Wild Dude may run for new owners in Triple Bend

ARCADIA, Calif.- The Grade 1 winner Wild Dude was recently sold to stand at stud in Korea, but could start in Saturday’s $300,000 Triple Bend Stakes at Santa Anita.

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said on Sunday that the financial side of the transaction has been completed, but that paperwork issues could prevent Wild Dude from leaving the United States on Thursday, the current schedule. If Wild Dude remains in California after Thursday, the Grade 1 Triple Bend Stakes at seven furlongs could be the 6-year-old’s next start.

“I’d like to run for the new owners,” Hollendorfer said.

Wild Dude, by Wildcat Heir, has won 8 of 22 starts and earned $1,095,232. A five-time stakes winner, Wild Dude won the Grade 2 Kona Gold Stakes here on May 21. Last year, Wild Dude won two Grade 1 races – the Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar and the Santa Anita Sprint Championship.