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undercard. The field for the
Alysheba was exceptionally deep, including grade 1 winners Giant Oak and Awesome Gem, multiple grade II winner Mission Impazible (the 5-2 morning line favorite), and grade II winners Caracortado and Regal Ransom.
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to grab the lead passing the stands for the first time. On the front end, First Dude set some strenuous fractions: 1/4 mile in 22-4/5, 1/2 mile down the back stretch in 46-2/5 and 3/4 of a mile in 1:11-1/5. Around the final turn, both
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passed First Dude. Then he dug in and fought back to even terms with Lookin At Lucky at the 1/8 pole. In the last 100 yards, Lookin At Lucky pulled in front and won the
Preakness Stakes by one length.
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in a one-mile maiden special weight race that he finished in 1:37 flat with a 77 Beyer speed figure. After that, First Dude placed or showed in seven graded stakes events (6
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After a fourth-place finish in his seasonal debut, owner Don Dizney decided to give First Dude "a change of scenery" and moved him to
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to keep First Dude off the pace and let him make his own moves. He was entered in a $ 58,000 allowance race on April 9 at
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In April, he finished third in the Grade 1 one and one eighth mile
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Saturday of May, First Dude ran in the Grade 1
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Baffert then decided to school First Dude and told jockey
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635:Racehorses trained in the United States
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220:. He is out of the
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483:Our Martha
472:Cox's Ridge
454:Secretariat
347:Bob Baffert
296:Caracortado
287:Super Saver
158:$ 1,442,140
141:Bob Baffert
136:Dale Romans
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603:References
590:Quadrangle
586:bay 1968
573:In Reality
544:bay 1981
525:bay 1970
517:bay 1992
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478:Best Turn
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440:My Charmer
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233:Todd Palin
203:First Dude
163:Major wins
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554:No Class
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399:Pedigree
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155:Earnings
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176:(2011)
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131:Trainer
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