Undefeated in her sophomore season, the Canadian-campaigned pacing filly Sylvia Hanover topped the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll for the third straight week.
Myron Charna President’s Pace winner Bythemissal was the only newcomer to the Top 10 in the Week 10 edition released on Tuesday, Aug. 15. The four-year-old male pacer joined the upper echelon at No. 9.
Little else changed in the Top 10 as Sylvia Hanover, Confederate, Its My Show and Its Academic remained entrenched in the top four spots. Its My Show picked up two first-place votes off his world-record performance in the second leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series at Red Mile.
Its Academic won the Tom Aldrich President’s Trot with a world record effort at Northfield Park.
The remainder of this week’s Top 10 were idle.
The Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll does not determine U.S. Horse of the Year. 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 10 – Aug. 15, 2023
| Rank | Name (First Votes) | A/S/G | Record | Earnings (USD) | Points | Pvs |
| 1 | Sylvia Hanover (17) | 3fp | 6-6-0-0 | $326,830 | 328 | 1 |
| 2 | Confederate (15) | 3cp | 6-5-1-0 | $687,929 | 318 | 2 |
| 3 | Its My Show (2) | 3gp | 9-8-0-0 | $540,584 | 270 | 3 |
| 4 | Its Academic | 6ht | 10-7-1-2 | $466,784 | 211 | 4 |
| 5 | Tactical Approach (1) | 3ct | 9-4-0-4 | $581,489 | 124 | 6 |
| 6 | Jiggy Jog S | 4mt | 6-4-2-0 | $368,486 | 122 | 5 |
| 7 | Silver Label | 4mp | 12-7-3-1 | $306,121 | 98 | 8 |
| 8 | M Ms Dream | 4mt | 8-5-0-1 | $319,362 | 93 | 7 |
| 9 | Bythemissal | 4gp | 6-5-0-0 | $173,843 | 64 | — |
| 10 | Grace Hill | 5mp | 9-6-2-1 | $314,626 | 63 | 9 |
ALSO: Cannibal 49; Charlie May, Special Way 30; Heaven Hanover 22; Seven Colors 12; Ari Ferrari J, Legendary Hanover 11; Geocentric 10; Ponda Warrior, Ruthless Hanover 7; Bond, Covered Bridge 6; Newsroom 5; Oh Well, Voukefalas 4; Mikala, Up Your Deo 3; Celebrity Bambino, Fashion Frenzie, Hungry Angel Boy, Stockade Seelster, Stonebridge Helios 2; Allegiant, Ghostly Casper, So Much More, Venerate 1.
(With files from USTA)