Berks’ current winning streak reached four straight (and 5 of the last 6) with a game victory in a $50,000 allowance race on the grass yesterday at Delaware Park. The 4-year-old gelding by First Dude is one of just a few runners to have five victories thus far halfway through the 2023 season. …
Main Dude made it three winners in three days for First Dude with a convincing victory at Louisiana Downs yesterday after the race came off the grass and went at a mile and 70 yards over a muddy track. Jose Guerrero was aboard the 3-year-old Louisiana-bred colt, who left quickly from …
Through this past Saturday, First Dude’s runners had won four races since July 1 – at Gulfstream Park, Presque Isle, Los Alamitos and Delaware Park, adding a stakes-placed finish at Parx Racing. Yesterday, Arapahoe Park was added to the list. Gran Edition, a 6-year-old gelding bred by Ponder Hill, exploded for a …
After spending the first half of the 2023 season in fourth place on Florida’s leading sire list, First Dude has moved up to third with progeny earnings of $1,571,766, and is on pace for a $3 million year. Fivefive Six Champ is First Dude’s latest winner – No. 29 – accomplished …
The aptly-named Dudewiththediamond became winner No. 28 for First Dude with a heart-stopping come-from-behind victory at Presque Isle Downs. The 3-year-old gelding bred by Jim Thomas broke his maiden racing one mile on the all-weather track in just his second start, and he paid a juicy $42.40. With Addiel Ayala in the saddle, …
On June 9, Berks scored his seventh career victory and joined First Dude’s elite $ 200,000 earnings club in 24th place. At Delaware Park yesterday, the 4-year-old Maryland-bred gelding won his third straight race, and with the $29,250 winner’s check for owner/breeder Jagger Inc., moved up eight spots into 16th. Mychel Sanchez …
The 10-horse field for the $100,000 Crowd Pleaser Stakes at Parx Racing was reduced to four Pennsylvania-breds after six scratches due to a muddy track, and Time to Cruise and jockey Ruben Silvera took advantage of the situation to get the son of First Dude his second stakes-placed finish. The race …
When Ray Arewethereyet was entered in the Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age sale in 2022, she was four years old, and hadn’t won a race since Aug. 13 of 2021 at Monmouth Park. She sported a record of 3-1-2 in 10 starts with earnings of $119,400. Temple Rushton purchased the …
Charlie’s Wish became stakes-placed for the third time in her eight-race career, missing her first stakes victory by a neck in the $100,000 Game Face Stakes at Gulfstream Park yesterday. The 3-year-old daughter of First Dude, sent off as the 8/5 favorite in the race at 6 1/2 furlongs, battled 9/5 second …
Maryland-bred Berks scored a smart wire-to-wire victory in a $45,400 starter optional claimer at Laurel yesterday and became the 26th addition to First Dude’s continually expanding $200,000 club. The 3-year-old colt owned and bred by Jagger Inc. has won three of his last four at the track, the last two in …