He’s On the Fly lived up to his name yesterday at Presque Isle Downs. The 6-year-old gelding by Bahamian Squall jumped out to the lead leaving the gate and never looked back, winning the 5 1/2-furlong race over the all-weather track by 3 1/4 lengths and rewarding his backers with an $11.00 mutuel …
When First Dude finished fourth on Florida’s leading sire list last year, he did it with 54 winners and progeny earnings of $2,356,491. The son of Stephen Got Even is on pace to easily surpass both those numbers this year. Long Legged Boy won the sixth race at Parx yesterday and …
Longtime Ocala breeder/owner/pinhooker Tom McCrocklin has been on fire on many fronts recently. At the last OBS sale, for instance, he sold a $400,000 filly on day 4, a $425,000 colt on day 3, a $475,000 colt on day 2, and a $385,000 filly on day 1, among others. But Tom …
In one of the strangest finishes of all time, Main Dude became winner No. 25 for First Dude this year, but just how it happened in the first race at Louisiana Downs yesterday is a mystery to anyone watching the replay. Main Dude broke last in the race at 6 1/2 …
Anybody who has subscribed to the age-old “horses for courses” theory need only point to Roan Mountain to back up their premise. The 6-year-old First Dude gelding has started 40 times at four tracks in his long career – at Gulfstream Park he’s posted one victory in eight tries; at Delaware …
Last year, First Dude wound up with 54 winners from 96 starters, and it appears he could be on a pace to surpass that number for 2023, currently with 24 winners and more than two months remaining to the halfway point. No. 24 is Dudesfirstdarling, who broke her maiden with a …
Leaving the gate in the ninth race at Woodbine yesterday, Too Much Vino looked like she had had too much to drink and was off eighth and last heading down the backstretch. But rider Emma-Jayne Wilson never panicked, and on the turn of the race at five furlongs over the all-weather track, she rolled the …
In her first five career starts at Gulfstream Park, Tampa Bay Downs and Monmouth Park, Ray Arewethereyet ran up a creditable record of 3-1-1, which included a third in the $100,000 Stonehedge Farm South Sophomore Fillies Stakes at Tampa. That was followed by a five-race streak in which her best finish was a …
First Dude pole-vaulted over the $1 million mark in 2023 progeny earnings yesterday, compliments of Kentucky-bred Lady Milagro, who picked up a check for $45,100 after going wire-to-wire in an $82,000 allowance race at Aqueduct. That lifted First Dude’s total to $1,034,261. Lady Milagro had the services of 7-pound apprentice rider …
Berks has made it two victories in his last three races at Laurel Race Course, and as a result two important milestones are closer to being achieved. With the $28,800 the 4-year-old gelding collected for owner/breeder Jagger Inc. in the $48,600 allowance race, he boosted his earnings to $190,230 and is on the …