Keep voting.
There's more at stake than just the top three prizes.
Each week a $1000 prize is awarded (I think random) and there's a new prize this time - Champion Challenge Award - for the shelter with the most cumulative votes in all three of the year's races.
The Dark Horse prizes are reserved for rescue organizations that have never won any other prize in any past Challenge or in the current Challenge. This includes Final, State/Regional, Weekly, Story, Photo, and other special prizes. I don't think BRAT would qualify since they did receive weekly and maybe state prizes in the past.
BRAT has a chance for one of the prizes β keep voting! We have until December 19.