Saratoga to Celebrate Funny Cide

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Saratoga to Celebrate Funny Cide Jul 31, 2013 19:53:07 GMT -5

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Post by racinggal on Jul 31, 2013 19:53:07 GMT -5

This is a great idea for this great New York Horse!

Saratoga to Celebrate Funny Cide

Photo: Alex Cutadean

New York-bred Funny Cide, who won the 2003 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and Preakness Stakes (gr. I), will celebrate the 10th anniversary of those classic victories Aug. 4 at Saratoga Race Course.

The Equine Retirement Day Salute to Funny Cide will begin with an 11:30 a.m. meet-and-greet in the paddock with trainer Barclay Tagg and his assistant Robin Smullen, as well as Jack Knowlton of owner Sackatgoa Stable.

The New York Racing Association will give out 1,000 Funny Cide posters. Funny Cide's former jockeys, Jose Santos and Richard Migliore, will sign autographs to benefit the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund.

Four New York-based horse retirement organizations will be at the track and will accept donations throughout the day. Funny Cide will later lead the post parade for the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (gr. I) at the track.

Funny Cide will be away from the Kentucky Horse Park's Hall of Champions, where he has lived since being retired to the park in 2008, from Aug. 1-8 for the trip to New York. He can usually be seen at the Hall of Champions daily throughout the summer at 10:15 a.m., 1:15 p.m., and 3:15 p.m.

Old Friends previously announced that its Greenfield Center location at Cabin Creek Farm (about 15 minutes from Saratoga Spring) will welcome Funny Cide, Knowlton, and Santos from 12:30-3 p.m. Aug. 6 for a fundraising lunch.

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Saratoga to Celebrate Funny Cide Jul 31, 2013 21:34:49 GMT -5

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Post by cait on Jul 31, 2013 21:34:49 GMT -5

10 years ago? wow - that group of owners was just so much fun to watch! and what a great "ride" for robin and barclay who truly deserved that thrill and recognition.

the luncheon at Old Friends would be great to attend. tuesday - smart!

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Saratoga to Celebrate Funny Cide Jul 31, 2013 21:43:42 GMT -5

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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2013 21:43:42 GMT -5

Back in 2003 I drove down for the Haskell at Monmouth Park (a bit of trivia - that was the first year that Springsteen's "Born to Run" was the theme song of the race!). I was walking toward the Clubhouse entrance when the owners of Funny Cide showed up in their yellow school bus. They marched off the bus, through the gate and then through the Clubhouse to the elevator, presumably to their tables in the "Jockey Club" (

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The fans cheered them throughout the entire parade, and chanted "Funny Cide, Funny Cide".

Unfortunately he finished third to Peace Rules later in the afternoon.

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Saratoga to Celebrate Funny Cide Aug 2, 2013 17:58:47 GMT -5

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Post by racinggal on Aug 2, 2013 17:58:47 GMT -5

NYRA to Celebrate Legends of Racing with Equine Retirement Day
By Eric Wing; Mark Bardack
Aug 2
NYRA

2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Funny Cide to make special paddock appearance

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will celebrate the industry's retired equine athletes during a day in their honor at Saratoga Race Course on Sunday, August 4.

Equine Retirement Day will be highlighted by a special appearance from 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Funny Cide in the paddock from 11:30 a.m. to noon. He will make a return appearance to the paddock before the Grade 1, $400,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap. Post time for the Vanderbilt is approximately 5:12 p.m.

A number of thoroughbred retirement organizations will be represented on track at the Jockey Silks Room throughout the day, where they will collect donations and have literature available for the public.

The organizations include the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, Old Friends at Cabin Creek, Akindale Farms, Saratoga War Horse, ReRun New York, B.I.T.S. at Little Brook Farm, Equine Advocates and Double L Stable Equine Rescue and Sanctuary, Take 2, Take the Lead, and New Vocations.

Additionally, Sunday continues the annual Fasig-Tipton Festival of Racing Legends of Saratoga with an autograph signing featuring some of Saratoga's most popular retired jockeys. Riders Angel Cordero, Jose Santos and Richard Migliore will sign autographs for fans at the Jockey Silks Room from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Saratoga to Celebrate Funny Cide Aug 7, 2013 8:06:40 GMT -5

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Post by Evelyn on Aug 7, 2013 8:06:40 GMT -5

Funny Cide enjoys meeting his fans at Saratoga

Funny Cide: The People’s Horse Returns to NY
Paulick Report

Few Kentucky Derby winners have generated as much widespread interest as Funny Cide did in 2003. His bid for the Triple Crown energized people across the country – especially in New York. He was the first New York-bred to the win the Derby, and his humble beginnings (he was sold for $22,000 as a yearling) and the middle-class nature of his owners appealed to many. They famously drove to the Triple Crown races in school buses.

Funny Cide now has a permanent home at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., but he returned to New York this week to visit his “old friends,” and to help raise donations for the care of other Thoroughbreds at the Old Friends retirement farm near Saratoga Springs.

Paulick Report Editor-in-Chief Scott Jagow gives us a glimpse of the return of the “people’s horse.”