3rd-Churchill, $49,584, Msw, 6-1, 2yo, 5f, :59.37, ft.
B. B. DUDE (c, 2, Shakin It Up–Purrfect Song, by Unbridled's Song), the less fancied of a pair of Steve Asmussen-trained firsters at 5-2, held off stablemate Carter Cat (Tale of the Cat) late to become the first winner for his freshman sire (by Midnight Lute). Perched three deep off of a :22.45 opening quarter, the dark bay ranged up to take over at the top of the stretch and kept finding to don cap and gown by 3/4 of a length. B. B. Dude was a $40,000 KEENOV weanling purchased by owner Jerry Durant for $105,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton July sale. He was bought back for just $15,000 at the Texas Thoroughbred Association's 2-year-old sale in April. Dam Purrfect Song is a half to GSW/MGISP Santa Catarina (Unbridled). She produced another Shakin It Up colt in 2017 before being bred back to Verrazano. Shakin It Up, whose signature win came in the 2013 GI Malibu S., stands at Spendthrift Farm. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $30,600. Click for the Equibase.com chartor VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Jerry Durant; B-Sally Thomas & New Dawn Stable LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen.
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