD | ||||||
| June 9 | Goodtimes Elims | Moh | ||||||
| June 9 | Goodtimes Elims | Moh | ||||||
| June 17 | Goodtimes Final | Moh | ||||||
| June 17 | Currier & Ives | Mea | ||||||
| June 17 | Currier & Ives | Mea | ||||||
| June 16 | EBC | V | ||||||
| June 16 | EBC | V | ||||||
| June 18 | Goodtimes Final | Moh | ||||||
| June 23 | Yonkers Trot Elims | Y | ||||||
| June 23 | Yonkers Trot Elims | Y | ||||||
| June 30 | Yonkers Trot | Y | ||||||
| July 1 | Reynolds | M | ||||||
| July 1 | Reynolds | M | ||||||
| July 2 | PASS | Phl | ||||||
| July 2 | PASS | Phl | ||||||
| July 8 | Zweig Memorial | V | ||||||
| July 8 | Zweig Memorial | V | ||||||
| July 15 | Stanley Dancer | M | ||||||
| July 15 | Stanley Dancer | M | ||||||
| July 15 | Del Miller | M | ||||||
| July 15 | Del Miller | M | ||||||
| July 19 | NYSS 3rd Leg | Buf | ||||||
| July 19 | NYSS 3rd Leg | Buf | ||||||
| July 22 | Tompkins-Geers | M | ||||||
| July 22 | Tompkins-Geers | M | ||||||
| July 29 | Hambo Elimination | M | ||||||
| July 29 | Hambo Elimination | M |
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