Distorted Humor 5286917 225663523 2008-07-14T20:10:31Z JiggeryPokery 4869382 /* Distorted Humor's record */ {{Thoroughbred racehorse infobox | horsename = Distorted Humor | image = | caption = | sire = [[Forty Niner (horse)|Forty Niner]] | grandsire = [[Mr. Prospector]] | dam = Danzig's Beauty | damsire = [[Danzig (horse)|Danzig]] | sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]] | foaled = 1993 | country = [[United States]] {{flagicon|USA}} | colour = [[Chestnut (coat)|Chestnut]] | breeder = [[Nuckols Farm, Inc.]] | owner = [[Russell L. Reineman|Russell L. Reineman Stable]] & [[Prestonwood Farm]] | trainer = [[Phil Gleaves]]<br>[[W. Elliott Walden]] | record = 23: 8-5-3 | earnings = $769,964 | race = [[Amsterdam Stakes]] (1996)<br>[[Salvator Mile Handicap]] (1997)<br>[[Commonwealth Breeders' Cup Stakes]] (1998)<br>[[Churchill Downs Stakes]] (1998)<br>[[Ack Ack Handicap]] (1998) | awards= | honours = | updated = {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} [[{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}]] [[{{CURRENTYEAR}}]] ([[UTC]]) }} '''Distorted Humor''' (foaled 1993 in [[Kentucky]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]] and a successful [[sire]]. ==Bloodline== Distorted Humor's sire is [[Forty Niner (horse)|Forty Niner]], 1987's [[Eclipse Award]] winning [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding Two-Year-Old Male Horse|Outstanding Two-Year-Old Male Horse]] by the champion sire, [[Mr. Prospector]]. Distorted Humor's dam was Danzig's Beauty by [[Danzig (horse)|Danzig]]. Distorted Humor was her second foal. (Danzig's Beauty died June 17th, 2006, at the age of 19 due to [[Horse colic|colic]]. She'd given birth in April, 2006, to her last foal, a [[filly]] by [[Empire Maker]]. Of her eight starters, six were winners.) ==Racing career== Distorted Humor himself had a career running middle-distance stakes races. He impressively broke his maiden at [[Florida]]'s [[Gulfstream Park]]. Trained by Phil Gleaves as a sprinter/miler, [[W. Elliott Walden|Elliott Walden]] took over the training in the spring of 1996 after Prestonwood Farm purchased a half-interest in Distorted Humor. Distorted Humor's eventual race record was 8 wins, 5 places and 3 shows in 23 starts, earning a total of $769,964. As a three-year-old, he won the [[Amsterdam Stakes|Screen King Stakes]], was second in the [[Graded stakes race|Grade III]] Fayette Stakes and the Grade II [[Jerome Handicap]], and 3rd in the Grade III [[King's Bishop Stakes]]. At four, he took the Grade III [[Salvator Mile Handicap]], was second in the Grade III [[Kentucky Cup Classic Stakes]] and the Grade III [[Philip H. Iselin Handicap]]. At five, he took the Grade II [[Commonwealth Breeders' Cup Stakes]] (setting the record for the distance that still holds), the Grade II [[Churchill Downs Stakes]], and the Grade III [[Ack Ack Handicap]] before he was retired. ==A winning Stud== Beginning in 1999, Distorted Humor stood twice in [[Victoria, Australia]] (at Grand Lodge Stud in [[Avenel]]) for $12,000. He sired two Australian crops. In only these two crops, 93 were runners, 74 winners, 12 placed, and two others have come in the money. His get include Rinky Dink: winner of the South Australian Oaks and the Tasmanian Oaks, Distorted Halo: winner of the Moonee Valley and Mercedes-Benz [[Hong Kong Derby Trial]], and Tirade: winner of the Caulfield Guineas Prelude and third in VRC Ascot Vale Stakes. Among his Australian winners are not only flat runners, but jumpers. The jumper, four-year-old, Some Are Bent, took the Moonee Valley Hurdle in July 2006, his third jumps win in his past four outings. Back in the United States, Distorted Humor's 2000 fee remained low and his mares average, yet he also quickly made his mark, becoming America's leading freshman sire of 2002. And then in 2003, his stud career expanded a hundredfold with the arrival of his most famous son, the dual classic winner [[Funny Cide]], as well as the Grade I runner, Awesome Humor. For three years now his mares have become classier and classier (in 2007 he serviced the mare Quendom (ARG), the dam of [[Invasor (horse)|Invasor]]); his American off-spring have earned over five million dollars a year. In 2005, when his oldest were five-year-olds, and over the course of 140 races, 88 of his get (13 of which were two-year-olds) earned 8 million six hundred thousand dollars. He finished the year as the second top sire in America, beaten only by the