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Funny Cide
Funny Cide (born April 20, 2000) is a Thoroughbred race horse bred at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in the town of Saratoga, New York, from sire Distorted Humor and dam Belle's Good Cide. This chestnut gelding, ridden by jockey Jose Santos and owned by Sackatoga Stable, won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in 2003 but finished third in the Belmont Stakes, behind Empire Maker and Ten Most Wanted .
Funny Cide is the first New York-bred horse ever to win the Kentucky Derby and the first gelding to win since Clyde van Dusen in 1929.
The highlight of his four-year-old season was winning the 2004 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park.
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