When First Dude’s $200,000 club first appeared here several years ago, there were 17 original entrants. Now there are 34, and when Fivefive Six Champ gets another check of just over $5,000, there will be 20 who have reached the $300,000 mark. Fivefive Six Champ made it two victories in a row and three of …
Nina’s Last Gift was scheduled to race 7 1/2 furlongs in a $54,000 allowance optional claiming race over Gulfstream’s turf course with Miguel Vasquez in the saddle, but the race was taken off the grass and switched to one mile and 70 yards over the Tapeta surface. It didn’t matter to the 5-year-old First Dude …
Dan’s Candi Girl picked the perfect time to win her first race of 2026, the 7th at Turfway Park on March 18, which went off at 8:57. Three hours later, at midnight, the 6-year-old daughter of Bahamian Squall celebrated her birthday; she was foaled on March 19 of 2020. Luis Contreras was aboard Dan’s Candi …
Red-hot Ocala owner/breeder Tom McCrocklin added another rung to his recent string of successes with the latest victory by Fivefive Six Champ, who is steadily climbing up the ladder on First Dude’s $200,000 list. McCrocklin is the breeder of the 7-year-old gelding who sold for $165,000 at OBS as a March 2-year-old. In a six-furlong, …
Bahamian Squall has had just 13 runners compete so far this season, but they have produced six winners, for an excellent 46 percent. No. 6 is Raydar Control, who went wire-to-wire under veteran Jose Ferrer racing six furlongs at Tampa Bay Downs. The 4-year-old gelding bred by D. Michelle Landry shot to the lead out …
Troops became the fifth of Bahamian Squall’ s troops to score in 2026, coming from behind under Pablo Morales to win a six-furlong test at Tampa Bay Downs. Morales had Troops sitting comfortably in third place down the backstretch, chasing the early fractions of :22.59 and :45.19. They went after the leading pair on the …
After breaking her maiden in her career debut at Gulfstream Park in December of 2023, Baha Secret spent the next two years searching for victory number two, in vain. The 6-year-old mare by Bahamian Squall raced just five more times in 2024 and 2025 before taking a 5 1/2-month vacation. Returning this season at Tampa …
When Calypso Moon made her debut under Jose Morelos in a maiden special at Gulfstream Park on Dec.20, she was sent off at 57-1 and finished fifth, beaten less than four lengths. And, in the 80-degree weather, after the finish the daughter of Bahamian Squall collapsed of apparent heat exhaustion, but subsequently was able to …
In her first three career starts, under three different jockeys, Steel City Lady finished sixth, fifth and fourth. It took veteran Joe Bravo to turn it around in start No. 4, a 7 1/2-furlong race on the grass at Gulfstream Park. The 3-year-old First Dude filly was bumped leaving the gate and Bravo was forced …
Housebuster Dude broke his maiden in his ninth start yesterday at Parx Racing and it’s a mystery why it didn’t happen sooner. In a race at a mile and 70 yards, with Abner Adorno in the saddle, the 3-year-old First Dude colt went wire-to-wire, opening up daylight in the lane and drawing off to score …