Breeding and Racing, E L Titan Will be Back in July - from Harness Racing Update
Joining Father Patrick as 4 year olds that will breed and race in 2015, E L Titan is gearing up for double duty. The stallion aspects of his career will be handled by Southwind Farms in New Jersey, but the horse will remain in Canada with trainer Riina Rekila and the foals will be Ontario breds. He is owned by Erkki Laakkonen of Finland. "The owner originally wanted to breed10 or 12 of their mares to him in Finland," Southwind's Mike Klau explained. "We were going to ship semen to Finland and they decided since they were going to do that they might as well breed him to mares in Canada as well. They contacted us about managing stallion career.
"We'll only breed a limited book, probably 50-60 mares. Riina is very careful with her horses and brings them along slowly. I doubt he'll be ready to race before July." Klau said one mare already lined up to be bred to E L Titan is Fabulous Tag, the dam of Intimidate. E L Titan (Muscle Hill) is 6 for 13 lifetime and beat Father Patrick in the Carl Erskine at Hoosier before finishing second behind him in the Breeders Crown. "I think he is a hell of a horse," Klau said. "He hasn't accomplished quite as much as we had hoped, but next year he's set up for a big year. He only had five starts at 2 and eight at 3. We originally thought they were going to take him to Europe to race in 2015. But they will race him here. He's a horse on the come."
E L Titan To Breed & Race
EL Titan 2,1:53.4 ($581,351) will serve a limited book of mares in 2015 and continue his racing career later in the season.
The multiple stakes-winning son of champion Muscle Hill will stand stud at Overseas Farm, Campbellville, Ontario, under the management of Southwind Farms, and then return to the track under the tutelage of trainer Riina Rekila.
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Dec. 4 - Muscle Hll Book Full and Closed
Pennington, NJ --- Southwind Farms, manager of the Muscle Hill Syndicate, has announced that the book for the 2015 breeding season is now full and closed. Muscle Hill will once again stand at Marion Farms, New Hope, Pa.
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Nov. 22 - Mission Brief rolls to 1:51.4 score in Crown freshman filly trot
East Rutherford, NJ --- Mission Brief made it mission accomplished as she stormed to a 4-3/4 length win over Danielle Hall in a stakes-record 1:51.4 in Friday’s $500,000 Breeders Crown for 2-year-old female trotters.
Mission Brief, a daughter of Muscle Hill-Southwind Serena, is the fastest 2-year-old trotter in harness racing history, with a mark of 1:50.3. She has won nine of 13 races this year and earned $591,070 for Burke Racing Stable, Our Horse Cents Stables, J&T Silva Stables and Weaver Bruscemi LLC.
USTA/Mark Hall photo
Nov. 3 - Harrisburg - Brooklyn Hill at $390,000 tops opening session
Buying a yearling is just one step in the process of getting a racehorse, or perhaps more accurately getting a horse to the races, as trainer Jonas Czernyson is well aware. Czernyson, acting on behalf of Swedish interests, bought colt trotter Brooklyn Hill for a sales-topping $390,000 at the opening day of the Standardbred Horse Sale.
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Oct. 9 - Paris - Vincennes - Muscle Hill filly Spada Nera wins Prix Kurse
Robin Bakker teamed Italy’s Spada Nera (3f Muscle Hill-Zelda Per-Crowning Point) to victory in tonight’s featured €85,000 Prix Kurse at Paris-Vincennes.
Sixteen European starters contested the 2100 meter autostart event. Timed in 1.14.4kr, the daughter of Muscle Hill is trained by Paul Hagoort for Germany’s well-respected breeder/owner Alwin Schockemohle.
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Paris -Turf photo
Oct. 8 - Freehold, NJ - Southwind Roulette gives goosebumps
She might be best known for once bursting through a gaggle of geese on her way to victory at The Meadows, but co-owner Howard Taylor hopes that by the end of the season people recognize Southwind Roulette for her talent.
Southwind Roulette, who has won five of seven starts this year, races in the third of three Historic-Debutante Stakes divisions at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Friday.
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Curtis Salonick Photo
Oct. 2 - Lexington, KY - Mission Brief sets world record of 1:50.3 in International Stallion Stake
A quartet of Explosive Matter International Stallion Stakes were contested for 2-year-old trotting fillies on a bright and sunny Thursday afternoon (Oct. 2) at Lexington’s famed Red Mile. In the second $80,550 division Mission Brief provided fans with another world record performance, trotting to a 1:50.3 mile with her nearest rival some 16 lengths behind her.
