Champion Sire with his first crop to race and Champion Sire of 2011, Distorted Humor continues to bolster his reputation as a Great Sire.
With just 10 crops racing, he has sired 110 stakes winners (12% from foals) and earners of $86,500,000 across the globe, including some of Thoroughbred racing’s marquee events, the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), Kentucky Derby (G1), Preakness (G1), Belmont (G1), Whitney (G1), and Travers (G1). In May 2012, he become
one of the rare stallions in breed history to sire a Kentucky Derby winner (Funny Cide), and the sire of a Kentucky Derby winner (Flower Alley). A roster of his accomplishments includes:
- America's Leading Sire of 2011
- America's 2nd Leading Sire of Graded SWs in 2011 and 2012
- America's Leading Sire of SWs (19) and Stakes Horses (45) in 2011
- Ten or more SWs every year since his freshman season
- 23 stakes winners in 2006 - 21 stakes winners in 2007
- $10,000,000 in progeny earnings three times in the past five years, including 2011
- 44 Group/Graded stakes winners
- Twelve G1 winners in four countries - 9 millionaires
Distorted Humor is one of the industry’s leading commercial sources, and he has the highest three-year yearling average of any stallion at stud in North America - $325,398. In 2012, his two-year-olds in training are averaging $500,000, led by a $1.2 million colt. At Keeneland September 2011, he was the third Leading Active Sire by average, with individual yearlings selling for $600,000, $550,000, $525,000, and $500,000. And at Keeneland November, he was the second Leading Covering Sire, with an average price of $630,000 for six in-foal mares.
His leading runners comprise a Who’s Who of big-name horses of the past decade, led by DROSSELMEYER-G1, FUNNY CIDE-G1, COMMENTATOR-G1, ANY GIVEN SATURDAY-G1, FLOWER ALLEY-G1, and HYSTERICALADY-G1. In early 2012, Bill Oppenheim wrote admiringly of Distorted Humor, one of the top two stallions by APEX Index (top 8% earners), saying, "That shows you beyond question that those two horses are the very top sires of consistent, moneymaking horses around."