Varda’s dashing career unveiling in a Sunday maiden special weight race at Del Mar returned immediate dividends for her connections as the 2-year-old Distorted Humor filly ran up a 3 1/4-length victory at six furlongs. The bay speedster sold for $700,000 to the Baoma Corp. just a few months ago at the OBS Spring 2-year-olds […]
[ Read More ]Momos strutted to a 6 1/2-length maiden special weight debut win Saturday at Saratoga, earning the Distorted Humor colt the distinguished TDN ‘Rising Star’ tag. Momos, running for Ironhorse Racing Stable LLC and Secure Investments, made the lead just a few strides out of the gate and never let any of his foes within a […]
[ Read More ]The OBS June Sale of 2-year-olds wrapped up Thursday with a Distorted Humor colt bringing a sale-best winning bid of $700,000, nearly twice as much as any horse offered during the three-day auction. Cataloged as hip No. 1027 and offered by McKathan Brothers Sales, agent, the dark bay had worked a furlong in 10 seconds […]
[ Read More ]Legendary sire Distorted Humor’s $700,000 filly that sold Wednesday at the OBS 2-year-olds in Training sale was the second-highest price paid for a filly over the first two days of the June 9-12 auction in central Florida. Selling near the end of the day’s action, hip No. 1253 Niall Brennan Sales, agent, and went to […]
[ Read More ]Tomlin led throughout Saturday’s $77,250 Camilla Urso S. at Golden Gate Fields, winning the five-furlong turf contest for fillies and mares by 1 1/4-lengths. Tomlin, a 4-year-old by Distorted Humor, has won 5 of 15 starts and earned $204,700 for owner Tom Bachman’s Fairview LLC. Her prior stakes win came in the Golden Gate Debutante. […]
[ Read More ]Five Star General became Distorted Humor’s latest graded stakes winner with a very courageous victory in the $250,000 British Columbia Derby (G3) Saturday at Hastings Park (VIDEO). Distorted Humor now has 56 career graded winners and in just the past week has accounted for Virginia Oaks winner Carnival Colors and the stakes-placed 2-year-old filly Champagne […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor get his newest stakes winner Saturday night at Colonial Downs in the $150,000 Virginia Oaks when Carnival Colors (GB) split horses in upper stretch and held sway in the final furlong to best Mercilla by 1 1/4-lengths (VIDEO). A close second in last year’s Mazarine S. (G3) at Woodbine, Carnival Colors is now […]
[ Read More ]Five Star General, winner of the $100,000 Central Park S. at Aqueduct last autumn, scored his second stakes win on Aug. 5 with a 2 1/4-length tally in the $50,000 Sir Winston Churchill Derby Trial at Hastings Park. Also stakes-placed on the Delaware Park turf in June, Five Star General upped his earnings to $129,343 […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor got his newest stakes winner on Sunday at Monmouth Park when the 2-year-old filly Foolish Humor was awarded the victory in the $75,000 Colleen S. after being soundly bumped in mid-stretch by Miss J McKay. After contesting a very rapid pace with Strongerthanuknow early in the five-furlong turf affair, the duo were joined […]
[ Read More ]Quip held off a host of challengers in a driving rain to take Saturday’s $750,000 Oaklawn H. (G2), with just a length separating the top five finishers. The 4-year-old old Distorted Humor colt, winner of last year’s Tampa Bay Derby (G2) and second in the Arkansas Derby (G1), is now 4-1-1 in eight outings and […]
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