Primal Humor is Campbell’s Miracle Horse
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Primal Humor had sunk to the nethermost rung on the claiming ladder at Suffolk Downs by 2010, and his owner, convinced he was worthless, was giving him away.
Jockey Tammi Campbell Piermarini implored her niece to adopt the Kentucky-bred son of Distorted Humor, who had sold three years before for $200,000 at the Keeneland September yearling sale.
“My aunt rode him in races, liked him and was worried about him,” said retired jockey Janelle Campbell, who at the time aspired to be like Piermarini, the third all-time leading woman rider by wins.