Ken Warkentin’s Winterbook Top 10

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

1-Venerable – Dan Patch Award winning filly led the standout first crop of Walner with a $1 million season and a mark of 1:52, she scored major wins in the Jim Doherty Memorial, Peaceful Way, Mohawk Million and Matron for Trainer of the Year Nifty Norman and Hall of Famer Dave Miller

2-Joviality S – Chapter Seven filly upset Venerable in the Goldsmith Maid in 1:52.1 and won the Breeders Crown from post ten for 2019 Trainer of the Year and Hambletonian runner up Marcus Melander and three-time Hambletonian winner Brian Sears

3-King Of The North – Dan Patch Award winner won six of his first seven starts, including the NJSS Series, Peter Haughton Memorial and William Wellwood Memorial, from the outstanding first crop of Walner, took a mark of 1:52.4, trained by 2008 Hambletonian winner Ray Schnittker and driven by Mark MacDonald

4-Rebuff – Muscle Hill colt finished strong with a Breeders Crown win and took a mark of 1:52.2 @ The Red Mile, Lucas Wallin was a 2021 finalist driving Cuatro De Julio, 1:52.3 performer driven by 2012 Hambletonian winner Tim Tetrick

5-Branded By Lindy – Chapter Seven colt was two-for-two at The Red Mile, took a mark of 1:52 and won a Breeders Crown elimination in 1:53 for Yannick Gingras and Domenico Cecere

6-Fast As The Wind – Cantab Hall colt came on late in 2021 winning the Kindergarten Classic Final and took his mark of 1:53.2 in the Valley Victory for Tony Alagna and Dexter Dunn

7-Duly Resolved – Consistent gelding from the first crop of Resolve was runner up in the Wellwood Memorial and second by a head in the Mohawk Million, Paul MacDonell drove for trainer John Bax

8-Raised By Lindy – From the outstanding first crop of Walner, this filly went two-for-two in Grand Circuit action at The Red Mile, took a mark of 1:51.3 and was second by a nose in the Breeders Crown with Yannick Gingras driving and gives trainer Domenico Cecere two in our Top Ten

9-Double Deceiver – Purchased for $17,000 at the 2020 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, the Carter Pinske-trained gelding earned $244,626 in 2021 winning 4 times in 11 starts.

10-Coach K Hanover – Late-blooming son of Walner finished second, placed fifth in the Kindergarten Classic Final, then was a close second after a miscue in the Valley Victory, Ake Svanstedt finished first, third and fourth in the 2021 Hambletonian and looks for his third Hambo trophy