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Nigel Soult photo
Sept. 25 - Lexington, KY - ANOTHER WORLD RECORD PERFORMANCE BY A MUSCLE HILL FILLY!
Four Bluegrass divisions for 2-year-old trotting fillies went postward Thursday night (Sept. 25) at The Red Mile. In the $84,250 second Norman S. Woolworth division, a field of seven went postward over the red clay, and as expected, 8-5 favorite Jolene Jolene won, and won in a big way -- equaling Mission Brief's world record for a 2-year-old trotting filly of 1:52.1. David Miller steered the daughter of Muscle Hill-Celebrity Speedie-Malabar Man for owner Bill Donovan and trainer Jonas Czernyson.
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Nigel Soult photo
Aug. 12 Muscle Hill Ad
Muscle Hill has firmly established himself as a leading trotting sire!
2014 Hambletonian Champion TRIXTON 3,1:50.3 ($840,604) By MUSCLE HILL-Emilie Cas El-Garland Lobell
2014 Merrie Annabelle Winner & World Champion MISSION BRIEF 2,1:52.2 ($255,775)
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USTA/Mark Hall photo
Aug. 2 - The Meadowlands - Trixton wins the Hambletonian
Trixton and trainer/driver Jimmy Takter bested a stubborn stablemate Nuncio (John Campbell) in a stretch drive down the lane to win the $1,006,125, 89th Hambletonian on Saturday (Aug. 2) at The Meadowlands in 1:50.3. The time was the second fastest in the history of the race, behind his sire Muscle Hill, who won the 2009 Hambletonian in 1:50.1.
USTA/Mark Hall photo
Aug. 2 - The Meadowlands - Mission Brief equals world record in Merrie Annabelle
It was mission accomplished for Mission Brief (Muscle Hill - Southwind Serena), who was “in a world of her own” according to track announcer Ken Warkentin, as she finished in a world-record tying 1:52.2, way ahead of the field, to win the $352,050 Merrie Annabelle for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Saturday (Aug. 2) at The Meadowlands.
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Chris Gooden photo
July 19 - Washington, PA - Southwind Roulette avoids geese to capture PASS split
A filly and her driver may be asked to do many things to win a stake race, but finding a path through a flock of truculent geese typically isn’t among them. That was the case Friday at The Meadows, however, when Southwind Roulette and Yannick Gingras avoided the geese and captured a division of the Sand Tart, an $227,160 Pennsylvania Sires Stake for freshman filly pacers.
SIRE STATISTICS 2014
Leading Money Winning Sires in 2014
2-Year-Old Trotters
SIRE STATISTICS 2014
Leading Money Winning Sires in 2014
2-Year-Old Pacers
MUSCLE HILL
SPORTSWRITER
Dave Landry photo
| Sire Name | Foals | Starters | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCLE HILL | 82 | 42 | 1,461,435 |
| MUSCLE MASSIVE | 85 | 56 | 1,439,696 |
| DONATO HANOVER | 102 | 60 | 1,412,382 |
| CANTAB HALL | 71 | 49 | 1,373,987 |
| CONWAY HALL | 75 | 55 | 1,278,495 |
| EXPLOSIVE MATTER | 81 | 47 | 1,081,641 |
| KADABRA | 103 | 55 | 835,753 |
| CRAZED | 70 | 41 | 756,373 |
| LUCKY CHUCKY | 84 | 47 | 697,597 |
| ANDOVER HALL | 99 | 56 | 690,883 |
| MUSCLE MASS | 90 | 51 | 638,742 |
| CREDIT WINNER | 59 | 36 | 572,997 |
| CHIP CHIP HOORAY | 53 | 47 | 553,030 |
| RC ROYALTY | 35 | 24 | 550,623 |
| YANKEE GLIDE | 72 | 42 | 537,741 |
| NEELY DUNN | 31 | 16 | 534,017 |
| DEWEYCHEATUMNHOWE | 79 | 42 | 526,379 |
| MUSCLES YANKEE | 51 | 32 | 476,055 |
| SJ'S CAVIAR | 72 | 30 | 470,918 |
| HOLIDAY ROAD | 81 | 44 | 428,769 |
| Sire Name | Foals | Starters | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPORTSWRITER | 154 | 99 | 1,888,599 |
| BETTOR'S DELIGHT | 115 | 82 | 1,733,245 |
| ART MAJOR | 92 | 73 | 1,643,479 |
| WELL SAID | 100 | 65 | 1,504,100 |
