{{Short description|American Standardbred racehorse}} {{Infobox racehorse |horsename= Muscle Hill |image= |caption= |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= Gregory B. Peck |record= 21:20-1-0 |earnings= $3,273,342 |wins= |awards= 2-Year Old Trotter of the Year (2008)<br>3-Year Old Trotter of the Year (2009)<br> United States Trotter of the Year (2009)<br>United States Harness Horse of the Year (2009)<br>Canadian Trotter of the Year (2009)<br>Canadian Harness Horse of the Year (2009) |honours= U.S. Harness Racing Hall of Fame (2016) | race = Peter Haughton Memorial (2008)<br>Stanley Dancer Memorial (2009)<br>Canadian Trotting Classic (2009)<br>World Trotting Derby (2009)
'''Breeders Crown wins:'''<br> Breeders Crown 2YO Colt & Gelding Trot (2008)<br>Breeders Crown 3YO Colt & Gelding Trot (2009)
'''U.S. Trotting Triple Crown wins:'''<br> Hambletonian Stakes (2009)<br>Kentucky Futurity (2009) |updated= November 22, 2016 }}
'''Muscle Hill''' is a trotting stallion, by 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.<ref name="ny">[http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/muscle-hill-wins-hambletonian-record-time-meadowlands-article-1.398164 Muscle Hill wins Hambletonian in record time at the Meadowlands], Daily News, Retrieved 16 February 2016</ref> 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.<ref name="stallions">[http://www.stallionsaustralasia.com/muscle_hill.html Stallions Australasia], Retrieved 14 February 2016</ref>
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.<ref name="ny"/> He won by six lengths, the largest winning margin in The Hambletonian since Mack Lobell in 1987.<ref name="hambo">[http://www.hambletonian.org/archives_hambo/h_2009.html 2009 Hambletonian], The Hambletonian Society, Retrieved 14 February 2016</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Muscle Hill ends his career with 20th consecutive victory in Breeders Crown |url=http://www.nj.com/sports/njsports/index.ssf/2009/10/muscle_hill_ends_his_career_wi.html |work=New Jersey On-Line |date=October 25, 2009 |accessdate=November 3, 2009 }}</ref> The $2,456,041 that he won in 2009 was a record for a single season for either a trotter or a pacer.<ref name="stallions"/> 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.<ref name="hambo"/> He never came close to defeat in his twenty wins which were all by a margin of at least one length.<ref name="hambo"/>
At stud his early foals have included Hambletonian winner Trixton and top filly Mission Brief,<ref name="stallions"/> Marion Marauder - 1 50,2 - 2013 g.- winner Hambletonian, Bar Horring - 1.51,4 - 2013 g., Manchego - 1.49,0 - 2015 g.
In January 2016 it was announced that Muscle Hill would be inducted into the Living Horse Hall of Fame.<ref>[http://www.standardbredcanada.ca/news/1-15-16/three-new-inductees-living-hall.html Three New Inductees to Living Hall], Standardbred Canada, Retrieved 14 February 2016</ref>
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Category:2006 racehorse births Category:American Standardbred racehorses Category:Harness Horse of the Year winners Category:American Champion harness horses Category:United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame inductees