Tiz the Dude’s victory yesterday wasn’t quite as spectacular as Speedy Dudette’s 16-length score at Louisiana Downs the day before, but owner/trainer Rylee Grudzien isn’t going to complain after the First Dude colt’s seven-length beauty at Cajun country’s other track, Evangeline Downs. With Diego Saenz aboard, Tiz the Dude battled for the lead through a …
This is how the Louisiana Downs track announcer described the action nearing the wire as Speedy Dudette was widening her lead in the second race at Louisiana Downs yesterday: “Speedy Dudette is all by herself – winning by 15 lengths.” Turns out he was pretty close – the final margin was a little more than …
The first five times that Southern Dudette raced at Evangeline Downs – as a 3-year-old in 2091 – the daughter of First Dude showed an affinity for the track, posting one victory, a second, a third and two fourths. Now five, she returned to Opelousas, Louisiana yesterday and picked up her fifth career victory with …
First Dude remained within four winners of Florida leader Khozan with the convincing victory of Bella Serena at Tampa Bay Downs yesterday. The 3-year-old filly owned and bred by Joe and Vivi Serena broke her maiden in her ninth start and earned a check for $9,890 while becoming the 24th winner for First Dude this …
First Dude had 10 runners of various ages compete at five tracks on Friday and Saturday, and he wound up with two winners, three seconds, a third and a fourth. Nearly 40 percent of his runners this year have finished in the top three, and his progeny earnings recently passed $600,000 for the season and …
Ragatagtag broke her maiden in her career debut as a 3-year-old at Oaklawn Park in February of 2019, winning by 2 1/2 lengths and paying $25.40. The daughter of First Dude raced in Hot Springs twice more before leaving town, and spending her next 16 races at Arlington Park, Hawthorne, Fair Grounds and Churchill Downs. …
First Dude’s extraordinary success since the 10th of March reached new heights yesterday when Chelsey Keiser guided the 4-year-old filly Due North to victory by an eye-opening 20 3/4 lengths in the seventh race at Mahoning Valley. Due North was sitting on the tote board at odds of 5/2 as post time for the six-furlong …
With two days left on the March racing calendar, First Dude has now registered nine winners since the 10th of the month, along with last weekend’s two stakes-placed runners. Winner No. 9 is Myhessexpress, who annihilated the field yesterday in a 6 1/2-furlong maiden race at Parx Racing. The 3-year-old gelding bred in Pennsylvania by …
First Dude celebrated the weekend with a pair of stakes-placed runners, lightly-raced Ray Arewethereyet finishing third in the $110,000 Stonehedge Farm South Sophomore Fillies Stakes on the Florida Cup program at Tampa Bay Downs, and Rogue Too getting third in the $100,000 Latonia Stakes at Turfway Park. Ray Arewethereyet had finished first and second at …
First Dude retained his hold on third place on Florida’s general sire list with the victory of red-hot Debonnaire Dude at Delta Downs yesterday. The 4-year-old gelding bred by Lynne and Chris Boutte finished off the board in his first four career starts, but has righted the ship with four victories in his last six …