Muscle Hill
| Muscle Hill | |
|---|---|
| Breed | Standardbred |
| Sire | Muscles Yankee |
| Grandsire | Valley Victory |
| Dam | Yankee Blondie |
| Damsire | American Winner |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 2006 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Winbak Farm |
| Owner | Muscle Hill Racing LLC |
| Trainer | Greg Peck |
| Record | 21:20-1-0 |
| Earnings | $3,273,342 |
| Major wins | |
|
Peter Haughton Memorial (2008) Stanley Dancer Memorial (2009) Canadian Trotting Classic (2009) World Trotting Derby (2009)
Breeders Crown wins:
U.S. Trotting Triple Crown wins: | |
| Awards | |
|
2-Year Old Trotter of the Year (2008) 3-Year Old Trotter of the Year (2009) United States Trotter of the Year (2009) United States Harness Horse of the Year (2009) Canadian Trotter of the Year (2009) | |
| Honours | |
| U.S. Harness Racing Hall of Fame (2016) | |
| Last updated on November 22, 2016 | |
Muscle Hill is a trotting stallion, out of super sire Muscles Yankee, who won a Breeders Crown race in 2008 and 2009. He is driven by Brian Sears and trained by Greg Peck.
Muscle Hill was purchased by Tom Pontone for $55,000 at the Harrisburg Yearling Sales in 2007.[1] He showed great promise as a two-year-old winning the Peter Haughton Memorial and 2008 Breeders Crown Two Year Old Colt Trot. He went on to win $817,301 and eight of nine races and was named the United States 2-Year Old Colt Trotter of the Year.[2]
In 2009 he went on to win all of his races as a three-year-old, including the Hambletonian, the Canadian Trotting Classic, the American-National, the World Trotting Derby, the Kentucky Futurity and the Breeders Crown. In The Hambletonian he won in 1:50.1 which was a stakes record and tied the fastest time for a trotter of any age at The Meadowlands.[1] He won by six lengths, the largest winning margin in the The Hambletonian since Mack Lobell in 1987.[3] At the end of 2009 he retired to stud with career prize money of $3,273,342, and having won the last 20 of the 21 races in which he competed.[4] The $2,456,041 that he won in 2009 was a record for a single season for either a trotter or a pacer.[2] He was voted United States Harness Horse of the Year for 2009, the first time a trotter had won the award for an undefeated season.[3] He never came close to defeat in his twenty wins which were all by a margin of at least one length.[3]
At stud his early foals have included Hambletonian winner Trixton and top filly Mission Brief.[2]
In January 2016 it was announced that Muscle Hill would be inducted into the Living Horse Hall of Fame.[5]
References
- 1 2 Muscle Hill wins Hambletonian in record time at the Meadowlands, Daily News, Retrieved 16 February 2016
- 1 2 3 Stallions Australasia, Retrieved 14 February 2016
- 1 2 3 2009 Hambletonian, The Hambletonian Society, Retrieved 14 February 2016
- ↑ "Muscle Hill ends his career with 20th consecutive victory in Breeders Crown". New Jersey On-Line. October 25, 2009. Retrieved November 3, 2009.
- ↑ Three New Inductees to Living Hall, Standardbred Canada, Retrieved 14 February 2016