As the field entered the gate for the second race at Gulfstream Park yesterday, the 4-year-old First Dude gelding Here Comes Bullet was sitting on the tote board at odds of 8/5, and Hard Ten was the 6/5 favorite. As the duo became engaged in a three-way battle up front down the backstretch, the board …
Bahamian Squall moved within a stone’s throw of the $500,000 mark in 2021 progeny earnings when Bahamian Beauty broke her maiden in the third race at Gulfstream Park yesterday, leaving a 1/5 shot in her wake. In a field reduced to five after three scratches, the 3-year-old filly stumbled leaving the gate from the No. …
When Lovielee broke her maiden on March 27 of 2020 in her 3-year-old career debut at Tampa Bay Downs, she paid $38.00, $26.20 and $9.60 across the board. Yesterday, nine races later, the Bahamian Squall filly won for the second time and paid $2.60, $2.20 and $2.10 in a race that rain forced off the …
Winking At Thedude is on the doorstep of becoming First Dude’s 19th $200,000-plus earner after the come-from-behind victory of Winking At Thedude at Mountaineer Park last evening. The 6-year-old gelding was put in an advantageous position after scratches narrowed the field to four in the one-mile race. Luis Rivera patiently allowed Winking At Thedude to …
First Dude rocketed into second place on Florida’s general sire list via a blockbuster Saturday that included an eye-catching 6-furlong victory by Ray Arewethereyet at Monmouth Park, and a tough loss by What’s Up Dude in the $100,000 Hanshin Cup Stakes at Arlington Park. Ray Arewethereyet was making just her fourth career start in a …
First Dude’s June ledger now reads eight winners in the span of 19 days after Petulant Delight romped in a mile and 70-yard test at Parx Racing yesterday, his second victory of 2021. The 6-year-old gelding was ridden by Dexter Haddock, who sent Petulant Delight to the lead out of the gate, and they engaged …
First Dude had just two runners compete across the country yesterday, and both won, Fulton Street at Gulfstream Park and Ready to Runaway at Canterbury Park, resulting in some important statistical changes. (1) Fulton Street won in his second start and became First Dude’s first 2-year-old winner of 2021, while earning a check for $46,000. …
Double Diamond’s bargain 2-year-old purchase, Running Memories, gave Bahamian Squall his second $100,000-plus earner at Monmouth Park yesterday with another stylish wire-to-wire performance. The 3-year-old filly bred by Courtney L. Meagher, a $20,000 OBS July buy in 2020, collected a check for $28,500 from the purse of $47,500 in the 5 1/2-furlong allowance race on …
With so many tracks currently operating around the country, one never knows where a First Dude might show up and Friday night Gaspergou showed up at the Columbus Races, in Columbus, Nebraska. But all victories count on a stallion’s record and the 4-year-old gelding bred by Bill Rasco won for the second time this year. …
First Dude inched closer to the $1 million mark in 2021 progeny earnings with the victory of Ragatagtag at Prairie Meadows last evening. The 5-year-old mare bred by Adam and Suzette Parker at T-Square Stud was off fourth from the No. 7 post in the starter allowance and never came close to seeing the rail …