If you don't know ancient breeding Funny Cides dam side might not impress you. I love Dan Cupid and was wild about the Summer Tan influence. But lets be real it means nothing if the horse isn't showing he can run to it. But the catcher is Funny Cide was showing that heart. That Louisana Derby race on a layoff showed it to me. He was coming back in the end on short conditioning. I know the trainer he didn't have him cranked. The genetic ghosts of Native Dancer and Ribot picked him up and began carrying him back at the leaders. You could see with additional conditioning he was dying for distance. The "back at em" move existed more subtly in the Wood too. Bobby and Jerry still think Empire is the better horse...lol (Hell he might be with more mojo)

I really love Slewacide in the right animal. He got one named Clever Trevor that no one really appreciated. I saw some of Clever in Funny Cide. Theres been others as well. Although I think Funny is better.

The Triple Crown is a very tough series. You got juice to deal with now too. Bobby is juicing and I'm about positive Tagg is not. So you gotta factor that variable. Its hard for a non juice horse to have to keep putting out super efforts to beat juicers. It catches up with them eventually.