It’s always intriguing when a horse lives up to its name, and Stretch Runner lived up to his in spades at Presque Isle Downs yesterday. The 5-year-old gelding by Bahamian Squall was aided by a pair of scratches in the six-furlong race over the all-weather track, with less traffic making it …
Berks has raced just three times this year – at three different Mid-Atlantic tracks – and the First Dude gelding has two victories and a third to show for his efforts. The rapidly-improving 3-year-old Maryland-bred picked up his second victory yesterday at Delaware Park, following a maiden-breaking score at Pimlico on …
Add the name of T J’s First to the long list of runners who began their careers in the dark and suddenly, one day, the light bulb switched on. The 4-year-old Louisiana-bred daughter of First Dude didn’t race at two or three, and when she made her debut earlier this season, …
Assertiko’s racing campaign in 2020 ended with a three-race winning streak, the last victory coming on July 3. Then, the Bahamian Squall gelding owned by attorney David Romanik, trainer Ron Spatz and breeder SCF Inc. went to the sidelines until he returned with a fifth-place finish at Gulfstream Park on March 11 of …
Veteran press box denizens have forever touted that bettors should never fall into the trap of wagering on runners with the names of friends or family, or addresses, phone numbers, passcodes, etc. However, Vladimir Putin might have been able to solve some of his recent financial woes by not heeding that advice yesterday …
After selling for $1,200 at the OBS August yearling sale in 2016, Sunset Paula Jo started 29 times at eight racetracks around middle America, compiling a record of 6-2-0. Claimed for $18,000 out of a winning race on May 17 of 2021, the now 7-year-old daughter of First Dude wound up …
Bahamian Squall missed attaining his first million-dollar season in 2021 by about $95,000. Thanks to a pair of very different winners yesterday, the son of Gone West is well on his way to reaching that milestone this year; with less than six months gone, he’s up to $610,836 and is seventh among active …
All it took for Don Dizney’s Lady Emily to break a five-race losing streak was her initial try over Gulfstream Park’s first-season Tapeta surface. The 4-year-old daughter of First Dude had broken her maiden by 5 1/2 lengths more than a year ago, and hadn’t been better than fourth in her …
First Dude moved to within $28,000 of reaching the million-dollar mark in 2022 progeny earnings when first-time starter Maryquitecontrary overcame a string of problems to break her maiden yesterday at Gulfstream Park. The 3-year-old filly owned and bred by Dr. Rod Lundock was sent off at 12-1 with Luca Panici in the …
On May 8 at Gulfstream Park, Don Dizney’s Running Memories faced Miss Auramet in a $60,000 handicap at ‘about’ five furlongs on the grass. Running Memories, a 4-year-old filly by Bahamian Squall, went off at 9/2, while Miss Auramet was the prohibitive favorite at 3/5. The Double Diamond filly won the race by …