Rank Horse Driver, Trainer, Owner Ken Warkentin’s Comments1 Apex (Walner) Dexter Dunn, Marcus Melander. Jeffrey Snyder, S R F Stable, Steve Stewart Dan Patch Award winner finished second by a neck to stablemate American Power in 3YO debut June 5, held off Diabolic Hill for a new mark of 1:50.3 in NJSS Platinum Final, won Stanley Dancer Memorial division in 1:52, won first Hambo elim in 1:50.4, four-time runner up Marcus Melander sends out three finalists2 Big Ranger (In Range) Tim Tetrick, Anette Lorentzon, Madison Global 2025 Ohio Horse of the Year broke in 3YO debut April 23, fourth in Oak Grove Derby elim, wire-to-wire in Silver conso in 1:52.3, set Scioto Downs track record 1:51.2 in OHSS, after barn change set another Scioto Downs track record of 1:50.3 in OHSS division, crushed Buckeye Stallion Series division in 1:51.4 @ Scioto Downs July 25 after a 35-day layoff, blazed to new mark of 1:50 in second Hambo elim, Tetrick won the 2010 Hambo with Market Share3 Endurance (Captain Corey) Andrew McCarthy, Christopher Beaver, Super Endurance Stable, Bill Manes, Leo Fleming, Mark Moger 3YO debut a track record equaling 1:51.3 in Oak Grove Derby elim May 4, second (1:51.3) in final, won PASS division in 1:51.4, set Currier & Ives stakes record 1:52.4, won Stanley Dancer Memorial division in 1:52, second by a nose to Apex in 1:50.4 first Hambo elim, Andrew McCarthy won the 2020 Hambo with Ramona Hill4 American Power (Walner) James MacDonald, Marcus Melander, M Biasuzzi Stable Inc. Rallied in :26.3 to win Garden State division May 16, won NJSS Platinum Division in 1:54.3 (sloppy track), took NJSS division in 1:52, third (1:51.1) in NJSS Platinum Final, second (1:52.1) in Stanley Dancer Memorial division, romped to all-age Vernon Downs track record 1:50 in Zweig Memorial, third (1:51) in first Hambo elim5 It Could Be Worse (Captain Corey) Scott Zeron, Linda Toscano, Bay’s Stable, Pat & Mark Huber, Bill Elliott, Camelot Stable KYSS winner in 1:53 at two, close second in 1:51.3 3YO debut on June 12, eye-catching new mark of 1:50.3 in Reynolds division, second (1:52) in Stanley Dancer Memorial division, second (1:50.4) in second Hambo elim, Scott Zeron seeks a Hambo grandslam, Toscano won the 2010 edition with Market Share6 Magic Punk (Wishing Stone) Yannick Gingras, Ake Svanstedt, Magic Punk Inc. 1:53.1 stakes record Dexter Cup 3YO debut May 2, 1:52.1 romp in Goodtimes elim, second (1:52.2) in final, took new mark of 1:51.4 in Reynolds division, broke/seventh in Zweig Memorial, third (1:50.4) in second Hambo elim, Svanstedt seeks Hambo grandslam7 Spencer Hanover (Chapter Seven) Jason Bartlett, Marcus Melander, Jeffrey Synder, Arthur Pronti Breeders Crown champion won Oak Grove Derby elim in 1:53.4 in 3YO debut May 4, equaled 1:51.3 track record in final, 1:53.3 romp in NYSS @ Vernon Downs, dominated EBC in 1:54.4, broke/ninth in Yonkers Trot, broke/eighth in Stanley Dancer Memorial division, bounced back with strong 1:53.1 Big M qualifier July 18, fourth (1:51) in second Hambo elim8 Minoan (Bar Hopping) Andrew McCarthy, Noel Daley, Patricia Stables, L A Express Stables, Sjoeblom Racing, Noel Daley 2YO Bluegrass winner in 1:52.4, prominent in PASS, wire-to-wire in 1:52.2 Tompkins-Geers division on July 25, fifth (1:51.1) in second Hambo elim, Noel Daley won the 2011 Hambo with Broad Bahn9 Captain Naughty (Captain Corey) Jason Bartlett, Per Engblom, Denise Dennis Won Kentucky Golden Rod Final in 1:53.3 as a 2YO, switched to trainer Per Engblom & qualified at Big M in 1:52 on July 24, fourth (1:51.1) in first Hambo elim, one of three Hambo finalists by 2021 Hambo winner Captain Corey