MANALAPAN,
NJ – December 23, 2014 – Hambletonian winner Trixton will receive the 2014
Secretary of Agriculture’s Trophy as New Jersey Standardbred of the Year as
selected by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture.
Trixton and Deo Volente Farms, the 2014 New Jersey Breeder of the
Year and the trotter’s new home, will be among the honorees
at the 58th Annual New Jersey Breeders Awards Luncheon at 1 p.m. on January 25,
2015 at Charley’s Other Brother in Eastampton Township, NJ.
Trixton
will begin his career as a stallion in 2015, standing at Deo Volente Farms in
Franklin Township, NJ for a fee of $12,000.
“We think Mike Gulotta [CEO
of Deo Volente Farms] has demonstrated great foresight to stand Trixton in New
Jersey,” said Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association President Tom
Luchento. “We hope breeders will share his faith in the future of the New
Jersey program and breed their mares to Trixton.”
Trixton
was one of three stellar three-year-old trotting colts in the stable of Hall of
Famer Jimmy Takter in 2014, heading into the prestigious Hambletonian on August
2 at the Meadowlands. While his stablemates, Father Patrick and Nuncio,
seemed like the stronger contenders, it was Trixton who prevailed, with Takter
picking up his first Hambletonian as a driver and third as a trainer [Malabar
Man in 1997 and Muscle Massive in 2010]. Nuncio was second and Father
Patrick made an uncharacteristic break in stride, finishing out of contention.
Trixton’s sire, Muscle Hill,
is a son of Muscles Yankee; all three generations are Hambletonian winners and
stallions who have stood in New Jersey.
Trixton’s
2014 victories also included the Good Times, Simpson, Reynolds, Simcoe and the
New Jersey Sire Stakes Championship. He was also honored as New Jersey
Sire Stakes Horse of the Year.
A
$360,000 Lexington Selected Sale purchase, the trotter raced for the
partnership of Bengt Agerup’s Brixton Medical AB of Orsundsbro, Sweden and
Christina Takter of East Windsor, NJ. He was bred by Steve H. Stewart of
Paris, KY; Martti Ala-Seppala of Hollola, Finland and John Bootsman of Ekero,
Sweden.
In two seasons of racing,
Trixton earned $947,057, taking a mark of 1:50.3 and posting 12 wins, two
seconds and two thirds in 19 career starts.
For
tickets to the awards luncheon, which are $35 each, contact Kim Tkacs at
609-292-8830.
