Funny Cide Obituary Death: 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Winner, Funny Cide Dies At 23

Funny Cide Obituary Death: 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Winner, Funny Cide Dies At 23 Funny Cide Obituary News: Funny Cide, the Gutsy Gelding that gained popularity after winning the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, passed away from colic-related problems. He was 23.

Funny Cide Obituary – Death: 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Winner, Funny Cide Dies At 23

Funny Cide Obituary News: Funny Cide, the “Gutsy Gelding” that gained popularity after winning the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, passed away from colic-related problems. He was 23.

Funny Cide’s final 15 years were spent on Kentucky Horse Park’s property in Lexington. Both Kentucky Horse Park and the gelding’s owners, Sackatoga Stable, a group of 10 friends from a small village in upstate New York, confirmed the thoroughbred passed away on Sunday.

Funny Cide earned $3,529,412 in his career and won 11 of his 38 starts. As a 2-year-old, the gelding had three starts without losing. The following year, he failed to win in his first three attempts, but his final failure came in the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct in New York, where he was defeated by eventual Kentucky Derby favorite Empire Maker by a half-length.

With odds of almost 13-1, Barclay Tagg’s Funny Cide shocked the horse racing world by defeating Empire Maker by 1 1/2 lengths in the Kentucky Derby.

He became the first horse bred in New York to win the Derby as a result. Two weeks later, Funny Cide and jockey Jose Santos won the Preakness by nearly ten lengths to advance into the Triple Crown.

Three weeks later, 101,562 spectators traveled to New York City to see Funny Cide’s attempt to make thoroughbred history. It was a gloomy, rainy day. Funny Cide came in third, approximately five lengths behind the victor, but Empire Maker got his comeuppance.

The stable attracted attention because its members would ride a school bus to Funny Cide’s racetrack in order to attend.

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