Diamond Creek regretfully announced on Monday, Sept. 23 that 14-year-old trotting stallion Creatine will be retired from breeding.

Creatine has struggled with issues that continue to affect his ability in the breeding shed. With advice from industry professionals and partners at Sugar Valley Farm, Diamond Creek has decided that it is best to retire Creatine for the welfare of the stallion. 

Creatine (Andover Hall-Berry Nice Muscles) retired from racing in 2016 with more than $2 million in earnings and wins in the Breeders Crown, Kentucky Futurity, Allerage Trot and two Group 1 events in Europe.

His best offspring was superstar Jujubee, the 2021 Dan Patch Trotter of the Year and Three-Year-Old Trotting Colt of the Year, who became the first sophomore trotting colt in history to record multiple sub-1:50 wins. Other top performers from Creatine include stakes winners Take All Comers ($895,240) and current three-year-old Hung Over $407,928). In total, he has sired 28 horses to reach six figures in earnings

"He had a rough start as a yearling with an injury that no trainer would take, then to go on to make $2 million for the farm -- he owes us nothing,” said Diamond Creek's Adam Bowden. "He was our first real homebred and will always have a special place in our history and hearts."

Creatine will live out his days at Diamond Creek Farm in his new role as a teaser stallion and retiree.  

(With files from Diamond Creek)