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Major Dude Takes To Turf Like A Champ, Posts Upset

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Major Dude Takes To Turf Like A Champ, Posts Upset

Major Dude Takes To Turf Like A Champ, Posts Upset.

Major Dude won the Grade 2, $200,000 Pilgrim at Aqueduct Racetrack on Sunday. Trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. won their second consecutive graded stakes win on the card. Fly Right, with Hall of Famer Javier Castellano in the irons, led the field through honest splits of 24.10 seconds for the opening quarter-mile, 49.73 for half-way, and 1:15.84 for three-quarters. I'm Very Busy was the favorite, but Major Dude held off him by a length. He completed the distance in 1.46.60 and returned $22.40 on a $2 win wager.

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