In the first 43 starts of his six-year racing career, Winking At Thedude campaigned at seven tracks and won at least once at four of them – Gulfstream Park, Gulfstream West (the old Calder), Mahoning Valley and Mountaineer Park. The 7-year-old from First Dude’s third crop made it five out of …
A dark bay or brown colt by First Dude sold for $160,000 at the OBS Spring Sale last week. HIP#813, out of the Eurosilver mare Must Be Fate, was consigned by his breeder, Best A Luck Farm, and was purchased by Al Stall. First Dude is currently fourth on the Florida …
Jeremy Laprida and the gelding Icy Dude have teamed up to win two in a row at Parx Racing, where the son of First Dude has posted his best two Equibase ‘E’ speed figures over the past six months. Icy Dude rolled to a 3 3/4-length score on March 8, receiving a …
At the tender age of eight, What’s Up Dude shows no sign of slowing down. The First Dude gelding scored his 10th career victory yesterday in a $57,040 allowance optional claimer at Hawthorne, and accomplished it in an eye-catching 1:09.80 for the six furlongs. With Rocco Bowen pitching in with a …
The English translation of El Zopilote is “The Buzzard,” and the First Dude colt of the same name picked them clean in the ninth race at Laurel Park yesterday. With Maclovio Enrique Jr. riding, the 4-year-old bred by Red Oak Stable was off well in the 5 1/2-furlong race, settling into …
The list of trainers who would rather their horses didn’t draw the No. 1 post is quite long, but Carol Cedeno proved last evening their fears are unfounded if their riders know how to make the best of it. Aboard the 3-year-old gelding Neigh Dude in an $18,000 starter optional claimer …
First Dude reached the half-million level in 2022 progeny earnings yesterday with the victory of First Homestead at Mahoning Valley. The 5-year-old gelding bred by Peggy Dellheim and Pete Mattson earned a check for $15,540 in the $28,900 allowance test and raised his total to $90,345, while his sire’s earnings hit $500,184. …
First Dude enjoyed another superior Saturday as he approaches $500,000 in progeny earnings for the year. Valiant Virtue scored his second runaway victory in a row at Tampa Bay Downs, Due North was equally impressive at Mahoning Valley, and Lady Milagro passed the $100,000 mark in earnings with a fourth-place finish in the …
Icy Dude passed the $100,000 mark in earnings at Parx Racing yesterday, benefitting from a heady, rail-skimming ride by Jeremy Laprida, and becoming First Dude’s 14th winner of 2022. Laprida took Icy Dude away in mid-pack on the inside and parked him there down the backstretch. He then picked off horses one …
Like so many of First Dude’s runners before him whose speed figures have improved with age, Here Comes Bullet has fired his best shot at the age of five in his 17th start. The gelding bred by Thomas L. Croley posted an excellent 90 at Gulfstream Park yesterday, highest Equibase ‘E’ number of …