Super Chapter Takes Top Spot in Week 3 of Ken Warkentin’s Road to the Hambletonian Sponsored by FanDuel

Thursday, June 19, 2025


After a wire-to-wire lifetime mark win in his 2025 debut, Super Chapter takes the top spot in Week 3 of Ken’s Road to the Hambletonian presented by FanDuel.

 

2025 HAMBLETONIAN

Road to the Hambletonian Top 10 – Week 3

The 100th Hambletonian will take place Saturday, August 2

 

Rank Horse Driver, Trainer, Owner Ken Warkentin’s Comments
1 Super Chapter

(Chapter Seven)

Scott Zeron, Marcus Melander, Jeffrey Snyder, Arthur Pronti Off his 3YO debut in NYSS @ Vernon Downs in 1:53.3 (:26.3) went  wire-to-wire for a new mark of 1:50.4 in EBC division, one fifth off all-age track record, back half:54.3, last quarter:26.1, “That was a solid mile off just one qualifier, and he’s a great horse, too.” Headlines Yonkers Trot on June 27
2 Maryland

(Chapter Seven)

Dexter Dunn, Marcus Melander, Courant Inc, PCW Racing, Holly Lane Stud East Ltd, SStewartRThorn Stable Dan Patch Award winner made his 3YO debut in EBC division @ Vernon Downs finishing a strong second to stablemate Super Chapter, back half:54.2, last quarter:26.2, “He’s come back fine and he feels great,” said Marcus Melander. “Dexter (Dunn) was happy with the way he finished his mile. I don’t think he’s ready to be at 100 percent. He needs races.”
3 Emoticon Legacy

(Walner)

 

Louis Roy, Luc Blais, Determination Fresh off his 3YO debut in a 1:52.1 career best elimination, he dominated the Goodtimes Final in a Mohawk track record of 1:50.2

“Well, this year he’s a different horse,” said Luc Blais. “Last year, he was a little bit anxious, and didn’t know how to control his emotion, I think. But this year, I think we know him.”

4 Hidalgo

(Muscle Hill)

 

Yannick Gingras, Ron Burke, Brixton Medical Inc., Hatfield Stables Broke in his first two starts of 2025, won NJSS division in a career best 1:53.1, second (1:51.2) in NJSS division on June 6, took a new mark of 1:52.4 winning, “It’s not the whip,” said Yannick Gingras. “It’s really just holding him together. But I think that comes with maturity. Tonight, he dug in, but I still like him off a helmet. He’s a big, strong horse. It’s between the ears that sometimes gets to him.”  
5 Gap Kronos S

(Face Time Bourbon)

Ake Svanstedt, Bruni Racing Team Inc Two-time Grand Circuit winner at two with a mark of 1:51.4 now puts Team Svandstedt in the conversation, fifth (1:53.2) in his 3YO debut, finished well (:27.2) for second in Goodtimes Final
6 Go Dog Go

(Greenshoe)

Todd McCarthy, Carter Pinske, Wiesman Farms, Al Libfeld Two Big M qualifiers – third in 1:57.2, then won in 1:54.2 (:26.2) … unleashed an impressive career best 1:52.3 in his 3YO debut in PASS division @ Pocono, did not race last week
7 Onajetplane

(Walner)

Andrew McCarthy, Noel Daley, Sjoblom Racing Inc, LA Express Stable, Joonas Jarvinen Off three nondescript Big M qualifiers he unfurled an eye-catching career best 1:52.1 in a NJSS division, second (1:52.4) in a dead heat in NJSS Final
8 Maximus Mearas S

(Chapter Seven)

Scott Zeron, Lucas Wallin, Kjell Magne Andersen Won a Bluegrass division & Breeders Crown elimination, second by a neck to Maryland in that final two, Lucas Wallin had the 2022 beaten favorite Rebuff, training well & scheduled to qualify June 27
9 Variegated

(Chapter Seven)

Dexter Dunn, Marcus Melander, S R F Stable Started 3YO season two-for-two, won the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1:53.1 & crushed a NYSS division at Vernon Downs in a career best 1:52.1, second (1:52.4) in EBC division, next up Yonkers Trot on July 27, “He was a good horse last year,” said Melander. “He didn’t show the speed of some of the others, so we kept him on the half-mile tracks and New York Sire Stakes. He did win the final but that was a little bit of luck. This year he’s a bit faster.”
10 Monserrate

(Chapter Seven)

