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A Distorted Humor colt brought a $500,000 bid on the second day of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale Oct. 22. The price is the second-highest overall at the three day auction, and the top price paid for a colt. Consigned as hip No. 384 by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent, the winning bid […]

A very rough stretch run wasn’t enough to stop Fire With Fire from earning his second stakes win of 2013 in Sunday’s $75,000 Bull Dog S. at Fresno. Fire With Fire is one of 10 stakes horses by Distorted Humor who have earned at least $100,000 this year. In the nine furlong Bull Dog, the […]

Distorted Humor had one of the star offerings at the 2013 Keeneland September Yearling sale on Sept. 10, the second day of the auction, when a colt by the WinStar stallion brought a winning bid of $850,000, the third-highest price paid for a colt during the session. Consigned by Lane’s End, agent, as hip No. […]

WinStar Farm’s homebred Brethren stepped out to a 3 1/4-length victory Saturday night in the $125,000 Evangeline Mile H. (VIDEO). Co-owned by Winchell Thoroughbreds, 5-year-old Brethren in by Distorted Humor, sire of some 10 stakes winners this year, including top turf horse Boisterous  (G1 Man o’ War S.) and sprinter Jimmy Creed (G2 Potrero Grande […]

A Distorted Humor filly from the family of the outstanding broodmare Better Than Honour sold for $1 million during the Aug. 5 session of the Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearling sale in Saratoga Springs. The filly was one of only two horses that sold for seven figures during the first session of the two-day sale. Hip No. […]

Fire with Fire proved too much for his competition Sunday at Santa Rosa, rolling to a front-running, track record-setting performance in the $50,000 Joseph T. Grace S. The 5-year-old by Distorted Humor got the 1 1/16 on the turf in a track record 1:40.67. With seven stakes winners, led by Grade 1 Man o’ War […]

Boisterous got a patient ride from John Velazquez to give the 6-year-old son of Distorted Humor a 2 1/4-length victory in the $600,000 Man o’ War S. Saturday at Belmont Park. The victory pushed Boisterous’ earnings to $1,297,910, making him the 11th millionaire sired by Distorted Humor. Already a six-time graded stakes winner in his […]

Regally bred Villanesca joined the ranks of 2013 stakes winners for her sire Distorted Humor with a come-from-behind, half-length triumph in Friday’s $100,000 Magnolia Jackson S. at Belmont Park. Distorted Humor now has 17 stakes horses, 7 stakes winners, and over $3 million in progeny earnings this year. His 2013 graded stakes winners include Boisterous […]

Distorted Humor’s Laugh Track became his sire’s 105th black-type winner and 48th Graded stakes winner by winning Sunday’s $156,000 Vigil S. (G3) at Woodbine. The 105 black-type winners for Distorted Humor ranks him tops in North America among active, non-shuttling sires. Bred by WinStar Farm, and co-owned along with Gary Barber, Laugh Track is also one […]

Distorted Humor’s top sprinter Jimmy Creed got his second straight graded stakes win in Saturday’s $150,000 Potrero Grande S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park (VIDEO). Distorted Humor has now passed the $1.5 million mark in progeny earnings this year, putting him in the top 10 on the General Sire list. Jimmy Creed, who won the […]