Distorted Humor News - Winstar Farm

Distorted Humor's legacy in the American Classics

The influence of Distorted Humor's sire line on the 2012 Triple Crown series will be one of the headlines as I'll Have Another goes for immortality in the June 9 Belmont S. (G1)...

Alternation shows his gameness in Pimlico Special (G3) for fourth straight stakes win

Alternation chased down a loose on the lead Endorsement then held off the late charge of Nehro for a thrilling nose victory in the $300,000 Pimlico Special (G3)...

Multiple GSW Cowtown Cat sires first winner

Cowtown Cat became the first Florida freshman to sire a winner when his two-year-old filly Richie'slilcowgirl scored a debut win in the first race at Arlington Park on May 11...

Boisterous annexes G3 Fort Marcy S.

Boisterous made it four career stakes wins for the 5-year-old son of Distorted Humor with a one-length score in the $150,000 Fort Marcy...

Endorsement tops in G3 Texas Mile

Despite a less than ideal trip, Casner Racing LP's Endorsement scored a come-from-behind victory in the $200,000 Texas Mile (G3) on April 28 at Lone Star Park. The 5-year-old son of Distorted Humor,...

Alternation scores Oaklawn Park stakes trifecta with Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap win

Alternation continued his dominance of the older male category at Oaklawn Park in the biggest race of the meet with front-running, 2 1/2-length victory in the $400,000 Oaklawn H.(G2)...

Distorted Humor colts sells for $1.2 million

A chestnut son of Distorted Humor hammered for $1.2 million at the March 26 Fasig-Tipton Florida sale of 2-year-olds...

Alternation shows his love for Oaklawn again in Grade 3 Razorback Handicap

Alternation made it two stakes wins in a row at Oaklawn Park on March 10 with a front-running victory in the $125,000 Razorback H. (G3). The 4-year-old son of Distorted Humor won the Feb. 4 $100,000 Essex H...

Do It All garners G2 Zabeel Mile

Do It All became Distorted Humor's 109th career stakes winner on March 1 with a front-running victory in the $250,000 Zabeel Mile...

Alternation tops big day for Distorted Humor

Alternation, making his first start since October, returned to the races with a easy-as-it-looked 3 1/2-length win in the $100,000 Essex H. at Oaklawn Park...

Endorsement 'stakes ready' after GP alw win

Distorted Humor's Endorsement continued his comeback with a track record-setting performance Feb. 1 at Gulfstream Park...

Now 19 SWs for Distorted Humor in '11

Al Muhtasib scored a 3 1/4-length, gate to wire victory in the $75,000 Buddy Diliberto Memorial H...

A Shin Cool D gets fourth SW of 2011

A Shin Cool D, Distorted Humor's second leading earner of 2011, racked up her fourth added money score this year in Japan on Nov. 25...

Distorted Humor tops $10M mark in '11

Distorted Humor, the nation's leading sire in terms of progeny earnings with over $10 million, added to his impressive total on Dec. 3...

WinStar Farm sets 2012 stud fees

WinStar Farm announced 2012 fees for its expanded roster of stallions, led by North America's Leading Sire Distorted Humor who will stand for $100,000 stands and nurses and will breed an exclusive book of only 100 mares this upcoming season...

G2 Red Smith goes to Boisterous

Boisterous, a 4-year-old Distorted Humor colt, came with a strong stretch drive to close out his 2011 campaign with an emphatic two-length victory in the $150,000 Red Smith H. (G2)...

Drosselmeyer wins BC Classic for WinStar

Drosselmeyer's win in the $5 million Breeder's Cup Classic (G1) on Nov. 5 was doubling pleasing for WinStar Farm, who owns the 4-year-old colt and also stands his sire Distorted Humor...

Boisterous triumphs in G3 Knickerbocker

Boisterous picked up his second stakes win of 2011 on Oct. 15 at Belmont Park in the $100,000 Knickerbocker S. (G3)...

Drosselmeyer tops $1M in earnings

WinStar Farm's Drosselmeyer, winner of the 2010 Belmont Stakes, finished a fast-closing second in the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) Oct 1. at Belmont Park...

Unbridled Humor tops G3 Noble Damsel

Stalking a fast pace suited Unbridled Humor to a tee as the 4-year-old daughter of Distorted Humor tallied her first graded stakes win in the $100,000 Noble Damsel S...

Distorted Humor filly sells for $600,000 at KEE SEPT

Day two of the Keeneland September yearling sale saw a filly by Distorted Humor bring a final bid of $600,000...

