Diamond Creek Farm has announced its partnership with the owners of Face Time Bourbon. This new joint venture will give North American breeders access to frozen semen from one of the best racehorses in the sport.
Face Time Bourbon is the best son of Ready Cash. He was a winner of 17 Group 1 races in Europe, including the Prix D’Amerique in 2020 and 2021.
The first crop of Face Time Bourbon hit the tracks in 2022. Overseas, he is in the top five leading stallions of two-year-olds in Italy. In France, he has had 54 per cent of his two-year-olds qualify with average earnings of €117,000. In the United States, he has already had some success with Emira Mil and Sparkling Tile. Two yearlings out of Face Time Bourbon, Tap Phoned and Fenicia IT, were sold this fall at Lexington, with a sale average of $120,000.
The stud fee is $20,000 live foal and the frozen semen will be stored at Rood and Riddle in Kentucky but can be shipped to approved locations. All foals resulting from the frozen will be eligible to the Breeders Crown. Mares can be booked at diamondcreekfarm.com or by calling or emailing the office at 717-638-7100 and [email protected].
(With files from Diamond Creek Farm)