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Honorable Duty became Distorted Humor’s 56th lifetime Graded Stakes Winner on Saturday when he captured the $125,000 Mineshaft H. (G3) at Fair Grounds by a half-length over Grade 1 winner International Star. When Rise Up sprinted out to a big lead early, Honorable Duty took up a spot in the three-path about eight lengths off […]

Sonic Mule was a stubborn winner of Saturday’s $100,000 Mucho Macho Man S. at Gulfstream Park, winning a stretch-long duel by a head over State of Honor. The victory, coming on the heels of a win in the Buffalo Man S. last month, also at Gulfstream, was the second stakes in a row for the […]

Dac, a 5-year-old son of Distorted Humor, captured his second straight running of Turfway Park’s $50,000 Prairie Bayou S. on Dec. 17. Dac has done most of his running on the turf while amassing $205,755 in earnings, but has shown his affinity for Turfway’s synthetic surface, winning three of his four starts over the northern […]

Honorable Duty’s game run through the Fair Grounds’ stretch earned the 4-year-old son of Distorted Humor his first stakes win in Saturday’s $75,000 Tenacious S. Breaking alertly from the inside post in the field of nine, Honorable Duty had the lead going into the first turn, but jockey James Graham conceded the top spot to […]

Sonic Mule sped out of the gate and never looked back in his victory in the $75,000 Buffalo Man S. Saturday at Gulfstream Park, the first stakes win for the promising 2-year-old son of Distorted Humor. Sonic Mule, bred by WinStar Farm and owned by Calumet Farm, has been in the top three in all […]

Two of Distorted Humor’s 18 Grade 1 winners were pre-entered for this year’s Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 4-5 at Santa Anita Park. Ironicus will be part of the full field of 14 runners in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), which drew an overflow field of 23 horses. Ironicus, a Stuart Janney III homebred, […]

Joking’s stirring stretch run carried the son of Distorted Humor to victory in Saturday’s $350,000 Vosburgh S. (G1) at Belmont Park, his second graded victory and third stakes win overall. In addition to earning a guaranteed spot in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) Nov. 5 at Santa Anita, Joking became Distorted Humor’s 18th lifetime Grade […]

Distorted Humor, the number 1 active North American sire by lifetime yearling average, had four yearlings sell during the first session of the Keeneland September sale on Monday afternoon, for an average of $293,750. The top offering was hip No. 130, consigned by Select Sales, agent, which went to Courtlandt Farm for $500,000. The filly’s […]

Distorted Humor’s up-and-coming 3-year-old colt’s romp in the $100,000 Long Branch S. Saturday at Monmouth Park set the Larry Jones trainee up for a probable start in the track’s feature race: the $1 million Haskell Inv. (G1) on July 31. The Brereton Jones homebred, a half-brother to 2008 Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Proud Spell, came […]

Joking’s fantastic stretch run in the $250,000 True North S. (G2) Friday at Belmont Park gave perennial top sire Distorted Humor his 55th lifetime graded stakes winner.  Joking’s victory looked somewhat improbable with a furlong to run in the six furlong contest. Dads Caps was strong on the lead, with a two-length lead in mid-stretch, […]