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Hapyy Like a Fool powered to a 6 1/2-length win over the sloppy going at Pimlico on Friday in the $150,000 Miss Preakness S. (G3), the second graded stakes win for the 3-year-old Distorted Humor filly. Trained by Wesley Ward for Merribelle Stable, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and Mrs. John Magnier, Happy Like a Fool […]

Crystal Racing Enterprises and Contreras Stable’s Matrooh came from last to first in Saturday’s $100,000 Hanshin Cup (G3) to give trainer Cipriano Contreras and jockey Santo Sanjur the first graded stakes win of their careers. Matrooh, an 8-year-old by Distorted Humor, previously won the Bold Ruler S. and boosted his career earnings to $477,029. He […]

Amada Rafaela, a 3-year-old Distorted Humor filly, was ultra-impressive in her career bow on May 5 at Santa Anita Park, sauntering to an 8-plus length score in a sizzling 1:09.88 for six furlongs (VIDEO). The Three Chimneys Farm homebred is the 26th lifetime TDN Rising Star for her sire, joining the likes of Any Given […]

Funny Duck earned his first graded stakes win over a sloppy Churchill Downs race track in the $300,000 Pat Day Mile (G3) on Kentucky Derby day. Coming from almost last in the field of 14 after a quarter-mile, Funny Duck forged to the lead in mid-stretch and pulled away impressively to win by nearly five […]

Leading international sire Distorted Humor now has a major player on the 2018 Triple Crown trail following Quip’s electrifying victory in the $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2) on Saturday afternoon (VIDEO). The winner was bred by WinStar Farm, who co-owns the 3-year-old colt with China Horse Club and SF Racing LLC.  Quip is Distorted Humor’s […]

Well Humored gave WinStar Stablemates Racing LLC a huge thrill with her record-setting performance in Saturday’s $50,000 Wayward Lass S. at Tampa Bay Downs.  The 4-year-old Distorted Humor filly, also bred by WinStar, finished the 1 1/16-miles in 1:43.86, just eclipsing the former mark of 1:43.87 set three years ago by Awesome Flower.  Saturday’s victory […]

Comicas, a 5-year-old son of Distroted Humor, collared Muarrab (GB) in the final furlong en route to a 1 1/4-length win in the $175,000 Dubawi S. (G3) at Meydan Racecourse on Jan. 18. The victory was the first stakes win for the striking chestnut, who was second in last year’s Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) and […]

The 2-year-old colt Quip became Distorted Humor’s newest TDN Rising Star after his dominating performance in Keeneland’s seventh race Thursday, Oct. 19th. The colt and jockey Florent Geroux went wire-to-wire in the 1 1/16-mile allowance race, never endangering his perfect streak. The pair kicked well clear of the pack at the top of the straight […]

Making her first start back on American soil, Happy Like a Fool put in a dominating performance in the six-furlong, $150,000 Matron S. (G3) Sunday at Belmont Park. The Distorted Humor debutante’s previous two starts had been in England on the turf, including a runner-up effort in the Queen Mary S. (G2) at Royal Ascot. […]

Making her first start back on American soil, Happy Like a Fool put in a dominating performance in the six furlong Matron S. (G3) Sunday at Belmont Park. The Distorted Humor filly’s previous two starts had been in England on the turf, including a runner-up effort in the Queen Mary S. (G2) at Royal Ascot. […]