First Dude enjoyed another superior Saturday as he approaches $500,000 in progeny earnings for the year. Valiant Virtue scored his second runaway victory in a row at Tampa Bay Downs, Due North was equally impressive at Mahoning Valley, and Lady Milagro passed the $100,000 mark in earnings with a fourth-place finish in the …
Icy Dude passed the $100,000 mark in earnings at Parx Racing yesterday, benefitting from a heady, rail-skimming ride by Jeremy Laprida, and becoming First Dude’s 14th winner of 2022. Laprida took Icy Dude away in mid-pack on the inside and parked him there down the backstretch. He then picked off horses one …
Like so many of First Dude’s runners before him whose speed figures have improved with age, Here Comes Bullet has fired his best shot at the age of five in his 17th start. The gelding bred by Thomas L. Croley posted an excellent 90 at Gulfstream Park yesterday, highest Equibase ‘E’ number of …
Speedy Dudette became First Dude’s biggest money-winner of the young season with a heart-stopping victory in a $54,000 allowance race at Fair Grounds yesterday. The 4-year-old filly bred in Louisiana by Bill Langford and Karen Keen has now won three in a row, and the $32,400 winner’s check raised her 2022 bank account …
After the new Tapeta surface was installed at Gulfstream Park for the current meeting, the winner of the first race at each distance established a track record, however temporary. Ever since, the record at every distance has been lowered several times. In yesterday’s seventh race, Famous Gent became the latest to own …
After three previous riders were unable to find the right mojo for Foxy Austin’s first four races, Samy Camacho solved the riddle of the 3-year-old daughter of Bahamian Squall at Tampa Bay Downs yesterday. Camacho broke Foxy Austin with the leaders, then maneuvered her back to a stalking position in third …
First Dude’s red-hot February push continued yesterday with convincing scores by What’s Up Dude at Turfway Park and Neigh Dude at Laurel, giving Dude 11 winners since Jan. 1, while the amazing Sunset Paula Jo extended her unbelievable streak in Puerto Rico to seven victories in a row and nine of her last …
Coming off a third-place finish in the Ruthless Stakes in her previous start, Lady Milagro was sent off as the 2-1 favorite yesterday in a $55,000 starter optional claimer at Aqueduct. Based on the way the 3-year-old First Dude filly handled the field, 1/2 would have been a more logical price. With Eric …
Gulfstream Park has many named important programs on its Championship Meet schedule – Florida Derby Day, Pegasus World Cup Day, Fountain of Youth Day, and several more. Yesterday could easily have been named Double Diamond Farm Stallions Day. On Gulfstream’s nine-race program, three races were won by runners by Double Diamond …
If Sunset Paula Jo had been competing in New York or California for the past year, and had recorded her current record, she would have her name listed high up on First Dude’s growing roster of runners who have earned $200,000 and up, probably around half a million dollars. But the …