Sharp Humor

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Sharp Humor
SireDistorted Humor
GrandsireForty Niner
DamBellona
DamsireHansel
SexStallion
Foaled2003
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederPatricia Purdy
OwnerPurdedel Stable & WinStar Farm
TrainerDale L. Romans
Record10: 4-2-1
Earnings$$490,410
Major wins
Bertram F. Bongard Stakes (2005)
Sleepy Hollow Stakes (2005)
Swale Stakes (2006)
Last updated on May 5, 2009

Sharp Humor (April 21, 2003 – March 31, 2015) was a Thoroughbred race horse.

Connections[edit]

Sharp Humor is co-owned by the Purdedel Stable, trained by Dale Romans, and ridden by Mark Guidry. Sharp Humor was bred in New York by Patrica S. Purdy. Just before the running of the Kentucky Derby of 2006, WinStar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky, (where his sire, Distorted Humor stands), acquired a share in him.

Breeding[edit]

Sharp Humor is the son of Distorted Humor out of the mare Bellona. His sire is a son of Forty Niner who is in turn a son of the very influential Mr. Prospector.

Races[edit]

Finish Race Distance Track Condition
2nd Hudson Handicap Six furlongs Belmont Park Fast
19th Kentucky Derby One and One-Quarter Miles Churchill Downs Fast
2nd Florida Derby One and One-Eighth Miles Gulfstream Park Fast
1st Swale Stakes Seven Furlongs Gulfstream Park Fast
1st Sleepy Hollow Stakes One Mile Belmont Park Sloppy
1st Bertram F. Bongard Stakes Seven Furlongs Belmont Park Fast
3rd New York Breeders' Futurity Six Furlongs Finger Lakes Fast
4th Allowance Six Furlongs Saratoga Race Course Fast
1st Maiden Five Furlongs Belmont Park Fast

Sharp Humor fractured his knee in the Kentucky Derby and underwent surgery on May 11, 2006 at the Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington. After recovering, he underwent therapeutic swimming at the Kesmark Equine Rehabilitation Center also in Lexington. Sharp Humor was exported to South Korea in 2011 and stood at stud at the Let's Run Stud Farm on Jeju Island. He sustained a paddock accident in March and his death was reported to the media on March 31, 2015.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mitchell, Ron (March 31, 2015). "Stallion Sharp Humor Dies in South Korea". Blood-Horse LLC. Bloodhorse.com. Retrieved April 2, 2015.