[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 72 (Wednesday, May 14, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H4021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CELEBRATING FUNNY CIDE'S RUN

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to applaud the accomplishments of a 
man from my hometown in Marion County, Florida, the Sixth Congressional 
District, because Tony Everard has been training horses in Marion 
County for over 35 years.
  He purchased a remarkable horse, a gelding, in 2001 in Saratoga, New 
York, and he trained it, but on May 3, this horse became champion at 
the pinnacle of horse racing, the Kentucky Derby.
  His horse, Funny Cide, beat the odds with a stunning victory over 
favored Empire Maker and Peace Rules before more than 140,000 people at 
Churchill Downs, and none could be cheering louder than Tony and Beth, 
who named the champion gelding.
  Funny Cide became the fourth Derby winner since 1997 to emerge from 
the Marion County breeding and training industry. I am proud of the 
long-standing heritage of horse training in my district. Tony and his 
wife Beth deserve many accolades for their work with Funny Cide and 
many champions to come.

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