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Sharp Humor

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Sharp Humor is a thoroughbred race horse born April 21 in 2003.

Connections

Sharp Humor is owned by the Purdedel Stable, trained by Dale Romans,and ridden by Mark Guidry. Sharp Humor was bred in New York by Patrica S. Purdy. Just before the running of the Kentucky Derby of 2006, WinStar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky, (where his sire, Distorted Humor stands), acquired a share in him.

Breeding

Sharp Humor is the son of Distorted Humor out of the mare Bellona. His sire is a son of Forty Niner out of the very influential Mr. Prospector. He is a half brother to Funny Cide, the winner of the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, as well as half brother to Flower Alley, winner of the Travers.

Races

Finish Race Distance Track Condition
19th Kentucky Derby One and One-Quarter Miles Churchill Downs Fast
2nd Florida Derby One and One-Eighth Miles Gulfstream Park Fast
1st Swale Stakes Seven Furlongs Gulfstream Park Fast
1st Sleepy Hollow Stakes One Mile Belmont Park Sloppy
1st Hollywood Futurity One and One-Sixteenth Miles Hollywood Park Fast
1st B.F. Bongard Stakes Seven Furlongs Belmont Park Fast
3rd New York Breeders' Futurity Six Furlongs Finger Lakes Fast
4th Allowance Six Furlongs Saratoga Race Course Fast
1st Maiden Five Furlongs Belmont Park Fast

Sharp Humor fractured his knee in the Kentucky Derby and underwent surgery on the 11th of May, 2006.