The way Picking Up Pennies has been performing this year, trainer and co-owner Saffie Joseph Jr. and his partners in the 3-year-old son of First Dude may have to consider changing his name to Picking Up Dollars. With Edgard Zayas riding, Picking Up Pennies went wire-to-wire going six furlongs at Gulfstream …
First Dude has regained the second spot on Florida’s leading sire list, thanks to two sharp performances by the 7-year-old mare Baby Ice at Monmouth Park and the 2-year-old colt Fulton Street at Gulfstream Park. Baby Ice won her second straight and paid $9.60, collecting a check for $16,800. The 2-year-old …
If racing was seeking a poster girl for the old adage, “If at first, you don’t succeed, try, try again,” they might have found her last evening at Presque Isle Downs. The aptly-named Seeking Violet, a 4-year-old daughter of First Dude, finally broke her maiden – in her 19th career start. …
Canterbury Park’s all-time money leader, Ready to Runaway, added $30,000 to her bank account last evening, winning the $55,000 Glitter Star Stakes for the third year in a row. There’s little to be said about the 5-year-old Minnesota-bred First Dude mare that hasn’t been said many times before. She’s now 12-5-3 …
First Homestead left Tampa Bay Downs in April as the meeting was coming to a close, re-emerging at Finger Lakes on May 17. The 4-year-old gelding scored his third career victory that day under Reylu Gutierrez and was claimed by owner/trainer Rafael Jose Rohena, who has since taken the son of First Dude …
First Dude roared past the $20 million mark in career progeny earnings yesterday when Ray Arewethereyet romped to her second straight victory in a $62,500 Allowance Optional Claiming race at Monmouth Park. The filly bred by Raymond Mamone earned a check for $37,500; First Dude only needed about $16,000 to reach …
Due North brought First Dude $7,380 closer to the $20 million mark in career progeny earnings yesterday with an overwhelming victory going six furlongs at Thistledown. The 4-year-old filly bred by Farm III and Jesus Jaimes has been on a tear in Ohio in recent weeks; this was her second victory …
First Dude is less than $28,000 away from reaching $20 million in career progeny earnings following the victory of First Prez in a $67,740 optional claiming race at Del Mar yesterday. It marked the fifth victory for First Dude’s runners spanning the past six days. Edwin Maldonado was aboard the 4-year-old California-bred gelding owned and …
After winning the fifth race at Prairie Meadows yesterday, Ragatagtag collected a check for $9,300, raising her career total to $143,028. Not bad for a mare who was a $4,000 RNA as a yearling at the OBS October sale in 2017. The 5-year-old daughter of First Dude, bred by Adam and Suzette Parker at T-Square …
Roll On Dude was sent off at odds of 7/2 in a 5-furlong race on the grass at Penn National last evening. The way the 5-year-old gelding performed in breaking his maiden, he should have been 1/5. The story behind the son of First Dude began at Double Diamond where he was bred by James …