Harness: Super Chapter vaults to front of Top 10 poll
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Following his win in the MGM Yonkers International Trot this past weekend, Super Chapter ascended to No. 1 in the Week 14 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Wednesday (Sept. 16). He became the sixth different horse this year to hold the top spot, the most since six were ranked first in 2012.
Super Chapter received 25 of 35 first-place votes to overtake previous No. 1 Brandon Blvd, who garnered eight first-place nods. Super Chapter has won four consecutive starts, with three being Grade 1 events – the International Trot, Maple Leaf Trot, and John Cashman Memorial. He became the first horse this season to surpass $1 million in earnings thanks to his score in the $1 million International.
Following Brandon Blvd, who was idle, in the rankings were New Jersey Classic 3-year-old male trotting champ Apex and Charlie Hill Memorial (G2) runner-up On To Norway, who swapped positions three and four. Big Ranger, who won the Ohio Sires Stakes Scarlet Championship, vaulted from seventh to fifth.
Dropping from fifth to sixth was Nezuko Kamado S, who finished fourth in the fourth leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes for 3-year-old female trotters. Miki And Minnie and Shalom Hanover, both idle, were next in the Top 10, followed by Wall Of Fame and newcomer Best Chip. Wall Of Fame won the N.J. Classic for freshman filly trotters and Best Chip captured the Aria Invitational Pace (G2) as a follow-up to winning the Canadian Pacing Derby (G1) in his previous start.
Bourbonista S dropped out of the Top 10.
The Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, which will continue weekly on Wednesdays through the Grand Circuit season, does not determine year-end awards. The members of the U.S. Harness Writers Association vote on all Dan Patch Award division winners plus Trotter of the Year, Pacer of the Year, and Horse of the Year.
Rankings based on the votes of harness racing media representatives on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown Standardbred Poll: Week 14 – 9/16/2026
Rank | Name (First-Place Votes) | Age/Sex/Gait | Record | Earnings | Points | Pvs |
1 | Super Chapter (25) | 4ht | 8-6-2-0 | $1,071,707 | 331 | 2 |
2 | Brandon Blvd (8) | 3cp | 10-7-2-1 | $935,695 | 308 | 1 |
3 | Apex | 3ct | 7-5-1-0 | $860,466 | 267 | 4 |
4 | On To Norway (2) | 4gt | 11-9-2-0 | $486,750 | 215 | 3 |
5 | Big Ranger | 3ct | 9-6-1-0 | $552,337 | 158 | 7 |
6 | Nezuko Kamado S | 3ft | 8-6-1-0 | $550,305 | 126 | 5 |
7 | Miki And Minnie | 4mp | 8-6-0-2 | $372,099 | 104 | 6 |
8 | Shalom Hanover | 2cp | 6-6-0-0 | $310,276 | 88 | 8 |
9 | Wall Of Fame | 2ft | 8-8-0-0 | $361,250 | 86 | 10 |
10 | Best Chip | 4hp | 15-9-3-1 | $470,805 | 60 | -- |
ALSO: Miss Jum Jabber 33; Victorianas Secret 20; Bourbonista S 18; Francent N 15; Emoticon Legacy, Loua Dipa, Twin B Joe Fresh 13; Melillo 11; Odds On Mr Mamba 10; Redland Rocket Man 9; Starstruck Dreamer 6; Al Papi 5; Be Perfect BG, Sea Bistro Hanover 4; Don’ttruckwithme, Ken Hanover 2; Geologic, Jersey Bulldog, Prince Hal Hanover, Waves Of Fortune 1.