by Carol Hodes, for the SBOA of New Jersey

Manalapan, NJ — 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 2-year-old trotters is spotlighted on Friday night (June 28) 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, N.J.

The New Jersey Sire Stakes record for 2-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).