Jimmy Creed retired to Spendthrift

Top sprinter Jimmy Creed has been retired and will stand stud in 2014 at his

owner B. Wayne Hughes' Spendthrift Farm. A Grade 1 winner by leading sire

Distorted Humor, Jimmy Creed was discovered to have sustained a minor injury to

the sesamoidean ligament in his right front ankle. The setback would have

required him to miss his year-end goal of the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa

Anita, so the decision was made to retire the four-year-old colt.

"We were hopeful that we could bring Jimmy Creed home to stud after the

Breeders' Cup because the entire team was very excited about his chances in the

Sprint, but it wasn't meant to be," said Ned Toffey, Spendthrift general

manager. "The great news is that we're going to be able to offer breeders what

we believe is a tremendous opportunity to breed to an exciting stallion prospect

through our Share The Upside program."

Jimmy Creed scored his biggest career win last winter in the Grade 1 Malibu

at Santa Anita, running seven furlongs in 1:20.36. He followed that performance

with a sharp victory in the Grade 2 Potrero Grande at Santa Anita in April,

running 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:15.03. He finished third when making his final start

in the Grade 1 Bing Crosby on July 28.

The chestnut is out of the Grade 1-winning and multiple Grade 1-producing

mare Hookedonthefeelin, also the dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Pussycat Doll

and stakes winner Funny Feeling. A $900,000 Keeneland September yearling

purchase, Jimmy Creed's family remained active in 2013. His dam is a full sister

to the dam of Grade 1 Acorn winner and top three-year-old filly Midnight Lucky.