MANALAPAN,
NJ – June 27, 2013 -- There will be a lot of Muscle, a handful of Chocolatiers
and a couple of Revenues on display when New Jersey Sire Stakes racing for
two-year-old trotters is spotlighted on Friday night, June 28, 2013 at the
Meadowlands.
Of
the 29 entrants, divided into four divisions with purses of $18,500 to $20,500,
14 are from the first crop of Muscle Hill; six are by his sire, Muscles Yankee;
seven are by Chocolatier and two are by Revenue.
The
fillies are carded as a non-betting event at 7 p.m. and the second race while
the colts are races four and 11.
Muscle
Hill, the 2009 Hambletonian winner and Horse of the Year, won the New Jersey
Sire Stakes Finals at two and three before retiring to Southwind Farm in
Pennington, NJ.
The
New Jersey Sire Stakes record for two-year-old trotting fillies is 1:55.3,
shared by Act of Grace [1995] and Southwind Cocoa [2012]. The record for
colts is 1:56 held by Yankee Glide [1996]. The mark for geldings is 1:57
set by Shadow [2000].
-Submitted
by Carol Hodes for SBOANJ