| ROCK N ROLL HEAVEN | 103 | 72 | 1,268,539 |
| DRAGON AGAIN | 85 | 50 | 1,250,261 |
| SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE | 67 | 53 | 1,076,536 |
| WESTERN IDEAL | 50 | 32 | 1,050,169 |
| WESTERN TERROR | 103 | 63 | 976,897 |
| AMERICAN IDEAL | 85 | 59 | 961,348 |
| FEELIN FRISKIE | 54 | 44 | 937,322 |
| ROCKIN IMAGE | 107 | 70 | 852,988 |
| SPORTSMASTER | 61 | 39 | 794,397 |
| ROCKNROLL HANOVER | 133 | 81 | 735,720 |
| PANSPACIFICFLIGHT | 124 | 63 | 527,149 |
| MACH THREE | 108 | 48 | 512,631 |
| YANKEE CRUISER | 40 | 25 | 492,464 |
| MCARDLE | 37 | 24 | 481,026 |
| PONDER | 30 | 14 | 475,361 |
| THIRD STRAIGHT | 15 | 9 | 404,620 |
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NEW for 2014 MUSCLE HILL will stand at MARION Farms New Hope, PA
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Sept. 18 - Southwind Spirit sets Balmoral mark in Am-Nat
Despite a track that had been drenched by heavy rains during the late afternoon hours, Burke Racing, Weaver Bruscemi LLC and Stable 45's Southwind Spirit had no problem negotiating his way over the sloppy going Wednesday night as the $105,000 yearling purchase etched his name into the Balmoral Park record books knocking off nine other 2-year-old trotting colts by 11 ¼ lengths in 1:54.1 while taking the $69,000 American National. The previous mark of 1:54.3 had been set in 2008 by Swan For All.
Barry Skolnick CEO
As President of BLS Asset Managment (formerly Solgar Vitamin & Herb company), Barry has been involved with the family business since 1979, spearheading a subsidiary in Real Estate- investing, acquiring and developing in residential, commercial and industrial real estate and now a privately-held family office, investing in a variety of diverse investment opportunities.
Barry is Trustee of the Skolnick Family Charitable Trust. He has a Bachelor's degree from SUNY Oneonta. He is currently single with two grown sons. Barry also enjoys racing and is a founding member of the Monticello Motor Club. He enjoys sports and actively participates in tennis, yoga and working out at the gym.
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Internships Available at Southwind Farms
Southwind farms is now opening it's doors to students that would like to participate in our internship programs. We are a large scale, equine reproduction facility that can offer a lot of hands on experience in the reproduction and farm management fields. .... read more.
August 25 2010
Farm Manager Laura Young is profiled in Hoof Beats Way of Life, written by Nicole Kraft.
Aug. 8 2009
Southwind Farms owner, and Muscle Hill co-owner Allen Skolnick raises the Hambletonian trophy with Southwind Farm manager Laura Young.
Muscle Hill - wins Hambletonian
With an absolutely dominant world record 1:50.1 performance in today’s $1,520,333 Hambletonian Final, Muscle Hill made the dreams of many come true.
The win, his fifth in a row this year and 13th of 14 lifetime, puts Muscle Hill’s ’09 earnings at $1,015,241. Lifetime he now has $1.8 million banked for owners Jerry Silva, the TLP Stable, Southwind Farm and Muscle Hill Racing.
“It’s something we’ve waited for a long, long time and something that we’ll cherish for a long time. I can’t give enough credit to the whole team that made this possible. It’s been quite a ride all season long, the horse has been perfect,” said co-owner Allen Skolnick of Southwind.
August 2006 Feature article in The Harness Edge
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Southwind Farms is in the business of breeding, foaling and marketing standardbred horses.
Farm Manager: Laura Young
29 Burd Rd. Pennington, NJ 08534
Gilbertsville, N.Y. 13825
Phone: (609) 737-9067 Fax: (609) 737-2481