Archive for August 2015

Ponder, the sire of last weekend’s Messenger Stakes winner Bolt The Duer p, 3, 1:47.4f ($1,036,063), will be relocated to stand in 2013 at the new Diamond Creek Farm of Pennsylvania, according to farm owner Adam Bowden. His fee will be $4,000.

One of the fastest and most talented standardbreds to hit the racetrack in many years, Sweet Lou will retire at the end of this year and then head to stud at Adam Bowden’s Diamond Creek Farm in Pennsylvania.

Trained throughout his ca…

At this point, trainer Jimmy Takter is looking for some answers with Father Patrick. He has gone on the record as saying that he will probably be consulting some specialists due to the recent sub-par performances from the accomplished…

Over in harness racing this year, superstar trotter Father Patrick has been generating considerable buzz by performing “double duty” since the start of the 2015 breeding season. According to an article last month in Harness Racing Update, the 4-year-old is “the most notable standardbred ever in the United States” to serve as an active stallion […]

The connections of Father Patrick have announced that the four-year-old Dan Patch and O’Brien Award-winning trotter has been officially retired.

Diamond Creek Farm’s Adam Bowden, who is managing the stallion’s breeding career, said h…

With Father Patrick’s racing career now completed, breeder and co-owner Adam Bowden is looking forward to the next phase of the trotter’s career as a fulltime stallion.

The 4-year-old Father Patrick did double duty this season as a r…

Multiple World Champion and 2012 Meadowlands Pace winner A Rocknroll Dance has been retired from racing and will begin his stud career in 2014 at Diamond Creek Farm of Pennsylvania, according to Diamond Creek owner Adam Bowden. A Rocknroll Dance p,2,1:49.1; 3,1:48.1f; 4,1:47.2-’13, by Rocknroll Hanover and from a half-sister to supersire Western Hanover, won […]