from Kentuckiana Farms

Lexington, KY — Kentuckiana Stallion Management has announced that Ontario stallion and former world champion Muscle Mass, by Muscles Yankee out of Graceful Touch, will stand the 2014 breeding season at Blue Chip Farms, located in Wallkill, N.Y.

Kentuckiana Farms will continue to serve as Syndicate Manager and along with Blue Chip Farms will manage his breeding career.

With just two crops of racing age, Muscle Mass was the leading first crop sire of Ontario Sire Stakes winners in 2012 and followed it up with a second season in 2013 as the current leading Ontario sire of 2-year-old trotters in overall earnings. Muscle Mass is the sire of multiple Ontario Sire Stakes Gold champions including Motown Muscle ($445,979), Princess Lilly ($269,109) and Muscle Matters ($211,066). Most impressive, however, is 2-year-old Grand Circuit champion Riveting Rosie ($452,618), winner of the Champlain Stakes, Peaceful Way and Ontario Sire Stakes Super Finals.

“Although he has clearly earned the right to have his service fee bumped significantly based on his first two racing crops, we have worked closely with the team at Blue Chip to establish a real value play for breeders with the 2014 fee being set at $6,000. We have also created loyalty and multiple mares programs to reward breeders for their support. Based on early indications, we are confident that he will get a full book of quality mares,” says Bob Brady of Kentuckiana Stallion Management.

Muscle Mass retired to stud duty as the fastest 2-year-old son of Muscles Yankee, having established his world record mark of 1:53.4 in only his second career start. Muscle Mass won five major stakes in an undefeated season at 2, winning all seven of his starts, including back-to-back wins in Lexington and a 10 length, track and stakes record in the American-National.