Musket Man retired to Vinery Florida

Musket Man was never worse than third in 14 consecutive starts, including five Grade 1s (Stephanie Van Minos/Tom Cooley Photography) Grade 2-winning millionaire MUSKET MAN (Yonaguska) has been retired and will stand at Vinery near Summerfield, Florida, this year for a $2,500 live foal fee. A four-time stakes winner, Musket Man also placed eight black-type races, including five Grade 1 events, and earned $1,236,820 from a 16-6-3-5 line.   “Musket Man is an exciting addition to the Vinery Florida roster,” Stallion Director Declan Doyle said. “As a Grade 2 winner and Grade 1-placed millionaire, he dodged no one at the racetrack while demonstrating the qualities and class breeders crave in a stallion. Local breeders will no doubt remember his stirring win in the Tampa Bay Derby (G3).”

Owned by Eric Fein and Vic Carlson and trained by Derek Ryan, Musket Man
became a top contender for the 2009 Kentucky Derby (G1) with victories in
the Illinois Derby (G2), Tampa Bay Derby and Pasco S. He was third in both the
Derby and Preakness (G1), and recorded a pair of runner-up efforts in the
Metropolitan H. (G1) and Carter H. (G1) as a four-year-old. He also captured the
Super S. and finished third in the Whitney H. (G1) last season, and concluded
his racing career with an eighth in the November 27 Cigar Mile H. (G1) at
Aqueduct.

A model of consistency, Musket Man won at four distances from six furlongs to
1 1/8 miles at ages two through four.

The dark bay is by Grade 1 winner Yonaguska, from the sire line of champion
sprinter Cherokee Run. Out of the stakes-placed Fortunate Prospect mare
Fortuesque, Musket Man is from the same female family as champion two-year-old
and successful sire Silent Screen.

Musket Man is available for inspection now as well as at Vinery’s upcoming
Open House on February 11th. For more information, contact Declan Doyle at
Vinery (352) 307-8485.