Debut win for Distorted Humor $2M sale grad

Distorted Humor's 2-year-old colt Forward March , a $2.05 million Keeneland September yearling sales grad, debuted with an eye-catching five length win...

Distorted Humor 2YO tops British Group 3

Distorted Humor's 2-year-old daughter Shumoos finished with a determined run to annex her first stakes win in the Group 3 Sirenia S...

Distorted Humor mare keeps rolling in Japan

A Shin Cool D, the eighth million dollar earner for Distorted Humor, won her third stakes in her last four starts...

Savvy reigns ‘Supreme’ in Monmouth Oaks

Making her two-turn debut, WinStar color-bearer Savvy Supreme strode to a commanding victory in the 87th running of the Monmouth Oaks (G3) on August 12.

Fairy tale debut for $540,000 2-year-old

Tales of Grimm, a Distorted Humor colt who was the sale topper at the 2011 Tattersalls Craven Breeze-up Sale, broke his maiden in his career bow today at Newbury, England.

Distorted Humor sires eighth millionaire

A Shin Cool D became the eighth career millionaire for Distorted Humor, when she won a Listed race in Japan on August 4th...

Banker's Buy cashes in Miss South Shore

Banker's Buy, a 5-year-old mare by Distorted Humor, won the $60,000 Miss South Shore S. July 17 at Belmont Park...

SW #14 for leading sire Distorted Humor

Infinite Resource became the 14th stakes winner for Distorted Humor, tops among all North American stallions...

Distorted Humor mare nearing $1MM mark

With her latest stakes win in Japan, A Shin Cool D is closing in on the $1 million mark in career earnings...

Distorted Legacy triumphant in Sky Beauty

Distorted Legacy's victory in the $60,000 Sky Beauty S. gave her sire Distorted Humor his 13th stakes winner of 2011...

Distorted Humor sires 12th SW of 2011

Distorted Humor, the nation's leading sire of stakes winners, sired his 12th stakes winner on June 9th, and has excellent chances to add at least three more Graded winners to his 2011 totals at Belmont this Friday and Saturday...

Distorted Humor pads stakes winner total

Ha Ha Tonka gave her sire Distorted Humor his 11th stakes winner of the year...

Cal Nation caps big day for Distorted Humor

WinStar's homebred Cal Nation rallied strongly in the stretch to cruise to a 5 1/2-length victory at Belmont May 26, capping a big day for his sire...

Boisterous makes noise in Three Coins Up

Boisterous became stakes winner number 101 for Distorted Humor with a three-quarter length victory in the $60,000 Three Coins Up at Belmont Park...

100th stakes winner for Distorted Humor

Champion Sire Distorted Humor joined Dynaformer as the only active stallions in North America to sire 100 career stakes winners...

Much Rejoicing triumphs Glia Stakes

Much Rejoicing became the newest stakes winner for Distorted Humor with a 1 1/4 length victory in the $60,000 Glia S. at Belmont Park on May 13. The champion sire is once again having an excellent...

Distorted Humor filly cruises home by 12 1/2

Too Shy Shy, a 3-year-old daughter of Distorted Humor, galloped home a 12 1/2-length winner May 9 at Delaware Park to break her maiden in her second career start, covering the six furlongs in...

Alternation flies late to win G2 Peter Pan

Alternation gave his sire Distorted Humor his second stakes winner at Belmont Park in two days with a thrilling come-from-behind win in the $200,000 Peter Pan S. (G2) on May 14. And like Much...

Machen gets up in time in G3 Derby Trial

Distorted Humor's Machen got up in the final strides to edge Dominus by a neck to win the $231,400 Derby Trial (G3) for 3-year-olds on April 30th, opening night of the Churchill Downs spring/summer...

Winstar Maidens Romp at Gulfstream, Sunland

A pair of WinStar-owned 3-year-old fillies strutted their stuff on April 2, rolling to easy victories at Gulfstream Park and Sunland Park. At Gulfstream, Savvy Supreme was on top for the entire...

Super Saver's brother, Brethren, wins again

The hype around Brethren kicked up another notch as the 2-year-old colt ran his record to 2 for 2 after taking a mile allowance race by 1-3/4 lengths over 33-1 El Grayling on Churchill Downs’ “Stars...

Endorsement close to coming back

Endorsement, won the first graded running of the $800,000 Sunland Park Derby in March then was forced to miss the Kentucky Derby because of an injury, is about a week from having his first work...

