Game On Dude retired from racing

Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Three-time Santa Anita Handicap winner Game On Dude has been retired from competition. The decision was made Thursday.

Partly owned by Joe Torre, Game On Dude closes his stellar career with $6,498,893 and 16 wins in 34 starts.

Among the top handicap horses the last several years, Game On Dude registered wins in the 2012 and 2013 Hollywood Gold Cup, after being second in 2011, and last year’s Pacific Classic following a runner-up result in 2012.

The 7-year-old gelding began 2014 with a fifth-place finish in the San Antonio Stakes at Santa Anita on Feb. 8 followed by his third victory of the Santa Anita Handicap, a race he won last year and in 2011.

After getting second in the Charles Town Classic, a stakes he won in 2013, he was fourth in the Gold Cup at Santa Anita, an event that replaced the Hollywood Gold Cup. His final start was the Pacific Classic where he finished fourth behind Shared Belief.

In his one overseas venture, Game On Dude finished 12th in the 2012 Dubai World Cup.

The one major race Game On Dude was unable to capture was the Breeders’ Cup Classic. In 2011 he finished second to longshot Drosselmeyer followed one year later by a disappointing seventh behind Fort Larned and last year was ninth to Mucho Macho Man for his first defeat after six straight wins.

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