Sharp Humor (April 21, 2003 – March 31, 2015) was a
Thoroughbred
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race horse
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.
Connections
Sharp Humor is co-owned by the Purdedel Stable, trained by
Dale Romans, and ridden by
Mark Guidry
Mark Guidry (born August 6, 1959, in Lafayette, Louisiana) is a former American jockey. He ranks 22nd among jockeys in career wins with 5,222 wins as of March 7, 2014, the date of his last ride. He subsequently announced his retirement from ridi ...
. Sharp Humor was bred in
New York by Patrica S. Purdy. Just before the running of the
Kentucky Derby of 2006,
WinStar Farm
WinStar Farm is an American Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing farm near Versailles, Kentucky, owned by Kenny Troutt. It won the 2010 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Owner and 2016 Outstanding Breeder. WinStar Farm owned 2018 Triple Crown ...
in
Versailles, Kentucky
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, (where his sire,
Distorted Humor
Distorted Humor (foaled March 19, 1993 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and a successful sire.
Bloodline
Distorted Humor's sire is Forty Niner, 1987's Eclipse Award winning Outstanding Two-Year-Old Male Horse by the champio ...
stands), acquired a share in him.
Breeding
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
Sharp Humor fractured his knee in the
Kentucky Derby and underwent surgery on May 11, 2006 at the
Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital was established in Lexington, Kentucky in 1986 as a partnership between veterinarians William Rood and Thomas Riddle. The facility offers a range of services for the treatment of horses. They have cared for many famous ...
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.
References
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Sharp Humor's pedigreeNTRA bio
2003 racehorse births
2015 racehorse deaths
Racehorses bred in New York (state)
Racehorses trained in the United States
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