Putin Online, a lightly-raced son of First Dude, yesterday put a stamp on his ability not to allow long layoffs affect his racing prowess. The first vacation for the 4-year-old gelding ended on April 16, when he finished a sharp second for trainer Sarah Nagle in a one-mile race on the …
What kind of week has it been for First Dude’s runners? On Saturday, Baby Ice won at Monmouth Park by 6 3/4 lengths. On Sunday, Pretty Dude won by 7, also at Monmouth. Not to be outdone, Icy Dude scored one of the most eye-opening victories of the season in the fifth race at Parx …
For the second straight day, Monmouth Park track announcer Frank Mirahmadi was able to put a good spin on a son of First Dude who was in the process of annihilating his rivals in the stretch. On Saturday, it was Baby Ice ‘clobbering the field,’ yesterday it was 2-year-old Pretty Dude ‘who absolutely …
Monmouth Park’s track announcer, Frank Mirahmadi, hit the nail right on the head as Baby Ice was drawing away from the field down the stretch in yesterday’s ninth race. “As Baby Ice absolutely clobbers the field,” was the way Mirahmadi described the runaway victory of the 7-year-old daughter of First Dude bred by …
John Mentz claimed Ready to Runaway for $25,000 out of her fourth career race back on June 22 of 2019, and in his barn the Minnesota-bred mare has gone on to become the leading money-winner in the history of Canterbury Park. Ready to Runaway made her 19th start for Mentz last …
Like so many of First Dude’s sons and daughters before him, Roan Mountain is getting better with age. The 4-year-old gelding bred by Don Dizney came from out of left field to win at a mile and 70 yards at Parx Racing yesterday, and raised his record to 4-6-5 in 22 …
After trying to come from behind in his first three starts and not getting the job done, Wicked Dude changed his tactics with new rider Erick Lopez, breaking his maiden at Delaware Park in a race that could qualify as “the game performance of the month.” Lopez shot the 3-year-old First Dude gelding to the …
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. …