Few stallions have enjoyed such a meteoric rise to stardom
as Distorted Humor. From beginning his stud fee at just $12,500
in 1999, Distorted Humor now commands a fee of 18 times that
much thanks to his outstanding success at stud.
A son of champion two-year-old and leading sire Forty Niner,
Distorted Humor is out of the Gr2 Danzig mare, Danzig's
Beauty. Both his first and second dams were good racemares,
with his dam running second in the Gr1 Acorn Stakes, and
granddam ,Sweetest Chant, won 12 races including a pair
of graded races.
Distorted Humor himself was a good, but not great racehorse.
Winner of eight races, the highlight of his career came
when successful in the Gr2 Commonwealth Breeders Cup Stakes,
run over seven furlongs. He also ran third in the Gr1 Cigar
Mile, defeating Coronado's Quest, and was touched off in
the Gr3 Fayette Stakes.
Distorted Humor's first crop produced 12 stakes winners.
They included the much loved champion Funny Cide, and Gr1
winning two-year-old Awesome Humor. The subsequent crop
produced another 12 stakes winners, including brilliant
Whitney Handicap hero Commentator (whose career has been
interrupted by injury) and Gr1 winner Fourty Niners Son.
His third crop produced the top notch galloper Flower Alley,
and the following year he produced Florida Derby runner
up Sharp Humor.
A powerful chestnut, Distorted Humor has been described
as a good natured horse. A relatively young horse, he is
14, Distorted Humor is a stallion who promises to add to
his ever growing list of successes. One of Distorted Humor's
most impressive achievements is his ability to upgrade his
mares. Off a CI of just 1.76 Distorted Humor's AEI is 2.61.
He achieved his highest position on the general sires list
in 2005 when finishing second. He is the sire of 11% stakes
winners to foals.