Funny Cide to KY Horse Park
 

Leaving the life of a pony behind, and coming here to Lexington Hall of Champions at the Horse Park.

Barclay Tagg was a bit vague on what rigors of training and racing are leading to Funny Cide's discomfort (the reason he's not still the stable pony) but I'll take a swing at arthritis. I got the impression he was more interested at being around a track than on display in a stall. Whatever it is must be more than a little uncomfortable to cause the change.

Like any of us, some parts start to ache when we get older, guess Funny Cide is no different. I am usually not too fan boy-ish about horse racing, but I LOVE this horse.

When I heard Empire Maker had that hoof bruise or whatever it was, I went hand over fist with cash to the window at 12-1 on FC. Since it was already May, I took my winnings and stashed them until the next semester at school started a few months later, and needless to say, FC paid for a lot of cheap beer during Fall 2003 at college. Ahhhh those were the days lol...

I saw Pesticide a lot thru Sept and he looked the picture of health.. I actually thought it was pretty cool of Mr. Tagg to try and keep him as his pony.

A quick side note....The bus needed a 150k sevice, at which time they discovered the trany was screwed, sadly they had no choice but to put her down.. I cried. Run with Angels girl

I saw Funny Cide come back to Empire Maker in the Wood Memorial and new that Funny Cide would win the Derby. I didn't bet him with both fists though. I was busy trying to hit the trifecta and after hearing about the hoof bruise on EM I threw him out of the tri... :(

The back problems that troubled him during his racing career have persisted and it was no longer practical to have someone riding him, even as a stable pony.