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Santos, Sackatoga Sue Miami Herald for Libel 5/9/2004 12:07:00 PM Jockey Jose Santos and Sackatoga Stable, the connections of 2003 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Funny Cide, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in federal court against the Miami Herald and its parent company, Knight Ridder Inc., for libel and are seeking $48-million in damages, the Associated Press reports.The suit stems from a story and a photograph published on May 10, 2003, that appeared to show Santos holding an object in the same hand as his whip just after he guided Funny Cide across the finish line. Bernie Hettel, Kentucky’s chief state...

Race Time: 5:38 p.m. Central time. NBC will televise. Pre-race show on ESPN now Funny Cide Runs For History Despite Rainy Belmont Stakes By Bruno Zalubil| June 7, 2003 2003 Belmont Stakes   photo by Rick Schmitt       D espite rains that have drenched thousands of faithful fans, Funny Cide will run for Visa Triple Crown immortality when he goes to post today for the 135th running of the $1 million Belmont Stakes (Gr. 1) at 6:38 p.m. EDT at Belmont Park. Track conditions for Belmont Stakes Day have slowly deteriorated throughout the day. The main track was...

ELMONT, N.Y.- Secretariat set track records in his Triple Crown races. Seattle Slew was the first, and only, winner of the Triple Crown while still undefeated. Affirmed beat an archrival who might have won the Triple Crown most any other year...

There's a not so funny side to the thoroughbred who could win The Triple Crown. AP Photo Unlike Secretariat and other superstar sires, Funny Cide is a gelding. That means he can't reproduce, costing his owners millions of dollars in stud fees and ending a champion's lineage. But a scientist who recent helped clone a racing mule believes Funny Cide could probably buck the odds right now. "I feel quite confident that technically it can be done. It will be a natural extension now that we've cloned the mule," said Dirk Vanderwall, assistant professor in the Department of Animal and...

ELMONT, N.Y.-No horse has won the Triple Crown in 25 years, a streak Funny Cide will try to end in Saturday's 135th Blemont Stakes. He is the eith horse since Affirmed to win both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness stakes, the fifth in the last eight years. None- not Pleasent Colony, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Silver Charm, Real Quiet, Charismatic, nor War Emblem -could complete the sweep. The Herculean task awaiting Funny Cide, is something his trainer Barclay Tagg, has been reminded of repeatedly...

Jose Santos earns personal redemption riding Funny Cide to smashing Preakness win EVEN THOUGH it was rumbling deep within his belly Jose Santos did not let it out. He had work to do first.Reaching back, he popped Funny Cide with his whip in his right hand and then deftly shifted the stick to his left hand for another crack. Although he could not detect the hoofbeats of the other horses in the Preakness Stakes (G1) May 17 because they were too far behind him, a chant that rose from the Pimlico Race course infield chimmed in his ears. "Ole, ole,...

128th Preakness Stakes: Post Time = 3:05 pm PST From Reuters: Funny Cide Installed as Favorite for Preakness Wed May 14, 8:22 PM ET Add Sports - Reuters to My Yahoo! BALTIMORE, Maryland (Reuters) - Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide was installed the 7-5 morning-line favorite for the Preakness Stakes after Wednesday's draw. Heavy rain fell at Pimlico Race Course on Friday, the day before the Preakness Stakes, second leg of the Triple Crown. A steeplechase event on Friday's racecard was called off and three other races scheduled for the turf were switched to the dirt track. From the Washington...