Byline: TIM WILKIN Staff writer
It's all about Funny Cide. That's what the buzz is as the 135th season of racing at Saratoga Race Course looms on the thoroughbred horizon.
Funny Cide, of course, has become a favorite son of Saratoga Springs. He was born there and some of his owners live there.
The New York-bred gelding put a jolt into the sport of kings earlier this year when he won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness before being denied the Triple Crown when he lost to Empire Maker in the Belmont Stakes, finishing third. Funny Cide is expected to run at the Spa, in the $1 million Travers on Aug. 23. It is expected that Empire Maker will be there too, …
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