now deceased Saint Ballado. By late 2006 he had 255 winners, including 18 graded stakes winners, from 340 starters, siring 46 stakes winners. From five crops, his progeny have earned $30,265,433. In 2006, as a 14-year-old sire, he had 20 different horses win a combined 31 stakes races, 10 of which were graded. Now 15 (2008), Distorted Humor has produced at least 20 stakes winners for the second year in a row. For the third straight year, he ranks among the top six stallions by progeny earnings. For the year 2007, he ranks third behind [[Smart Strike]] (sire of [[Curlin]] and [[English Channel (horse)|English Channel]] and [[A.P. Indy]]. "Distorted Humor's progeny inherit the will to win, the desire; a lot like [[Storm Cat]]," said WinStar Farm President and CEO Doug Cauthen. "They're always battling. They battle and win or try to win, and that desire tends to get them in the winner's circle." ==Distorted Humor's record== Currently standing at [[WinStar Farm]] in [[Versailles, Kentucky]], his progeny include: * [[Funny Cide]], 2003 [[Kentucky Derby]], 2003 [[Preakness]], 2004 [[Jockey Club Gold Cup]]. * [[Hystericalady]], [[Hollywood Breeders' Cup Oaks]], 2007 [[Humana Distaff Handicap]], 2007 [[Molly Pitcher Breeders' Cup Handicap]]. 2008 [[Azeri Breeders’ Cup Stakes]], [[Fleur de Lis Handicap]] 2008, [[Delaware Handicap]] 2008. * [[Flower Alley]], 2005 [[Travers Stakes]], 2005 [[Lane's End Stakes]], 2005 [[Jim Dandy Stakes]]. * [[Commentator (horse)|Commentator]], 2005 [[Whitney Handicap]], 2008 [[Richter Scale Breeders' Cup Sprint Championship Handicap]]. * Original Spin, 2005 [[Arlington-Washington Breeders' Cup Lassie Stakes]] Grade III. * Go Rockin' Robin, 2003 [[Peter Pan Stakes]]. * [[Any Given Saturday]], 2007 [[Dwyer Stakes]], 2007 [[Haskell Invitational Handicap]], 2007 [[Brooklyn Handicap]]. * Cowtown Cat, 2007 [[Illinois Derby]], 2007 [[Gotham Stakes]]. * Da Stoops, 2005 [[California Breeders' Champion Stakes]], 2006 [[California Cup Sprint]], 2006 [[Sunshine Millions Dash]]. * Forty Grams, 2007 [[Alysheba Breeders' Cup Stakes]]. * Sensibly Chic, 2005 [[Vagrancy Handicap]] * [[Sharp Humor]], 2006 [[Swale Stakes]]. * Awesome Humor, 2002 [[Spinaway Stakes]]. * Forty Niners Son, 2007 [[San Luis Rey Handicap]]. * Rinky Dink, 2004 [[Australasian Oaks]]. * Gaudeamus, 2006 Woodpark & Ballysheehan Studs Stakes at [[Curragh Racecourse|Curragh]], [[Ireland]] * It's No Joke, 2006 Bet on Sunshine Handicap at [[Churchill Downs]], 2006 Grade II [[Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap]], 2006 Grade III [[Ack Ack Handicap]]. * Dash of Humor, 2006 [[Kentucky Cup Ladies Turf Stakes]], 2006 HBPA Handicap, 2006 Furl Sail HHBPA Stakes. * Distorted Halo * Change Up, 2006 [[Pocahontas Stakes]] * Bit of Whimsy, 2007 [[Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes]], 2007 [[Mrs. Revere Stakes]] * Helsinki * Like It Is (AUS) * Twisted Wit * Z Humor, finished first in a [[tie|dead heat]] with Turf War in the 2007 running of the [[Delta Jackpot Stakes]]. ==Fees== Distorted Humor's fee for 2008 is $300,000 -- the same fee commanded by [[A.P. Indy]] and [[Storm Cat]], the latter of which had his fee reduced from $500,000. ==References== *[http://www.pedigreequery.com/distorted+humor Distorted Humor's pedigree, with photo] *[http://www.winstarfarm.com/stallions/default.aspx?pg=indi&stallionid=2 Distorted Humor] Profile at Winstar Farm LLC *[http://www.stallionregister.com/sr_sire_page.asp?refno=1396750&origin=singlesearch Distorted Humor] Profile on the Stallion Register] *[http://breeding.bloodhorse.com/sirelists/national06/leading_sire.asp Blood Horse leading sire list] *[http://www.winstarfarm.com/ WinStar Farm] * [http://www.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=5902 NTRA bio of WinStar Farm] *[http://www.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=5902 National Thorougbred Racing Association's bio of WinStar] *[http://www.pedigreequery.com/kris+s The pedigree of Kris S with racing info and progeny] *[http://www.pedigreequery.com/victory+gallop Victory Gallop's pedigree with photo and bio] *[http://www.pedigreequery.com/speightstown Speightstown's pedigree with photo and bio] [[Category:1993 racehorse births]] [[Category:Thoroughbred racehorses]] [[Category:Northern Dancer bloodline]] [[Category:Racehorses bred in Kentucky]] [[Category:Racehorses trained in the United States]] [[Category:American racehorses]] [[Category:United States Champion Thoroughbred Sires]]