What’s Up Dude, one of 11 members of First Dude’s $300,000-plus club, finished a game third in the $65,700 Lightning Jet Stakes at Hawthorne yesterday, the second time the 7-year-old gelding has been stakes-placed in the race. He finished second as a 5-year-old in 2019. Angel Rodriguez was aboard What’s Up Dude in the race …
Despite the fact that Dudes Lawyer had finished first, second, third and fourth in her last four starts, the Mahoning Valley crowd opted to let the 4-year-old filly get away at 19-1 yesterday, longest price on the board in a $23,500 allowance race at six furlongs. Dudes Lawyer presented her case early, shooting to the …
No matter what transpires for the rest of her racing career, Island Magic will always have the distinction of having a track record listed on her resume, although it may be for the shortest reign in history. The 3-year-old daughter of Bahamian Squall entered the gate at 1:29 yesterday for the third race at Gulfstream …
At the 2019 OBS October yearling sale, Shelley Brown purchased Orange Theory for a bargain $3,000. The 48-year-old Canadian has been able to hang onto the 3-year-old First Dude filly through all of her 18 races, and last night, at Century Mile Racetrack and Casino in Alberta, Orange Theory won for her cancer-stricken …
When Mark Schwartz claimed Roan Mountain out of his last start at Parx Racing on Sept. 28, the 4-year-old First Dude gelding was on an in-the-money streak, with a record of 2-4-2-1 in his previous 10 tries. During the streak, Roan Mountain had posted his best-ever Equibase ‘E’ speed figure – a 95 …
First Dude’s winners often come in bunches, and when Steel City Dude became his 56th winner of 2021 yesterday at Gulfstream Park, it marked the seventh winner’s circle visit for the stallion’s runners in the span of 11 days. Despite a series of solid morning trials, the 2-year-old gelding owned and bred by J. J. …
Miss Star Lo is unique among the thousands of thoroughbred runners competing in 2021. The 7-year-old mare by First Dude has raced 50 times in her long career, and every start has come at Parx Racing. No. 50 came yesterday and her cake-walk victory raised her record to 8-6-6, while the …
Stretch Runner and jockey Erin Walker have become a formidable duo at Presque Isle Downs. The talented rider and the 4-year-old Bahamian Squall gelding have teamed up for three victories in four starts since Stretch Runner left Tampa Bay Downs without breaking his maiden after four tries. Last night’s victory was …
In the span of a little less than two hours yesterday, First Dude emulated the Major League baseball playoffs with an impressive triple of his own – one winner at Belmont Park and a back-to-back pair at Gulfstream. The heroics staged by a 2-year-old filly and two 3-year-old geldings blasted First …
Bella Dudette gave First Dude his 53rd winner of 2021 and moved her sire to within $66,000 of the $2 million mark in progeny earnings with a game victory in a one-mile race at Thistledown yesterday. With Samuel Jiminez in the saddle, the 6-year-old Kentucky-bred mare broke well from the rail, …