Plainville, MA — On the strength of his lifetime best winning effort of 1:49.1 at The Meadowlands on Saturday night (April 9), Mullinax (American Ideal-Up Front Kellie Jo) became the fastest Standardbred of any age, gait or gender bred in Massachusetts.

Mullinax is the fastest Standardbred of any age, gait or gender bred in Massachusetts. USTA/Ken Weingartner file photo.

Tim Tetrick was locked in fifth at the rail with Mullinax at the top of the lane before finding open road along the pylons and bolting home in :26.2 to win by one length to establish the new record.

Mullinax was foaled at the Longobardi Farm in Norfolk, Mass., in 2018 and became a Massachusetts Sire Stake champion at two while setting a track and stakes record for a 2-year-old pacing colt (1:53.4). He then repeated as champion at three, sweeping all three legs and the final while setting another stakes record for a 3-year-old pacing colt (1:51.3).

Now four, Mullinax has 34 lifetime starts with 12 wins, seven seconds and five thirds with earnings of $356,724. Bred by his namesake, the late Ed Mullinax and his trainer Mark Ford, the fastest horse ever to come out of the state of Massachusetts is owned by William Varney of Bangor, Maine.