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Posted on Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Champion horse Funny Cide, winner of the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes (both gr. I) and one of the most popular horses in recent years, has been retired at age 7, trainer Barclay Tagg said July 13.
Tagg stated that Funny Cide retires perfectly sound. After conferring with Sackatoga managing partner Jack Knowlton and assistant trainer Robin Smullen, it was decided this was a perfect time to retire the New York-bred son of Distorted Humor???Belle???s Good Cide, by Slewacide.
???We decided that after the great fun and excitement of watching Funny Cide win the Wadsworth Memorial at Finger Lakes at the age of 7, it would be a good note on which to retire the horse,??? Tagg said. ???He had tremendous 3-year-old and 4-year-old seasons, and won stakes every year, except his 5-year-old year.
???He just won a stakes at 7, and everyone had so much fun and excitement out there.???
Tagg said Funny Cide is so happy being at the track, they???re just going to keep riding him like a stable pony and let him go out with the sets each morning.
Funny Cide retires with 11 victories from 38 starts, with six seconds and eight thirds, for earnings of $3,529,412. In addition to his victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, he captured the Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I) and Excelsior Breeders??? Cup Handicap (gr. III) and placed in the grade I Belmont Stakes, Suburban Handicap, Haskell Invitational, Donn Handicap, and Wood Memorial, and grade II Massachusetts Handicap, Louisiana Derby, Saratoga Breeders??? Cup, and New Orleans Handicap.
Funny Cide was sold as a yearling to Tony Everard at the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred yearling sale for $22,000. Tagg had taken a liking to the horse when he saw him at Everard’s Farm.
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