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Funny Side takes a shower at Belmont the day before the race. By Irish America Staff
Many know Funny Cide as the great chestnut gelding who just missed winning the Triple Crown, but few know the Irish people who were instrumental in bringing him to the forefront of racing. Having secured first place at Kentucky Derby and Preakness, Funny Cide was bred by third-generation Irish-American Joe McMahon and his wife Anne at Saratoga Thoroughbreds in New York. McMahon told Irish America, “The last few weeks have been like the American dream. My wife and I were everyday Americans, we had no illusions that we were going to breed a horse of this caliber. A possibility for a Triple Crown, a win at the Derby, that’s as big as it can get in the horse business. We didn’t set out to have a Derby winner. We wanted to have a farm to bring our kids up on.”
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Jack Knowlton with Tiz The Law after the G1 Champagne
To borrow a term used by the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I was skeptically hopeful when Coolmore announced it had bought the breeding rights to Tiz the Law following the Constitution colt s 3 ¾-length victory in the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes, shortened to 1 1/8 miles and run as the opening leg of the Triple Crown on June 20.
Hopeful because of the comment made at the time by Jack Knowlton, managing partner of Tiz the Law s owner, Sackatoga Stable, that the partnership was “excited to see what Tiz the Law has in store on the track for the remainder of his 3-year-old year
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FILE - In this June 20, 2020, file photo, Tiz the Law, with jockey Manny Franco up, crosses the finish line to win the Belmont Stakes horse race in Elmont, N.Y. Tiz the Law has been suddenly retired on the advice of a veterinarian after an X-ray revealed bone bruising in the colt’s front leg. Jack Knowlton of Sackatoga Stable tweeted Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, “We are beyond grateful for the time we had with him.” The New York state ownership group had been expecting to race the colt as a 4-year-old next year. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
FILE - In this June 20, 2020, file photo, Tiz the Law, with jockey Manny Franco up, crosses the finish line to win the Belmont Stakes horse race in Elmont, N.Y. Tiz the Law has been suddenly retired on the advice of a veterinarian after an X-ray revealed bone bruising in the colt’s front leg. Jack Knowlton of Sackatoga Stable tweeted Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, “We are beyond grateful for the time we had with him.” The Ne