After getting off to a slow start in 2021, First Dude continues to swiftly move up the Florida sire list in several statistical categories after the victories of C’mon Karen and Purecrazidude at Gulfstream Park yesterday. The two eye-catching scores (1) gave First Dude seven winners in the last 12 days, (2) moved him up …
There’s a four-way duel for the second through fifth places on Florida’s leading sire list, behind leader Khozan, and it probably will take a lucrative stakes or allowance victory for one of the four to separate himself from the other three. First Dude is involved in the battle, and he’s currently just $10,000 away from …
Before Gaspergou broke his maiden at Delta Downs yesterday, the 4-year-old First Dude gelding had finished second three times and fourth once in his past four starts and, accordingly, was sent off at odds of 3/5. Gaspergou was off quickly from the No. 8 post with Alex Birzer in the one-mile race, and battled up …
Starship Apollo captured the fifth race at Gulfstream Park yesterday, the 16th time he has visited the winner’s circle during a 65-race career in Florida which began in 2015. The 8-year-old gelding bred by Leverett and Linda Miller is No. 1 on First Dude’s winner’s list, followed by 5-year-old Rogue Too, who has won 11 …
First Dude reached another milestone yesterday by way of victories engineered by a pair of tote-board-busting ladies, Miss Star Lo at Parx Racing and Our Lizzy Lou at Turf Paradise. Miss Star Lo, a 7-year-old mare bred by Marti Erin Haught and ridden by Gerardo Milan, gave her sire 700 career winner’s circle visits. She …
Double Diamond Farm’s stallions accounted for two of the most eye-catching performances at Gulfstream Park yesterday by a pair of highly-promising 3-year-old fillies. Ray Arewethereyet opened the program with a sharp score at 5 1/2 furlongs under Jose Ortiz in just her second start. The filly owned and bred by Raymond Mamone slipped through on …
Gaitana is a holdover from First Dude’s initial crop, which reached the races in 2015. The 8-year-old mare was bred by Jose Carro in Puerto Rico, and has campaigned at Camarero Race Track for every one of her 62 starts. If she had run elsewhere, no doubt Gaitana’s earnings would be a great deal higher …
Picking Up Pennies picked up a great deal more than pennies after breaking his maiden in his third start for trainer/co-owner Saffie Joseph Jr. in the second race at Gulfstream Park yesterday. The winner’s check for the First Dude gelding came to $17,400 – or 1,740,000 pennies. With Tyler Gaffalione aboard, Picking up Pennies went …
The strange saga of Seattle Bay reached a new level yesterday when the 4-year-old First Dude filly broke her maiden in style at Nebraska’s Fonner Park. Seattle Bay began her odyssey as a $22,000 OBS October yearling in 2018, but she didn’t make her first start until August of last year at Gulfstream Park. She …
Fast Dude picked up winner No. 8 this year at Mahoning Valley and is now only six away from having 700 runners who have visited the winner’s circle. Romantic Jewel, a 4-year-old filly bred by Steve and Bryan Tucker, went wire-to-wire at 5 1/2 furlongs and is now 2-2-0 in seven starts. She left the …