Getty Images The gelding was undefeated ... Trained by Barclay Tagg, Funny Cide went to the Kentucky Derby and stunned the horse racing world by beating Empire Maker by 1 1/2 lengths at odds ...

They would take pictures and give him treats. He was one very smart horse, one of the smartest I have ever been around." Funny Cide, a son of Distorted Humor, had 11 wins, six seconds, and eight ...

But it had been quite a ride, for the Sackets Six, the north country and for horse racing in general. Funny Cide was a marketer's dream and the market burgeoned with Funny Cide shirts and hats and ...