Muscle On In and Well Built, stablemates and both sons of Muscle Hill, finished one-two in the $66,500 Harold Dancer Trot on Friday, September 27 at Freehold Raceway.
Muscle On In ($3.40, $3.80, $2.60) was in front at every call and scored a length and a quarter victory over Well Built, trotting the mile in 2:00.1. Skates N Plates, sired by Revenue, was third by three lengths.
Both first crop of Muscle Hill colts are trained by their co-owner, Chris Ryder.
Ryder turned over the driving assignment on Muscle On In to Daniel Dube while he handled Well Built.
A $15,000 Harrisburg Sale purchase, Muscle On In races for the partnership of Ryder, Robert Mondillo of Delaware, Ohio and Max Wernick of New City, New York.
Muscle On In now has three wins in nine starts and a bankroll of $52,665.
The Harold Dancer Trot for two-year-old New Jersey-sired trotters is sponsored by the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey.
In New Jersey Sire Stakes – Green Acres action prior to the betting card, Ill Bring Dessert, driven by Jim Marshall III and trained by Linda Toscano, was a five-length winner over Shelikescandy in 2:03.4. Both are daughters of Chocolatier.
Ill Bring Dessert, who picked up her first win in seven starts, races for PC Wellwood Enterprises of Cambridge, Ont. and William Weaver III of Freehold, New Jersey.
Muscle Pump Queen, sired by Muscles Yankee, was third by six and a quarter in the $7,000 third leg for two-year-old trotting fillies.
In the $7,000 opening leg for three-year-old trotting colts, Dagget was a neck winner over Chocolate Delight in 2:01.4 Marion Mayday was third by a length and a quarter. The top three finishers are all by Chocolatier
Dagget was driven by Tyler Butenschoen for trainer John Butenschoen. He is owned by William Wiswell of Elkhorn, Wisconsin and Jean Goehlen of Aurora, Illinois.
(SBOANJ)