First Dude and Bahamian Squall now have three winners each through the first nine days of January after the victory of Steel City Dude, who added another early track record yesterday over the new Tapeta course at Gulfstream Park. The 3-year-old gelding, favored at 3/2 with leading rider Luis Saez, engaged …
One day after Bahamian Rhapsody lowered the ‘about’ 5 1/2-furlong track record to 1:04.92 over Gulfstream Park’s new Tapeta course, Marcelino followed suit and lowered the ‘about’ 5-furlong mark to :57.04. The 6-year-old gelding by First Dude sat second under Jose Morelos, two lengths behind pace-setter Malraux through blazing fractions of …
First Dude wasted little time getting his initial winner of the New Year, with M. J.’s Lady coming from well off the pace, despite an impost of 126 pounds, to capture the opener at Laurel Park yesterday. The 5-year-old mare was bumped leaving the gate in the race at 1 1/16 …
With two racing days left on the 2021 schedule, First Dude is solidly in third place on Florida’s leading sire list with progeny earnings of more than $2.3 million, making it five consecutive years in the top four for the son of Stephen Got Even. Bella Dudette is First Dude’s latest …
The new Tapeta surface at Gulfstream Park has only been in use for a few weeks, so track records at every distance are constantly being lowered. Cindy’s Song, a 2-year-old filly by First Dude, now owns the record for ‘about’ 1 1/16 miles on the all-weather surface. The $95,000 OBS June …
Winking At Thedude became the 19th member of the First Dude $200,000-plus club at Mountaineer Casino & Resort last evening via a neck victory in his 37th career start. The 6-year-old gelding bred by Dee-Ellen Cook and Suzette Parker earned a check of $5,046, raising his career total to $203,917, moving …
Super Dude finished third yesterday (a nose away from second) in a $47,500 allowance optional claimer at Parx Racing, and collected a check for $5,170. That raised the 7-year-old gelding’s career earnings to $401,140, and he became the seventh runner by First Dude to pass the $400,000 mark. He has an outstanding record …
What’s Up Dude, one of 11 members of First Dude’s $300,000-plus club, finished a game third in the $65,700 Lightning Jet Stakes at Hawthorne yesterday, the second time the 7-year-old gelding has been stakes-placed in the race. He finished second as a 5-year-old in 2019. Angel Rodriguez was aboard What’s Up Dude in the race …
Despite the fact that Dudes Lawyer had finished first, second, third and fourth in her last four starts, the Mahoning Valley crowd opted to let the 4-year-old filly get away at 19-1 yesterday, longest price on the board in a $23,500 allowance race at six furlongs. Dudes Lawyer presented her case early, shooting to the …
At the 2019 OBS October yearling sale, Shelley Brown purchased Orange Theory for a bargain $3,000. The 48-year-old Canadian has been able to hang onto the 3-year-old First Dude filly through all of her 18 races, and last night, at Century Mile Racetrack and Casino in Alberta, Orange Theory won for her cancer-stricken …