Muscle Hill and Federal Flex

As noted in a couple of earlier blog entries these two sires have similar pedigrees and can be expected to relate well to similar mares. I also noted earlier that Muscle Hill has a full brother, Diesel Don, with foals now racing in Sweden, and there are two producing sires in North America that have maternal lines similar to those of Federal Flex, namely Amigo Hall and Incredible Abe.

Muscle Hill is by Muscles Yankee from a dam by American Winner (Super Bowl) with a second dam by Hickory Pride making his dam line bred to Stars Pride. Federal Flex flips the maternal combination over since his dam is by S Js Photo, a Stars Pride line stallion through Hickory Pride, and his second dam is by Joie de Vie by Super Bowl. This is a subtle difference since it affects the profile priority for one sire versus the other even though the overall profile remains the same.

I have attached the profiles for Diesel Don, Amigo Hall and Incredible Abe. Clearly the presence of Super Bowl maternally in the dams of their successful performers stands out. In the case of Diesel Don, however, the Super Bowl line is that of the broodmare sire while the other two sires prefer mares with Super Bowl 2nd and occasionally third dams. This may have something to do with the position of Super Bowl in the sires being in the same corresponding position, i.e. In the first dam of Diesel Don, and in the second dam of Amigo Hall and Incredible Abe,

There are other possible profile factors that could be in play. Typically when a sire has no Speedy Crown maternally we see them succeed with dams that double up that sire either linebred or inbred maternally. Monte Hall by Incredible Abe is an example of this, as is York Kemp by Diesel Don.

Another combination to watch for are mares that combine Speedy Crown and Noble Victory lines maternally. See Xandria Kemp by Diesel Don, as well as several good ones from Garland Lobell mares.

For the first crop, however, the odds are in favour of following the principal profile factor.

Attached also are the profiles of the yearlings by Muscle Hill and Federal Flex.

The yearling pedigrees are now in the Globetrotter database and are also available online at www.pedigreeguru.com .

Attachment: Sire Profile for Amigo Hall.pdf
Attachment: Sire Profile for Diesel Don.pdf
Attachment: Sire Profile for Incredible Abe.pdf
Attachment: Federal Flex Yearling Profiles.pdf
Attachment: Muscle Hill Yearling Profiles.pdf

So You Want To Buy a Muscle Hill Yearling.

The 2012 crop of yearling trotters will be headed up by first crop sire Muscle Hill. It is never too early to start looking for one of these soon to be sought for individuals. But what do you look for in the pedigrees to help you narrow down the list?

In my blog on January 4th, 2010 on First year sires I noted that Muscle Hill had a full brother, Diesel Don, standing in Sweden that had yearlings on the ground. I also speculated on which ones might be successful based on other similar sires and predicted a profile as follows:

It would appear that the options for Muscle Hill and Federal Flex boil down to the following priorities

1. Noble Victory line dams that have a double to Speedy Crown maternally.

I would classify this as a Scenario #2 match since it returns the principle lines of the dam of Muscles Yankee i.e. Speedy Crown and Noble Victory which brings us back to Muscles Yankee as perhaps being the key to success.

2. Stars Pride line dams with no Speedy Crown line but with a Noble Victory line maternally.

This is a Scenario #1 to the extent that you can find the same individuals, namely American Winner (Super Bowl) and Hickory Pride in mares for Muscle Hill.

I have just completed an update of European performance including the ones by Diesel Don now racing at four year old and there are very few surprises. For the mst part the best ones fall into the second profile group having Stars Pride line dams through Super Bowl but some share elements of both groups. The Noble Victory line does not seem to be a factor. Here are the top five based on earnings. bear in mind that most are racing in Finland where 2 and 3 year old races carry low purses.

Don Factor  50006 Euro  Dam is by a son of Super Bowl and is also inbred to Speedster/Speedy Crown.

Singing Soul 21950 Euro  Stars Pride line dam with no Speedy Crown maternally. Dam is inbred 3x3 to Hickory Smoke, half brother to Hickory Pride, sire of the second dam of Muscle Hill.

Grainfield Danny  16338 Euro Dam by a son of Super Bowl with no Speedy Crown maternally. Dam is also a double to Margaret Parrish

Sahara Flygirl  13628 Euro  Dam by a son of Speedy Somolli and while this makes the filly linebred 5x3 to that sire there is a strong maternal connection to compensate with both Super Bowl and Hickory Pride 4x4 maternally.

Secret Pilot  13253 Euro  Dam by son of Super Bowl,with third dam also through Stars Pride

There are just 78 yearlings by Muscle Hill registered to date and perhaps a few more to come. One colt you should be interested in is Martiniwithmuscle from the Credit Winner mare Cocktail Hour. Owned by my good friend Dr Doug Hutchins he will sell in Harrisburg. Like the best one to date by Diesel Don he has a dam through Super Bowl and is in fact a 3x3 maternal double to American Winner. The dam is also inbred maternally to Speedy Crown, a big plus, is inbred to Margaret Parrish, an even bigger plus, and has a second dam also through Super Bowl. This pedigree covers all of the profile possibilities. Did I mention also that he is a January foal?

 

Attachment: Sahara Flygirl Pedigree.pdf
Attachment: Martiniwithmuscle Pedigree.pdf
Attachment: Don Factor Pedigree.pdf