After Yarmarie Correa was involved in a major spill at Thistledown a year ago, it was touch and go whether she would ever ride again. Her performances in three recent races aboard Purdy Pumkin have proven she’s as good as ever. In Correa’s first two trips on the 3-year-old First Dude …
Shelley Brown paid just $3,000 for Orange Theory as a yearling at the 2019 OBS October sale and it’s somewhat of a surprise that the owner/trainer still has the 4-year-old First Dude filly in her barn after 24 starts. Orange Theory is 4-3-6 in those 24 races following her nearly five-length …
If the 33-1 First Dude gelding Sandy Dude’s fast-closing finish had been enough to catch even-money Kuhl Star for second place in the fifth race at Gulfstream Park yesterday, it might have resulted in a tote board power outage. As it was, Sandy Dude fell a length short of the favorite or the …
Sun Squall won a race at six furlongs at Prairie Meadows yesterday and added three milestones to the resume of Bahamian Squall. The 5-year-old gelding bred by Sunshine Thoroughbred Corp. became (1) Bahamian Squall’s 23rd winner of 2022, (2) the sixth of the stallion’s runners to pass $100,000 in earnings, and …
After a slow beginning to her career, in which she went 0-1-1 in her first 10 starts, Island Winter has turned it all around and continued her excellent recent streak with a narrow victory in a 5 1/2-furlong race at Thistledown yesterday. With the victory, the 3-year-old Bahamian Squall filly bred by Don …
With the dearth of horses prevalent at so many of the nation’s racetracks, owners and trainers with sound runners have been taking full advantage of the situation. At Monmouth Park yesterday, Bahama Pearl made her 13th start of the year for owner MCA Racing Stable and trainer Claudio Gonzalez, and they were rewarded …
First Dude surpassed the $1.5 million mark in 2022 progeny earnings yesterday, sparked by the second straight victory of Putin Online in a $41,200 starter optional claimer at Laurel Park. It was an all-local affair for the 5-year-old gelding, owned and bred by Morriston’s Big Lick Farm (Reid and Sarah Nagle), …
After Maryquitecontrary broke her maiden under Luca Panici in her June 11 Gulfstream Park debut, she finished second with Edgar Prado in the $75,000 Azalea Stakes when Panici had another call in the race. For her third start, the 3-year-old First Dude filly was reunited with Panici who deftly guided her to victory …
In her first five career starts, Fanfare Well did not have Ajhari Williams in the saddle and the best she could muster up at Mountaineer Casino & Resort was one third-place finish. Williams was introduced to the 3-year-old First Dude filly for a five-furlong turf race on July 19 and Fanfare …
Last year, at the age of five, Minnesota-bred Ready to Runaway achieved one of the rare accomplishments in thoroughbred racing – winning the same stakes race three years in succession. Last night, at Canterbury Park, the daughter of First Dude made it four in a row, defeating stablemate Clickbait by a half a …