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The Diamond Creek breeding shed has opened today for all Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Ohio stallions. The shed will be open through July 11, 2026. Sweet Lou and Downbytheseaside are now fully booked. This is the last call for bookings to Confederate ($20,000 PA) and Cannibal ($6,000 NY). Breeders are encouraged to contact Diamond Creek for […]
𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝟱.𝟭𝟭.𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟰 – 𝟭.𝟮𝟳.𝟮𝟲 Writing these soliloquies is never easy, but this one comes harder than others. Hall of Fame broodmare and matriarch of Diamond Creek, Western Montana, has passed away. No words can really fully encompass the impact Montana has had on Diamond Creek, but we tried our best in a letter to […]
Building on the momentum of an exceptional 2025 season, Diamond Creek Farm today unveils its 2026 stallion roster and stud fees. Featured are two notable new stallions and several fresh partnerships that further strengthen an already exceptional lineup, underscoring the farm’s commitment to breeding excellence. The following provides a detailed breakdown by state, beginning with […]
October 2025 — Diamond Creek Farm has announced that Sweet Lou, the sport’s leading overall sire in 2025, will stand the 2026 breeding season at a fee of $30,000, an increase from $25,000. His book will close no later than December 15th, though it is expected to be inundated with demand and may close earlier. […]
Creekside Chat was formed in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic as a way to stay in touch with and entertain harness racing breeders and supporters of Diamond Creek, with farm news and and segments on the harness racing industry at large. 00:00:00 – Intro – What are we going to talk about? What are […]
Diamond Creek is excited to announce the arrival of the first foal from 2023 harness racing Horse of the Year, Confederate. Proud mom is Priceless (Rockin Image) who was a winner of $620,544 Congratulations to the owners of Priceless and Anvil and Lace Farm LLC on the arrival of this “priceless” filly!! by Caroline Vazquez, for Diamond […]
Unlike his fictional counterpart, the horse Sidd Finch (Credit Winner) has never studied meditation in the mountains of Tibet. Still, in the past year the trotter has been able to attain a calmer disposition, leading to improved results in his own athletic endeavor. Sidd Finch, a 6-year-old trotter named after the mysterious New York Mets […]
It is with great sadness that Diamond Creek Farm announces that Armbro Nest (Dragon’s Lair) has passed away at 32 years of age. After the passing of Shes a Great Lady in early 2023, Armbro Nest took on the role of the farm’s resident matriarch. She maintained her cool demeanor, perhaps softening ever so slightly […]
The first reported foal by Pebble Beach, the 2022 Dan Patch and O’Brien Award Winner, is a colt out of Lifestyle Hanover born early Sunday morning at Shadowbrook Farm in New Jersey. Literally Hanover is a Bettor’s Delight mare owned by Ken and Kathy Weed. They have reported that they are extremely happy with the […]
Wyndham harness racing trainer Craig Ferguson’s whale of a season continued last night at Addington when he notched up a double. Grey trotter Smokin Bandar (Monkey Bones) went to the lead early in the Hydroflow Trot and stayed in front, winning by one and a half lengths. “I was a bit worried about the track. […]
Diamond Creek is pleased to welcome 2023 Hambletonian harness racing champion Tactical Approach (Tactical Landing-Sarcy) to their Pennsylvania stud barn for 2024. Tactical Approach, trained by Nancy Takter, is from the first crop of the red hot sire, Tactical Landing and out of the Donato Hanover mare, Sarcy, making him a half-brother to Double Deceiver […]
Courant Inc, SRF Stable, and Diamond Creek Farm are pleased to announce that harness racing stallion Gimpanzee (Chapter Seven) will be syndicated this fall with limited shares available. He will continue to stand stud at Diamond Creek of Kentucky in 2024 for a stud fee of $20,000. Gimpanzee was purchased at Harrisburg in 2017 by […]
Diamond Creek is pleased to announce that the 2023 Adios Pace winner, Cannibal (Sweet Lou-No More Losses), will retire to stud in 2024 to Blue Chip Farms in Wallkill, New York. Cannibal finished on the board in five of his eight starts as a two-year-old, including multiple wins in the Kentucky Sire Stakes Commonwealth Series. […]