Dave Miller, Andrew Harris, William Pollock, Bruce Areman, Andrew Harris Won both Big M qualifiers in 1:54.1 & 1:54, then finished second to Super Chapter on May 26, third (1:52.4) in EBC division, back half :55.3, last quarter :27.3
Date Stakes Site Winner Driver Trainer 2nd Horse 3rd Horse Time
May 3 Dexter Cup M HARD SEVEN Todd McCarthy Nancy Takter MY DEGENERATE CIVILIAN DRONE 1:53.4
May 9 PASS 1st Leg Mea The Fix Is In Charlie Norris Charlie Norris HEY PORTER BOMBAY TOM 1:54.4
May 9 PASS 1st Leg Mea Big Shoes Ronnie Wrenn, Jr. Ron Burke MESHUGGAH Arrowhead Hanover 1:52.4
May 15 Battle of Bunker Hill PP VARIEGATED Dexter Dunn Marcus Melander Global Sensation MY DEGENERATE 1:53.1
May 18 PA Allstars Poc Give Me A Yankee Simon Allard Mark Akins GREEN MEL Golazo 1:55
May 18 PA Allstars Poc Frank Leahy Yannick Gingras Ron Burke BOMBAY TOM Honolulu Hanover 1:54
May 18 PA Allstars Poc LEFTIES RIGHTIES Braxton Boyd Jenny Melander MESHUGGAH HEY PORTER 1:53.3
May 24 NJSS 1st  Leg M TRAVOLTA HANOVER Dexter Dunn Nancy Takter TE QUIERO LINDY MOUNTCASTLE 1:54.4
May 24 NJSS 1st Leg M HIDALGO Yannick Gingras Ron Burke SKY LEGACY MY DEGENERATE 1:53.1
May 24 NJSS 1st Leg M PRECISE LANDING Tim Tetrick Dan Daley GO BOOM NIGHT PHANTOM 1:54
May 26 NYSS 1st Leg Ver SUPER CHAPTER Dexter Dunn Marcus Melander MONSERRATE Seven Layer 1:53.3
May 26 NYSS 1st Leg Ver VARIEGATED Dexter Dunn Marcus Melander Global Sensation KARINCHAK 1:52.3
June 2 NYSS 2nd Leg Mon Bjm’s Lil Man Tyler Buter John Berger Seven Layer Seismic Step 1:55.4
June 6 NJSS 2nd Leg M MR WALNER FASHION Todd McCarthy Jim Campbell HIDALGO MR DEGENERATE 1:51.2
June 6 NJSS 2nd Leg M MOUNTCASTLE Scott Zeron Marcus Melander TOP GUN HANOVER YANNICK G KEMP 1:51.2
June 6 NJSS 2nd Leg M ONAJETPLANE Andrew McCarthy Noel Daley Moni Man HERECOMESDAJUDGE 1:52.1
June 7 Goodtimes Elim MO GALEN ERSO Doug McNair Gregg McNair LANDING ON TIME LMC Wagon Wheel 1:53
June 7 Goodtimes Elim MO EMOTICON LEGACY Louis Roy Luc Blais Eugene The Genius Fadeaway Hanover 1:52.1
June 8 PASS 2nd Leg Poc MESHUGGAH Scott Zeron Marcus Melander GREENMA The Fix Is In 1:54.1
June 8 PASS 2nd Leg Poc GO DOG GO Todd McCarthy Carter Pinske HEY PORTER Arrowhead Hanover 1:52.3
June 13 NJSS Final M HIDALGO Yannick Gingras Ron Burke ONAJETPLANE (DH) TOP GUN HAONVER (DH) 1:52.4
June 13 EBC Division Ver SUPER CHAPTER Scott Zeron Marcus Melander MARYLAND HARD SEVEN 1:50.4
June 13 EBC Division Ver CHAT ROOM Tyler Buter John Butenschoen VARIEGATED MONSERRATE 1:52.3
June 14 Goodtimes Final MO EMOTICON LEGACY Louis Roy Luc Blais GAP KRONOS S LANDING ON TIME 1:50.2
June 23 KYSS 1st Leg OG            
June 25 NYSS 3rd Leg Buf            
June 27 Yonkers Trot Y            
June 28 Reynolds M            
June 28 Currier & Ives Mea            
July 3 Zweig Memorial Ver            
July 7 KYSS 2nd Leg OG            
July 11 PASS 3rd Leg Phl            
July 12 Stanley Dancer M            
July 14 KYSS 3rd Leg OG            
July 19 Tompkins-Geers M            
July 26 Hambo Eliminations M