2003 Kentucky Derby - Funny Cide

Funny Cide wins the 2003 Kentucky Derby

[@h.falcon8629]

CHAMPIONS..!! EL CHILENO 🇨🇱 José Santos..!!! El más GRANDE..!!!

[@jmozz6075]

RIP Dave . 4 years . Miss you my good friend . Way to go Funny Cide !!

[@petercole8798]

The best call I have ever heard. Crowd noise was great.

[@ramairluvr]

Saw Funny Cide in November and he still looks like he could get out there today and run with 'em! Class act.

[@RealJackHQ]

This was Tom Durkin's best Kentucky Derby race call.

[@petercole8798]

I h a d the 4 horse..

[@Caroni100]

"The Kentucky Derby? There is no an adjective able to describe its greatness" Jose Gregorio Guillot, venezuelan horse racing analyst and radio producer.

[@RingoEventer]

Got to see Funny Cide this summer! He's doing great :D

[@jpmato920]

Atswhatimtalkingabout was the best 3 year old that year, but never got a chance to show it

[@MikePike5]

Can you reupload the 1999 kentucky derby?

[@GBeret83]

Funny Cide was absolutely all heart. Because during his 3yr.old season in 2003, he had to deal with the beast that was Empire Maker from the beginning. Empire Maker had beaten Funny Cide at Aqueduct in the Wood Memorial. Only to have Funny Cide come back and turn the tables on him in the Kentucky Derby. Funny Cide then went on and defeated Midday Road in the Preakness. Only to have his old nemesis, Empire Maker, deny him winning the Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes. They were 2 class horses!!

[@TheFashionlover4ever]

I just found something really interesting you guys. Most of the horses that have won the Triple Crown races over the last couple of years, are all descended from the stallion Mr. Prospector. Funny Cide was a descendant of Mr. Prospector and so was Empire Maker. It was the same case with Smarty Jones when he got beaten by Birdstone in the Belmont in 2004. Those two were also descended from Mr. Prospector. I'll post a link in my next comment.

[@Caroni100]

"¿El Kentucky Derby? Aún no se ha creado un calificativo que pueda describir su grandeza" José Gregorio Guillot, comentarista hípico y productor radial venezolano.

[@edwardcoss6574]

They gelded him because Belmont Park needed more stable ponies ?

[@joesantos3776]

thats my dad :)

[@corneliagirl101]

Funny Cide was a game and gusty horse who was no fluke, he won two of the greatest races in america in spectacular style. Why must people pick apart everything.....

[@rachellevine]

Happy Birthday to Funny Cide! The big 16 today.

[@Haileyandbuddy]

Whooa! Funny Cide is BEAST!

[@NYGiantsFan139]

Funny Cide was a very good horse. He was retired in 2007

[@vbray95]

Funny Cide would've won that elusive Triple Crown had it not rained at Belmont that day......He was and is a Great Horse.

[@nvrlose37]

I wouldn't call Funny Cide a fluke as much as I would just say he pinnacled in the Derby and Preakness and then a year later showed up again in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. I loved this horse so much but he just wasn't a consistent winner.

[@wikforswolf]

I'm trying to find a racing video of "Ack like a dancer"

[@williamdunphy352]

Race Call: Tom Durkin

[@petercole8798]

Best call I've ever heard. My. 🏇 ran 4th.

[@daniellerodas19]

That's my uncle :3

[@caballojo]

with the chilean jockey José Santos!

[@taylorluvshorses16]

So do I! :)

[@moveoveryoy]

because some horses have problems with there nuts and others progress and develop into a better horse like Funny Cide did

[@gunloc26]

Honestly, why geld a horse?

[@runwildnfree]

thats like saying mine tht bird would have run if borel rode him im sorry but you never know if it was nice someone else could have still one but i agree i wish he would have won

[@jioaNFOIsdanhoif]

Gosh people, stop the chain-mail. It's stupid, and an insult to these great racers.

[@gunloc26]

Yeah, I bet Funny Cide felt he became "a better horse" after his jewels were wacked off. I say their gelded because the trainer's are too damn lazy to take the time to work with the horses. It's all about producing results sooner than later. Too much money wrapped up in the sport now. The horse's wellbeing comes second, the payoff always comes first.