Funny Cide
Funny Cide (born
April 20,
2000) is a
Thoroughbred race horse bred in
New York from sire Distorted Humor and dam Belle's Good Cide. This chestnut
gelding, ridden by jockey Jose Santos, 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.