Grade 2 winner Sharp Humor retired to WinStar Farm

Grade 2 winner Sharp Humor has been retired from racing after re-aggravating a knee injury in the Hill 'n' Dale Cigar Mile Handicap (G1) on November 25 at Aqueduct.
The three-year-old colt by Distorted Humor will stand in 2007 at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky, as a Taylor Made/WinStar Venture Stallion. Sharp Humor's stud fee has yet to be determined.
Sharp Humor closed his juvenile campaign with consecutive stakes wins in the Bertram F. Bongard Stakes and Sleepy Hollow Stakes, both at Belmont Park, for owner Purdedel Stable. He opened his three-year-old season with a victory in the Swale Stakes (G2) on March 4 at Gulfstream Park and followed with a runner-up finish in the Florida Derby (G1), in which he was beaten a half-length by eventual Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (G1) winner Barbaro. Sharp Humor finished 19th in the Kentucky Derby on May 6.
"WinStar purchased an interest in Sharp Humor prior to the Kentucky Derby," said Doug Cauthen, president of WinStar Farm, which also stands Distorted Humor. "In what is the best three-year-old crop I have ever seen, Sharp Humor entered the classic picture in a serious way."
Sharp Humor was diagnosed after the Derby with a fracture in his left knee and underwent successful surgery on May 11. He finished second in the Hudson Handicap in his return on October 21 at Belmont before finishing fifth in the Cigar Mile in his final start, in which Romans said he re-aggravated the injured left knee.
"In the Cigar Mile he was getting out all the way around the turn, clearly it was pinching him whenever he was on his left lead," said Romans, who conditioned the bay colt for all but one of his ten career starts. "I'm disappointed we didn't get to prove how special he is, because he was a freakishly-fast horse who could carry his speed around two turns, but he's by the right horse in Distorted Humor, and has a real future ahead of him at stud."
Sharp Humor, who is out of Bellona, by Hansel, concluded his racing career with four wins, two seconds, and one third from ten starts and earnings of $490,410.