Hambletonian and Hambletonian Oaks Elimination Post Draws

I must confess, I was surprised by the fact only eighteen colts and geldings dropped into the Hambletonian eliminations.  With ninteen fillies dropping in the box for the Hambletonian Oaks, there will be two eliminations for next week's finals with the top five finishers in each race advancing.

Here is the draw for the Hambletonian and the Oaks with the preliminary driver assignments.  Later in the week, we will review the races.

3rd Trot HAMBLETONIAN OAKS ELIM - 3 Year Old Fillies Purse $35,000

HN PP Horse Driver Trainer Yrs. Best Last 3 2 1 Martiniontherocks R Pierce R Jones 1:55.4 2-1-1 1 2 Hey Mister B Sears R Croghan 1:53.4 1-1-1 1A 3 Crys Dream L Ouellette H Hollsten 1:53.2 1-1-1 3 4 Sashay Y Gingras B Stewart 1:55.1 2-2-1 4 5 Lost Symbol  Smedshammer Smedshammer 1:55.0 3-4-2 5 6 Intense America T Tetrick N Bardier 1:58.0 9-2-1 6 7 Wincinnatti Y Gingras B Bittle 1:53.2 1-6-1 7 8 Celebrity Katie B Miller S Lind 1:55.4 6-2-1 8 9 Pantholops A Miller J Czernyson 5-4-5 9 10 Thatsnotmyname R Pierce J Takter 1:56.1 4-7-6

4th Trot HAMBLETONIAN OAKS ELIM - 3 Year Old Fillies Purse $35,000

HN PP Horse Driver Trainer Yrs. Best Last 3 2 1 Seducedbychocolate D Miller J Czernyson 1:56.1 4-3-8 3 2 Southwind Amiga B Sears  Smedshammer 1:54.4 3-1-3 4 3 Cedar Dove R Pierce N Daley 1:55.1 2-1-10 5 4 Bold And Fresh R Pierce D Miller 1:54.2 1-1-1 1 5 Iron Lady L Ouellette F Persson 1:56.3 1-1-8 1A 6 Jezzy T Tetrick R Schnittker 1:55.0 1-1-1 6 7 Migisi C Manzi D Swick 2:00.0 2-2-8 7 8 Creme De Cocoa D Ackerman D Ackerman 1:56.4 2-2-4 8 9 Lady Rainbow R Zeron R Zeron 1:57.3 2-3-5

5th Trot HAMBLETONIAN ELIM - 3 Year Old Open  Purse $70,000

HN PP Horse Driver Trainer Yrs. Best Last 3 2 1 Whit T Tetrick H Hochstetler 1:52.4 1-5-4 3 2 Big Sky Storm R Pierce C Marino 1:56.1 2-3-3 4 3 Orlando C Manzi D Swick 1:55.4 2-2-2 5 4 Luckycharm Hanover D Miller T Haughton 1:53.4 1-4-3 6 5 Celebrity Bombay B Sears S Lind 1:54.4 3-1-X 1 6 Chapter Seven M Lachance L Toscano 1:53.1 1-1-3 7 7 Fawkes Y Gingras J Czernyson 1:55.3 5-3-2 8 8 Broad Bahn G Brennan N Daley 1:54.0 2-1-3 1A 9 Blue Porsche T Ritchie B Burgess 1:54.0 1-1-1

6th Trot HAMBLETONIAN ELIM - 3 Year Old Open   Purse $70,000

H NPP Horse Driver Trainer Yrs. Best Last 3 1 1 Whiskey Tax T Tetrick T Durand 1:56.0 3-2-4 2 2 Magnum Kosmos D Palone T Dinges 1:53.2 1-1-1 3 3 Pastor Stephen R Pierce J Takter 1:53.1 7-2-2 4 4 Big Rigs T Tetrick K O'Donnell 1:55.0 2-6-4 5 5 Bambino Hall D Palone T Raymer 1:53.4 7-5-7 6 6 Opening Night B Sears J Campbell 1:53.4 1-1-9 7 7 Manofmanymissions A Miller E Miller 1:52.1 1-8-2 8 8 Charlie De Vie T Tetrick C Ryder 1:54.0 6-1-7 9 9 Live Jazz T Tetrick C Sylvester 1:55.4 2-8-4