JL Cruze makes huge leap into Poll
by Ken Weingartner, Harness Racing Communications
Freehold, NJ --- JL Cruze’s upset of Father Patrick in a division of the Graduate Series for
4-year-old trotters helped to vault the gelding into this week’s Top 10 in the Hambletonian
Society/Breeders Crown poll. JL Cruze, who has won 12 of 14 races this year and never
been worse than second, won by a neck over Father Patrick in 1:51 and lands at No. 5 in
this week’s rankings.
Also joining the Top 10, at No. 9, is 4-year-old gelding pacer Rockeyed Optimist, who
captured a division of the Graduate Series for 4-year-old pacers last weekend at the
Meadowlands. Rockeyed Optimist has nine victories and one second-place finish in 10 starts
this season.
Otherwise, little changed in the Top 10, with idle 3-year-old male pacer Wiggle It Jiggleit
remaining in the No. 1 spot, followed by Charlie Hill Memorial-winning 5-year-old female
trotter Bee A Magician in second. Artspeak, another 3-year-old male pacer who was idle last
week, moved to third as Father Patrick dropped to fourth.
Rankings based on the votes of harness racing media representatives on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-43-2-1 basis.
Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown Standardbred Poll: Week 4 – 6/9/2015
Rank Name (First Place Votes)
A/G/S
Record
Earnings
Points Pvs
1
Wiggle It Jiggleit (24)
3pg
9-9-0-0
$135,742
315
1
2
Bee A Magician (4)
5tm
5-4-1-0
$270,735
300
2
3
Artspeak (5)
3pc
2-2-0-0
$60,000
219
4
4
Father Patrick (1)
4th
2-1-1-0
$89,062
191
3
5
JL Cruze
4tg
14-12-2-0 $183,638
153
-6
Mission Brief
3tf
2-2-0-0
$62,500
132
5
7
In The Arsenal
3pc
3-3-0-0
$185,525
129
6
8
JK She’salady (1)
3pf
1-1-0-0
$15,525
84
8
9
Rockeyed Optimist
4pg
10-9-1-0
$153,525
79
-10
Pinkman
3tg
2-2-0-0
$63,821
56
10
Also: Shake It Cerry (49); Doo Wop Hanover (42); All Bets Off, Radar Contact (25); JK Endofanera (22); State
Treasurer (21); Habitat (15); Uncle Lasse (10); Canepa Hanover (9); Frau Blucher (7); Hurrikane Ali, Wakizashi
Hanover (6); Ideal Cowboy (5); Bourbon Bay, Color’s A Virgin, P H Supercam (4); Domethatagain, Solar Sister
(3); Split The House, Whom Shall I Fear (2); Crazy Wow, Let’s Drink On It, Modern Legend (1).