Brethren looking to follow brother's footsteps

Uncle Mo stated his case as the top two-year-old male in the country with an emphatic 4¼-length win in the Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) on November 6 at Churchill Downs, but another colt...

Distorted Humor is leading stallion for 2010

As we head into the final 9 weeks of what has been a rather uncertain 2010 racing season, WinStar’s unwavering stallion Distorted Humor finds himself atop the General Sire List with progeny earnings...

Brethren to start Derby trail with Sam Davis

TAMPA, Fla. - Brethren, a half-brother to 2010 Kentucky Deby winner Super Saver, is being pointed for Saturday’s Grade 3, $225,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes for his 2011 debut, according to trainer Todd...

Cal Nation impresses in debut

About 4:30 p.m. est last Saturday, Cal Nation (basketball version) were busy rustling up a pre-game meal prior to the always important match up against their conference rival Florida Gators in...

Brethren Dazzles in Sam F. Davis Romp

WinStar Farm’s homebred Brethren remained unbeaten in three starts and did so in scintillating fashion, drawing off to an easy four-length victory in the $207,500 Sam F. Davis Stakes (gr. III) to...

Brethren draws post 10 in Tampa Bay Derby

Despite breaking from post 10 in his stakes debut, Brethren had no problem devouring his foes in the Feb. 12 Sam F. Davis (gr. III). If he is to keep his undefeated record intact, the WinStar Farm...

WinStar Stallions Have Great Year

WinStar stallions had a great 2010. Distorted Humor finished second in the General Sire standings with earnings of $8,719,841 losing to Giant's Causeway by less than $90,000. This is his...

Drosselmeyer back in training

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Drosselmeyer, unraced since winning the Belmont Stakes last June, has had two easy three-furlong breezes at Payson Park and could make his return to racing within a couple...

Distorted Humor colt debuts with 114 Beyer

In the lightning-quick 1:07.44 it took Maclean's Music to win his 6 ½ furlong debut, the 3-year-old son Distorted Humor wrote himself into the record books with a 114 Beyer Speed Figure. The number...

Distorted Humor Colt Pulls UAE Derby Upset

Godolphin's Regal Ransom held off stablemate Desert Party by a half-length to post a 13-1 upset in the $2 million UAE Derby (UAE-II) March 28 at Nad Al Sheba. Ridden by Alan Garcia, Regal Ransom...

Commentator Preps for Whitney 3-Peat

Commentator (by Distorted Humor) rolled to an easy win June 12 at Belmont Park, beating Stud Muffin by seven lengths in the $64,950 Kashatreya Stakes. The 8-year-old gelding sprinted quickly to the...

View larger photo Justenuffhumor takes Fourstardave

Justenuffhumor (by Distorted Humor) served notice he should be a force to be reckon with in the turf division during the second half of the season after surging through the final furlong to an...

View larger photo Distorted Humor Colt Wins Super Derby

Sometimes, the class of a race is the horse who has earned the most money. Other times, it might be the horse that has simply kept the best company. By either of those two evaluations, the class...

View larger photo Z Humor Wins Ralph M Hinds Handicap

Longshot front-runner Z Humor (by Distorted Humor) raced wire to wire in the $100,000 Ralph M. Hinds Handicap at Fairplex Park on Sunday, final weekend of the Los Angeles County Fair meet. The...

Public Speaker (by DH) Wins Carey in Slop

Public Speaker (by Distorted Humor) already had shown his worth on turf and synthetic surfaces, and a wet Hawthorne Race Course dirt track could not slow him down, either. After lengthy...

View larger photo Drosselmeyer has the Look of Good One

WinStar Farm looks very strong at the moment going into the Triple Crown events of 2010 with the likes of accomplished stakes winners Super Saver (Kentucky Jockey Club), Rule (Delta Jackpot) and...

Drosselmeyer Starts to Get Serious

Hall of Famer Bill Mott is a turf trainer. Tom Amoss is a high-percentage, high-volume claiming trainer. Or so the stereotyping goes. Dumbed-down shorthand notwithstanding, it is true that neither...

Big Plans for Drosslmeyer

Despite losing by less than two lengths in his first stakes try, Drosselmeyer seems to have fallen off the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) radar of many. Winstar Farm’s racing...

Drosselmeyer has big chance in La Derby

The past two Saturdays, WinStar Farm has seen its most accomplished Kentucky Derby contenders finish third (Rule in the Florida Derby and Super Saver in the Tampa Bay Derby) and fourth (American...