Creatine
Stud Fee: $3,000

2010 Brown Stallion
by Andover Hall out of Berry Nice Muscles
  • Earnings of $2,102,022
  • Sire of:
    • Jujubee, at 3, $561,000 winner of the KY Futurity, set a track record of 1:49.4 at the Meadowlands during a division of the Muscle Hill, PASS Final champion, $100K Phil Langley Memorial winner, Breeders Crown Final Winner 
    • Take All Comers, PASS winner, Hambletonian starter
    • Argyle, at 3 PASS winner
    • Alpine, at 2, PA Stallion Series division winner, at 3 Weiss winner
  • 2015 Breeders Crown Open Trot
  • $368,900 Kentucky Futurity
  • Upset Victory in the $173,000 Allerage Open Trot over champion trotters, including Sebastian K, in his mark time of 1:51.2
  • Success in Europe with wins in both the Hugo Abergs and St.Michel Ajo
  • Other wins include Carl Erskine Trot, American-National Open Trot and the Colonial Invitational Trot
  • No overnight shipped semen

Creatine was proudly bred and raised by Diamond Creek Farm. An injury prevented this future champion from entering the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale in 2011, so owners Adam Bowden and Chris Bowden elected to keep the colt.  As a Hambo hopeful, a Kentucky Futurity winner, and now with international wins under his belt, Creatine has reached far and above early expectations, proving some underdog stories do come true. Creatine closed out his 2015 US Season with a win in the Breeders Crown Open Trot, pushing his lifetime earnings over $2,000,000.

With the pedigree, the heart, the speed, and the luck all of us search for in harness racing, Creatine is one of our favorite prides and joys.

Creatine has everything needed in a sire; toughness, durability and a great gait.  All dominant traits that breeders have been seeing in his yearlings.

Creatine will return to Ohio in 2022.

 

 

Race Record

Year Age Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
2012 2 7 3 1 1 $ 63,020
2013 3 17 8 5 1 $ 804,139
2014 4 16 3 3 4 $ 462,011
2015 5 12 3 2 2 $ 772,852
Total: $ 2,102,022
ANDOVER HALL GARLAND LOBELL  ABC FREIGHT 
GAMIN LOBELL 
AMOUR ANGUS  MAGNA FORCE 
KENWOOD SCAMPER 
BERRY NICE MUSCLES 
MUSCLES YANKEE  VALLEY VICTORY 
MAIDEN YANKEE 
BLACKBERRY HANOVER
DONERAIL 
BRITTANYS DREAM
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Creatine To Stand Stud Back In Ohio 2022

Creatine will be returning to Sugar Valley Farm in Ohio to stand stud in 2022 after spending the 2021 season in New Zealand at Nevele R. “After both the success […]

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Monday, October 26, 2015
Creatine Best in Breeders Crown Open Trot

In the second start of his homecoming,CREATINE displayed an effortless harness racing performance in the Breeders Crown Open Trot

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Creatine ‘Likely’ To Retire After Crown

“He’s got close to $2 million made, a record of (1:) 51 and a piece and he’s won big races all over the world… I think he’ll be well accepted (as a stallion).”

There is no denying that the international flair of the Breeders Crown Trot has led to considerable intrigue over the past few editions, and this year’s contest on Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack figures to be no exception.

The small twist is that this year’s European ‘invader’ is actuallyCreatine, a thoroughly blue-blooded American trotter.

After three seasons of racing stateside in the sport’s most prestigious events for trainer Bob Stewart and owner/breeder Adam Bowden’s Diamond Creek Racing, the 2013 Kentucky Futurity winner was sent overseas for a European trotting campaign in 2015, returning to U.S. soil only a few weeks ago.

After disappointing results in his first four events in Sweden, racing out of the Robert Bergh stable, the horse was moved to trainer Jimmy Takter’s European division and placed in the capable hands of his brother Johnny Takter. The change was positive for Creatine, who delivered two Group 1 victories, in Finland and Sweden, after that point in time.

“He did win two races over there at a mile and raced well at longer distances as well, but there’s no question that a mile is his distance and we’re very anxious to see him race a mile in Canada (for the Breeders Crown),” said Stewart, who now shares ownership of the horse with his wife Lynda and Bowden under the name Big C Racing.

“My wife and I kind of equated it to the difference between NASCAR and Indy car — they are both car races, but it’s a whole different scenario the way they race (in Europe). I think there was a bit of a learning curve for him that way, but he did get the hang of it and raced well, winning two Group 1 races over there, but I’m glad that he’s back stateside now,” said Stewart.

Creatine made his return to racing on American soil two weeks ago in the million-dollar Yonkers International Trot at a distance of a mile-and-a-quarter, where he finished a strong third behind Papagayo E and Timoko.

On the strength of his performance, the decision was made to pay the $62,500 supplemental fee to enter the Breeders Crown. At first report, the Open Trot appeared to be a six-horse field, however, that field expanded to seven after the late addition of superstar mare Bee A Magician, who had been initially placed in the Mare Trot in error.

