Finding room in midstretch, Major Dude accelerated to catch stretch leader Win for the Money and outlasted a late-closing Fort Washington to prevail by a neck in the $200,000 Ft. Lauderdale Stakes (G2T) Dec. 21 at Gulfstream Park.
The victory, his third in five starts in 2024 for owner Spendthrift Farm and Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, marked his first score at the stakes level this year, pushing him past $1 million in earnings. Last year, he twice won stakes, taking the Penn Mile Stakes (G2T) at Penn National Race Course and Kitten’s Joy Stakes (G3T) at Gulfstream. Before that as a juvenile, he won the Pilgrim Stakes (G2T) at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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