After finishing ninth and fifth in her lone two races as a 2-year-old last year, Hear Me Knocking spent more than eight months on the shelf before returning over the weekend to break her maiden in a seven-furlong test over the Tapeta surface at Woodbine. Ryan Munger was aboard the 3-year-old …
A pair of First Dudes racing in different parts of Canada have combined to post an eye-opening record of 5-2-0 in seven starts this year. WOODBINE – Too Much Vino left Gulfstream Park after recording four straight seconds, then a maiden-breaking victory, and has continued her good form across the border with …
Petulant Delight moved up three spots on First Dude’s $200,000 list after a one-length victory at Parx Racing in his 49th career start. The 8-year-old gelding bred by Ocala Stud, a $37,000 OBS April 2-year-old, added $10,800 to his bank account, which now stands at $231,499, and slipped into 18th place on his …
Bahama Pearl returned to the track where she has enjoyed her greatest success yesterday, and it proved to be the right medicine for the daughter of Bahamian Squall. The 6-year-old mare bred by Shade Tree Thoroughbreds and Joyce Corwin spent last summer at Monmouth Park and never missed the top 3, …
He’s On the Fly lived up to his name yesterday at Presque Isle Downs. The 6-year-old gelding by Bahamian Squall jumped out to the lead leaving the gate and never looked back, winning the 5 1/2-furlong race over the all-weather track by 3 1/4 lengths and rewarding his backers with an $11.00 mutuel …
When First Dude finished fourth on Florida’s leading sire list last year, he did it with 54 winners and progeny earnings of $2,356,491. The son of Stephen Got Even is on pace to easily surpass both those numbers this year. Long Legged Boy won the sixth race at Parx yesterday and …
Longtime Ocala breeder/owner/pinhooker Tom McCrocklin has been on fire on many fronts recently. At the last OBS sale, for instance, he sold a $400,000 filly on day 4, a $425,000 colt on day 3, a $475,000 colt on day 2, and a $385,000 filly on day 1, among others. But Tom …
In one of the strangest finishes of all time, Main Dude became winner No. 25 for First Dude this year, but just how it happened in the first race at Louisiana Downs yesterday is a mystery to anyone watching the replay. Main Dude broke last in the race at 6 1/2 …
Last year, First Dude wound up with 54 winners from 96 starters, and it appears he could be on a pace to surpass that number for 2023, currently with 24 winners and more than two months remaining to the halfway point. No. 24 is Dudesfirstdarling, who broke her maiden with a …
Leaving the gate in the ninth race at Woodbine yesterday, Too Much Vino looked like she had had too much to drink and was off eighth and last heading down the backstretch. But rider Emma-Jayne Wilson never panicked, and on the turn of the race at five furlongs over the all-weather track, she rolled the …