Run Dusty Run (foaled April 19, 1974) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1976

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Career

Run Dusty Run began his racing career on April 6, 1976, placing 4th at

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. As a two-year-old he picked up two wins in Arlington in September and October 1976 before winning the

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, the first major win of his career. On October 9, 1976, he won the Grade 2

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, then finished the year with a win in the

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. Run Dusty Run's three-year-old campaign was a tough one. He finished second six times. In Seattle Slew's 1977 U.S. Triple Crown year, Run Dusty Run finished second in the 1977 Kentucky Derby, third in the

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and second in the

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. 1978 was Dusty's last racing year and he finished his career with wins at the Hialeah Challenge Cup Invitational Stakes and the

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Seminole Stakes.

Pedigree

References

{{Reflist 1974 racehorse births