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 …
First Dude’s lead in the Florida sire winners’ race became insurmountable last night at a time when a great many people on the East Coast were already retired. First, Orange Theory made it 59 winners for the son of Stephen Got Even – at Canada’s Century Mile – then Much About It raised it to …