Game On Dude

Game On Dude is a dark bay gelding with no white markings on his face and pastern-high socks on both hind legs.

[9] As a descendant of the broodmare Adjournment, Worldly Pleasure was a distant relative of the Preakness Stakes winner Master Derby.

Ridden by Martin Garcia, he took the lead in the straight and drew clear of his opponents to record his first significant win by four and a half lengths.

He challenged for the lead early in the straight before finishing fourth of the eleven runners, two and a half lengths behind the winner Drosselmeyer.

With his 2013 victories in the Santa Anita Handicap, Hollywood Gold Cup and Pacific Classic, he became the second horse to achieve the "California triple crown" in a single year.

With this win, Game On Dude joined Lava Man's 2006 sweep of all three of Southern California's major handicap races in the same year.

"[19] Entered for a third time in the Breeders' Cup Classic, he was the favorite, but again failed to hit the board, finishing ninth out of 11 horses in the field.

After a fifth-place finish in the San Antonio Stakes, his first race of the 2014 season,[21] Game On Dude won the Santa Anita Handicap for the third time, beating Will Take Charge, who was second, and Mucho Macho Man, who was fourth.

[22] After the gelding's victory, which was achieved in a race record time of 1:58.17, Baffert commented, "I was in awe of the horse watching him come down the stretch.

He maintained his advantage into the straight but faded in the closing stages to finish fourth behind Shared Belief, Toast of New York, and Imperative.

"[25] His owner, Bernie Schiappa, announced in early October that Game On Dude would spend his retirement at Old Friends Equine, located in Georgetown, Kentucky.

[28] Upon his retirement, he was viewed as one of the greatest American racing geldings of all time, compared favorably with Kelso, John Henry and Forego.

Game on Dude in the paddock prior to the Belmont Stakes