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Hightstown, NJ — Geocentric and T C I joined the Top 10 in the Week 15 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Tuesday while the top-five harness racing positions in the rankings remained unchanged. Confederate, who won the Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series final, was No. 1 for the fifth consecutive week, followed

Three-year-old pacing colt Confederate topped the Week 15 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released on Tuesday, Sept. 19.

Two of the sport’s brightest stars, Confederate and Geocentric, sparkled on a superb 10-race card which offered $3.4 million in prize money and included eight $400,000 Kentucky Championship finals and two $100,000 Kentucky Commonwealth Series finals for freshman and sophomore trotters and pacers on Sunday (Sept. 17) at Red Mile.

Trainer Lucas Wallin was not exceptionally pleased with his filly’s post position prior to the race. Post nine, however, proved to be no problem for Soiree Hanover in the $400,000 Jim Doherty Memorial for two-year-old filly trotters on Friday, Sept. 15 at Harrah's Hoosier Park.

Among the many admirable qualities possessed by Ponda Title, perhaps the most valuable is the one not readily visible: The desire to win.

Confederate maintained the top spot in the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll for the fourth consecutive week. 

Hightstown, NJ — Bythemissal, who won the $250,000 Aria Invitational Pace at Yonkers Raceway in a track-record 2:21.2 for 1-1/4 miles, shifted the Week 14 Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll harness racing rankings released Tuesday by moving up to third while one newcomer joined the Top 10. Confederate, who was idle, and Sylvia Hanover, who won

The sport’s top ranked horse demonstrated why he deserves that ranking as Confederate stopped the clock in 1:46.1 in the $80,000 fourth round of the Kentucky Championship Series to become the swiftest three-year-old pacer in harness racing history on Monday (Sept. 4) at Red Mile.

Confederate, who on Monday became the fastest three-year-old pacer in history with his 1:46.1 Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series win at Lexington’s Red Mile, became the first unanimous No. 1 in this season’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll when the Week 13 rankings were released on Tuesday, Sept. 5.

Hightstown, NJ — Confederate (Sweet Lou), who on Monday became the fastest 3-year-old pacer in history with his 1:46.1 Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series harness racing win at Lexington’s Red Mile, became the first unanimous No. 1 in this season’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll when the Week 13 rankings were released Tuesday. In addition, four