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Khozan came home the easiest of winners in his debut Saturday at Gulfstream Park, besting Wisecracker by 3 ¾-lengths to head a Distorted Humor “exacta” in the seven furlong maiden special weight affair for 3-year-olds. Wisecracker was a similar margin ahead of third-place finisher Great Stuff. Khozan earned a gaudy 102 Beyer Speed Figure for […]

With a determined stretch run, Surfer secured his first Group victory in Round 1 of the $250,000 Al Maktoum Challenge (G2) at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. Surfer, victorious in the Listed Dubai Mile Creek S., over the same course three weeks ago, is now two-for-two on Meydan’s new dirt surface following Thursday’s victory in the 1,600 […]

House Rules cruised to a 9 ¼-length triumph in the $60,000 Bal Harbour S. Friday at Gulfstream Park, the first stakes win for the newly-turned 4-year-old daughter of Distorted Humor.              Making her first start since the Comely S. (G3) at Aqueduct on Nov. 29, House Rules sat a perfect […]

Mawthooq’s eye-opening, 10-plus length maiden special weight win Nov. 26 at Aqueduct made the “TDN Rising Star” tag seem like a foregone designation for the 2-year-old son of Distorted Humor. The chestnut colt is out of Ready’s Gal, a four-time graded stakes winner of over $600,000 by More Than Ready, and is Distorted Humor’s 21st […]

Distorted Humor’s talented 4-year-old filly Hillaby registered a decisive victory in Sunday’s $232,000 Grade 2 Bessarabian S. at Woodbine, becoming her sire’s 125th lifetime stakes winner. Hillaby stalked the early pace set by Cryptic Message through splits of :22.76 and :45.19, then loomed up to the leader at the top of the stretch, sprinting clear […]

Punctuate, a 2-year-old colt by Distorted Humor out of the undefeated mare Peppers Pride, came from last in a field of 12 juveniles to win his first start by 1 ¾-lengths Saturday at Santa Anita Park (VIDEO). Trained by Bob Baffert for Arnold Zetcher, Punctuate’s superb effort after an adventurous trip earned the bay colt […]

Cursory Glance stamped herself as one of the top 2-year-old fillies in Europe with a courageous victory in the Group 1 Moyglare Stud S. during Irish Champions weekend at The Curragh. She is one of Distorted Humor’s six stakes winner this year, and one of two, along with Fire With Fire, who are multiple graded […]

Champion sire Distorted Humor notched another high-profile auction yearling Monday evening at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearlings sale with a colt that brought a winning bid of $550,000, the third-highest figure paid for a colt during day of the Aug. 4-5 auction. Hip No. 29 was consigned by Taylor Made Sales, agent and went to […]

Top sire Distorted Humor once again had a top-5 seller at auction, this time at the July 14 Fasig-Tipton Summer Selected Horses of Racing Age sale in Lexington when a filly by the WinStar stallion brought a winning bid of $500,000 from Stonestreet Stables. Hillaby, cataloged as hip No. 304, was consigned by Taylor Made […]

Cursory Glance set the bar high in her black-type debut Friday at Royal Ascot with a scintillating two-length score in the Albany S. (G3) at Great Britain’s most prestigious race meet. The 2-year-old daughter of Distorted Humor was away somewhat tardily in the six-furlong dash, but made up ground in quick order to establish her […]