Starship Renegade, the 5-year-old son of First Dude bred at The Acorn by Bill and Lynn Rainbow, and who didn’t make his first career start until October of last year, continued his rapid rise to stardom yesterday with a convincing seven-furlong score at Gulfstream Park. Co-owned by veteran South Florida trainer …
Dr. Rod Lundock has bred many winners during his decades in the business in Marion County, including such as Didn’t Take It ($312,794) and Rage of Aquarius ($211,844), but he has currently hit the jackpot with a 4-year-old filly by First Dude. What makes the daughter of Double Diamond’s premier stallion …
Congratulations are in order to trainer Rafael Romero, who breezed Impacto once at Tampa Bay Downs to get a gate card, then twice more at the Williston Mile, and was rewarded with an authoritative victory yesterday in a 5 1/2-furlong claiming race in Oldsmar. The 4-year-old First Dude gelding was overpowering …
In five starts at ages two and three, Spirit Wind compiled a record of 3-2-0, which included a second in the Gr. II Princess Rooney Stakes and a victory in the Musical Romance. After the Princess Rooney in July, Jacks or Better Farm’s filly by Bahamian Squall took an enforced vacation of nine months, …
First Dude has unveiled another budding star – Charlie’s Wish, who raised her record to 2-2-1 in six starts with a victory yesterday in a $54,000 allowance race at Gulfstream Park. The 3-year-old filly bred by Three Gin Guys Stable became her sire’s 19th winner of 2023 and added $32,400 to …
Bahamian Squall’s eighth winner of 2023 is Axcel, a first-time starter owned and bred by SCF Inc. who won at Tampa Bay Downs yesterday via a slick ride by Richard Bracho. The 3-year-old gelding was slow to begin from the No. 1 post and raced sixth and last going to …
Time to Cruise cruised over the $100,000 mark in earnings yesterday after only his sixth start, via a convincing 2 1/2-length victory as the 6/5 favorite in a $52,000 allowance test at Parx Racing. The First Dude colt had Ruben Silvera in the saddle for his rocking-chair ride, in which the …
Famous Gent made it two victories in a row at Gulfstream Park yesterday and in so doing, moved up several slots into 18th place in First Dude’s $200,000 club. Javier Castellano was in the saddle in the $42,000 starter allowance at five furlongs on the grass, and he positioned the 5-year-old …
It’s anybody’s guess how many people know that Rillito Park is in Tucson, Arizona, but that’s where Bahamian Squall had Taino House become his seventh winner of 2023, and the first to win twice. The 6-year-old gelding recorded his best career Equibase ‘E’ speed figure, an 87, with a nearly six-length …
Starship Renegade is five years old and has made just career six starts, but he continues to impress with every effort. The son of First Dude, trained and co-owned by South Florida veteran Steve Dwoskin, boosted his ballooning record to 3-2-0 yesterday at Gulfstream Park, winning an $86,000 allowance optional claimer under Miguel …