Hall Of Fame - Mr Muscleman
2,1:59; 3,1:53.3; 1:51.1 Earnings: $3,582,823
G, 2000 By Muscles Yankee-Meadowbranch Irene, by Meadow Road
Background & Current Status
Bred by: Brittany Farms & Spar J Stables
Sale history: 2001 Tattersalls yearling ($2,000)
Owned (during his racing career) by: Pamela Wagner; Adam Victor & Son Stable
Trained by: Noel Daley
Current status: Retired; residing at the Kentucky Horse Park
Racing Credentials: In 2003: "3-Year-Old Colt Trotter of the Year" and leading money-winning all-age trotter. In 2004: "Older Trotting Horse of the Year." In 2005: "Trotter of the Year," all-age Canadian record-holder (1:51.1) and leading money-winning older trotter. Leading 1:55 trotter of all time (30 wins in 1:55 or faster) and fourth-leading money-winning U.S.-bred trotter of all time.
Major Stakes Victories: Breeders Crown (twice), Kentucky Futurity, Canadian Trotting Classic, Maple Leaf Trot (twice), Titan Cup, Arthur Cutler Memorial and Classic Series Final.
Mr Muscleman ranks as the leading money-winner bred by Brittany Farms or Brittany Farms and partners, and for that matter, among the leading money-winning trotters in the sport's history.
The modest yearling purchase (from the first crop by Muscles Yankee) was a stakes winner at both 2 and 3. He went on to achieve his fame as an older horse, three times capturing Dan Patch "Horse of the Year" honors for his age and gait and twice leading the annual money-earnings category for the same.
The multiple classics winner in the U.S. and Canada represented the United States in the prestigious Elitlopp Trot in Stockholm, Sweden in 2007. He finished second and third against an international field after he swooped the field in his elim to set up the eventual winner.
His driver Ron Pierce said of him: "He was the best horse I've ever driven. The toughest, the classiest, the gutsiest. He covered the ground so easily...he needed three strides to get where all the other horses needed four."
In the fall of 2009, Mr Muscleman became the first trotter to retire to the "Hall of Champions" at the Kentucky Horse Park. Other Standardbred representatives at the park have all been pacers.
Videos
| Mr Muscleman Retirement Ceremony  | Mr Muscleman Come-from-behind Cutler  | Mr Muscleman 2005 Breeders Crown  |