First Dude is just two visits to the winner’s circle away from reaching 100 this year after Gran Edition dead-heated in a one-mile race at Mountaineer Casino last night. The 3-year-old colt bred by Ponder Hill boosted his sire’s number of winning races to 98, getting his second victory since making his career debut on …
Alex’s First broke her maiden at Tampa Bay Downs yesterday, not only giving First Dude five winners in the last week, but helping him toward succeeding in three important statistical areas for 2020. First, the 2-year-old filly became winner No. 64 for her sire, stretching his lead in that category to 12 over Khozan on …
With just 16 days remaining on the 2020 racing schedule, First Dude has already wrapped up the title as Florida’s leading sire of winners this year with 63. That’s 11 better than Khozan and 12 better than Brethren. In addition, after yesterday’s victory by Miss Star Lo at Parx Racing, he’s second behind Khozan in …
In his ninth career start, Gio Sammy scored perhaps the most convincing victory of the year for any son or daughter of First Dude, with an eye-catching performance in the first race at Mahoning Valley yesterday. With Luis Rivera aboard, the 3-year-old gelding bred in Maryland by Ocala’s Best A Luck Farm led every step …
First Dude and Brethren have been battling back and forth for the second spot on Florida’s leading sire list for months and the Double Diamond stallion opened a little daylight on his foe yesterday with a pair of winners up north. With progeny earnings of $2,086,434, First Dude’s lead increased to nearly $32,000. At Parx …
Petulant Delight went to the post for the 25th time in his career yesterday, with most of those races coming at Parx Racing. After his wire-to-wire score with Dexter Haddock in a $23,000 starter allowance, his record at the track near Philadelphia is 23-5-5-4. Haddock put the 5-year-old gelding by First Dude on the lead …
Debbie’s Passion became stakes-placed for the first time yesterday, finishing third for owner/breeder Raymond Mamone in the one-mile, $60,000 Millions Classic Preview at Gulfstream West. The 4-year-old colt by First Dude broke quickly from the inside under Hector Berrios, who eased him back to third along the rail down the backside. Debbie’s Passion moved up …
Super Dude lived up to his name yesterday in a one-mile race over a sloppy track at Aqueduct that was originally scheduled for the grass. The 6-year-old First Dude gelding engaged in a lively battle the entire trip with Creative Style, finally edging the 6/5 favorite at the wire by a nose and paying $6.40. …
Winners at four tracks a long way from Florida in the past week have sent First Dude over the $2 million mark in progeny earnings for 2020. Added to victories by Gran Edition at Mountaineer Casino and Resort, Much About It at Remington Park and Orange Theory at Century Mile, Forestmusicalwest coasted to an easy …
Peter Berry, the track announcer at Mountaineer Casino and Resort, made headlines in December of 2018, due to, of all things, a moth. About 50 yards after the field broke from the gate, Berry’s call suddenly stopped and it sounded like a gulp coming over the PA system. Then his call continued with, “A moth …