Funny Cide
 

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but Funny Cide's next race is set for Finger Lakes.. The Wadsworth on July 4th.

Can a trip to Great Lakes Downs be far behind?

He's running for money than he has been in the NYRA overnight stakes.

Great Lakes Downs is my hometrack.







It sure is a dump!

Yeah, Finger Lakes raised the purse of the Wadsworth from $50K to $100K to attract Funny Cide.

Should be quite a bottleneck on the Thruway.

If it wasn't a Wednesday I'd make a weekend trip out of it. Hit up some wineries and Letchworth and see the legendary Finger Lakes Race Track.

All those glorious trips to Rochester to see the Grateful Dead and I never made it to Finger Lakes. If Jerry Garcia hadn't died I might never have gotten my life in order.

Silver Stadium, 1987. First concert of my life.


I still haven't recovered.

Don't bother. Get drunk at the wineries instead.

Ever heard the song "Gate Crashers Suck" by Keller Williams.

Great song about Deer Creek and the Dead...

I have a few bottles of stale vinegar that taste like most NY wines if you want to take them off my hands?

Such a great climate and earth for grapes yet I have yet to see a vineyard in NY produce a good wine. Its too bad.

Letchworth is beautiful.

I love Letchworth! Those guest books dating back to the 1950's on the third floor of the hotel are a hoot.

What? You don't like Love My Goat?

Definitely one of the hidden gems of upstate NY. I know it sounds silly but I saw Letchworth after the Grand Canyon and found Letchworth to be more impressive.

I don't even know who Keller Williams is.

Deer Creek was a pretty unfortunate incident.

No, not at all.

I have tried, tried and tried NY wines, and have yet to find one that is at best good.

I may be a wine snob, but it AMAZES me that with the climate and the ground in the NY wine country, these places can't produce something great!

Trust me, I want NY wines to be good, I just have been wicked dissappointed.

If you have a list you like, I would be more then willing to try the ones I haven't. I am dying to find a good one! I want to be proven wrong on this.

http://www.kellerwilliams.net

I am sure you will find him to your liking.

It was...

i happened to run into jack knowelton at the bluesfest on sunday in saratoga

What do you think the average beyer of the competition is??? I know Funny Cide is in the mid 90s. How tough can Finger Lakes horses be??

I thought Keller Williams was a real estate company here in NH?

Also in Colorado.

http://www.kellerwilliams.com = Real Estate Company

http://www.kellerwilliams.net = Wicked Talented Artist

It's $100K so I imagine there will be other shippers as well, probably most of the same horses he has been running against. As long as Accountforthegold doesn't go he should be alright.

Funny Cide is perfectly healthy and earns money in virtually every start. Earned $3.5 million so far I believe.
It's great they still race him.
People are constantly complaining that horses are retiring after their 3 year old season----Hard Spun and Street Sense are next-----so why do people complain that a perfectly healthy horse who is earning money is still racing?Horse racing needs more horses like Funny Cide----

1989, Silver Stadium, my first concert.........kindred spirits??....

Let me guess... Bon Jovi?

Agreed...I also love the fact that he still gets bet everytime he runs. That's better for those of us that realize he can't win.

Road trip to the "Flakes" MIGHT be in the offing.....

Jerry Garcia is dead?
 

Oh no....I'm sure there alot of deadheads that would like to know that....once they come down.

Spyder

PS: Sirius is starting a channel devoted only to the Dead...should be super!

I'll stick to the Jamband and 90's Alternative Rock channel. If I want all Dead, I think I would just throw on a live show from the collection.

Anyone still have tapes of live shows, or has everyone upgraded to cd's?

I hear they are also trying to lure Zippy Chippy out of retirement. :D

I've got about 600 tapes.

Nice!

If I count my Phish tapes I might have half that.

To run against Ocho Cinco and that Restore The Roar in Ohio?

He is undefeated in these types of races...

Damn, "Love My Goat" brings back some memories. Live in Williamsport, PA, and the OTB there, which has either recently closed or will close soon, is where I got into horses.

I had a great time up there, and was truly a life-changing experience...

ALostTexan

local "freakshow" Johnny By Night will be the horse Funny Cide will have to catch. He loves the track up here. I think he averages in the high 90's

Funny Cide is going on the following tour

Finger Lakes
Great Lakes Downs
River Downs
Yavapai

Has Funny Cide run any Beyers in the High 90's, in 2006-07 ?

I believe he did two races back as well as a couple times last year.

Funny Cide vs. Jerry Garcia

Well?