“Obviously, we didn’t mind it when it was a six-horse field, but we don’t mind the seven-horse field, either. We aren’t scared to race anybody, but it should be a very interesting race,” he said.

“The filly ending up in there made it a better race, so we are looking forward to it.”

Bee A Magician, now five, the 2013 Horse of the Year and two-time Breeders Crown champion, has already proven willing and able to handle a field of male counterparts on many occasions in the past, most notably winning the $680,000 Maple Leaf Trot in September at Mohawk for trainer Nifty Norman and owners Mel Hartman, Herb Liverman and David McDuffee.

Beyond Creatine and Bee A Magician, en masse it is an exceptionally interesting field, packed with wild cards such as Canadian contenders Intimidate and Flanagan Memory, who have proven to be more than capable of winning prestigious trotting stakes in the past.

Intimidate is returning to the scene of his greatest triumph, after winning the three-year-old Colt Trot as a supplemental entry the last time the Breeders Crown surfaced at Woodbine in 2012. Since then, he’s added the Maple Leaf Trot and TVG Final in 2014 to his credit. For his part, Flanagan Memory has been heard from in the older trotting ranks this year, beating a star-studded field, including Elitlopp winner Magic Tonight, Natural Herbie and Obrigado, in the $301,500 John Cashman Memorial.

Rounding out the field are Ake Svanstedt’s Resolve, Ron Burke’s Gural Hanover and another Takter trainee Master Of Law, who have all been in high-profile events this season. Resolve is the 9-5 morning line favourite, followed by Bee A Magician (2-1) and Creatine (4-1).

Creatine has been within striking distance before in the Crown, losing by just a neck in the 2013 edition as he stormed up the passing lane in the driving rain at Pocono to just miss Spider Blue Chip in the three-year-old Colt Trot. Last year, he was a locked-in third behind Commander Crowe at the Meadowlands.

According to Stewart, win or lose in the Crown final, Saturday is likely to be Creatine’s final career start as retirement to stud beckons.

“He’s got close to $2 million made, a record of (1:) 51 and a piece and he’s won big races all over the world… I think he’ll be well accepted (as a stallion).

“You know, all of them deserve to win, but his career deserves to have a Breeders Crown win so hopefully that will happen.”

A win for Creatine would be a wonderful swan song for the horse, while also carrying the flag for his sire, Andover Hall, in the Crown at Woodbine.

Andover Hall, who was trained by Stewart throughout his career, is firmly entrenched in Crown lore. In 2002, the three-year-old star finished third in his Crown elimination, but later spooked after being turned out in a paddock, hopped a fence and made a dangerous gallop down the shoulder of Highway 401, Canada’s busiest highway, before he was rescued by motorists. He never raced again, but fortunately lived to become one of this generation’s most influential trotting sires.

“I remember like it was yesterday,” said Stewart. “We actually won a Breeders Crown that night with Cameron Hall (the second of two Crowns won by the filly) so I think it’s better to dwell on the positive part.”

Stewart plans to be in attendance on Saturday to watch Creatine try to earn his Crown.

“We know he can compete at the highest level anywhere in the world,” he said. “He’s got a lot of big races under his belt, but a Breeders Crown would be nice on his resume when all is said and done.”

The post position draws for the majority of the Breeders Crown finals took place after the eliminations last Friday and Saturday. To read the Friday elimination recap and to view the post draws for the two-year-olds,click here. To read the Saturday elimination recap and to view the post draws for the three-year-old and older races,click here.

The post positions for the $500,000 Breeders Crown Three-Year-Old Colt Trot and the $531,250 Three-Year-Old Colt Pace were drawn on Tuesday, October 20 during an afternoon press conference at Woodbine Racetrack. For complete information,click here.

To view the entries for the Breeders Crown card, and for past performances for the Breeders Crown entrants courtesyTrackIT, click one of the following links:

2015 Breeders Crown Finals:

(Hambletonian Society)

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Monday, October 12, 2015
Creatine Supplemented to Breeders Crown

The pride of Indiana, 3-year-old colt pacer Freaky Feet Pete, as well as 5-year-old trotter Creatine, back home in the U.S. after an international campaign this year, were supplemented to their respective Breeders Crown divisions by t…

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Creatine Returns to US for International Trot

Each of the past two years, Bob Stewart watched Creatine post memorable victories on Kentucky Futurity Day at Stewart’s home track, The Red Mile in Lexington. On Saturday, Stewart will […]

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Creatine moves into the Takter Stable in Sweden

Creatine has moved into Jimmy Takter’s barn. After four disappointing starts in The Bergh Stable, the star trotter looks to find better form in new surroundings. Creatine, who won the […]

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Monday, February 9, 2015
Diamond Creek Breeding Auction for Sam McKee

What comes to mind when you hear the name, Sam McKee? Many would say an extremely talented individual who knows no stranger, all while being a master of his trade. […]

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Progeny

Alpine