Taino House was welcomed into the infamous late-odds-drop club at Zia Park yesterday, and responded with his second victory in six tries this year. The 4-year-old gelding by Bahamian Squall walked up to the gate with Alfredo Juarez Jr. sitting as the 4/5 favorite on the tote board. He broke quickly, …
Super Dude finished third yesterday (a nose away from second) in a $47,500 allowance optional claimer at Parx Racing, and collected a check for $5,170. That raised the 7-year-old gelding’s career earnings to $401,140, and he became the seventh runner by First Dude to pass the $400,000 mark. He has an outstanding record …
It wasn’t a matter of ‘If Starship Prankster would win a race,’ it was simply a matter of ‘when.’ Prior to her maiden-breaking score at Finger Lakes yesterday, the 4-year-old daughter of Bahamian Squall had posted three seconds and three thirds in her last six races – the first five at …
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 …