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The Prez is Exonerated – Again

Last year, at the age of 16, First Dude’s progeny earnings reached $2,356,481. With 14 racing days left in 2023, the son of Stephen...

Bahamian Moon Still Going Strong at Age 6

The days when owners and trainers viewed Tampa Bay Downs as a minor league track with a minute purse structure are long...

Neigh Dude Looks Good to the Claiming Genre

Add Neigh Dude to the long list of runners who has made the sharp-eyed sales buyers look bad, and the claiming trainers look...

Famous Gent Nearing $300,000 Mark

Famous Gent took another leap upward on First Dude’s $200,000 club list with a sharp score in a $32,000 starter optional claimer...

‘From Last to First,’ Hay Hay Paula Wins Third in a Row

In her first 13 career starts, Hay Hay Paula won three times, adding one second and three thirds. Since then, the 5-year-old...

Neigh Dude Takes the ‘Over’ at Parx Racing

Neigh Dude was razor sharp in the third race at Parx yesterday, and his second victory of this year provided two new...

Bahamian Squall Filly Breaks Her Maiden at Gulfstream

Survival Rose became winner No. 17 for Bahamian Squall this year with a come-from-behind victory at Gulfstream Park. Cipriano Gil...

Lady Milagro Untouchable in Autumn Days Stakes and Lights Up the Big A Tote Board

Lady Milagro moved up six spots on First Dude’s $200,000 list and lit up the tote board with her first stakes victory...

Sister Skye’s Maiden Score Sends First Dude Past $2.5 Million

First Dude has surpassed the $2.5 million mark in 2023 progeny earnings, his highest total over the last four years, after the...

Berks Scores Again; He’s won 6 of His Last 7

Berks continued his sensational 2023 season yesterday at Laurel Race Course with a wire-to-wire performance in a $62,930 Allowance Optional Claiming race...

Bahamian Squall Filly Gets 2nd Victory at Charles Town

Tator Made scored her second victory in six starts last night at Charles Town, carrying Reshawn Latchman to the wire 2 1/2-lengths...

Hay Hay Paula Continues Assault on Gulfstream

Hay Hay Paula has raced 17 times at Gulfstream Park, and as she approaches her sixth year, she’s in the process of putting together...

Orange Theory 3rd at 29-1 in $50,000 Stake in Canada

Orange Theory, at odds of 29-1, finished third in the $50,000, black-type Lynn Chouinard Founders Distaff Stakes at Century Downs in Canada,...

Roan Mountain’s ‘From Last to First” Was an Eye-Catcher

There are a slew of “from last to first” race calls made around the country every week, but no run from last...

El Duque Wins Again at Mountaineer, Three Years Later

When El Duque broke his maiden as a 3-year-old at Mountaineer Resort and Casino on Nov. 2 of 2020, the First Dude...

Berks Is on a Tremendous Streak

One would be hard-pressed to find a runner this year who has performed as stoutly as Berks, the 4-year-old gelding by First...

Loopy Dude ‘Scrapes the Paint’ at Albuquerque; 39th Winner for First Dude

Loopy Dude finally shed the embarrassing designation of “always a bridesmaid, never a bride” with a convincing, rail-skimming 4 1/2-length victory at...

Maryquitecontrary 2nd in Gr. III Princess Rooney, $500,000 in Sight

Maryquitecontrary spent the early part of the Gr. III Princess Rooney Invitational at Gulfstream Park in eighth and last place, about eight...

First Dude Gets 38th Winner at Thistledown

First Dude’s 38th winner of 2023 is Defender Gal, who went wire-to-wire going six furlongs in a $26,400 maiden special at Thistledown...

Super Dude Is First Dude’s Energizer Bunny

If there was to be a vote to determine which of First Dude’s runners should become his poster child for longevity, it would have...

Hay Hay Paula Goes “From Last to First” at Gulfstream; She’s a Stone’s Throw from $100,000

The first words out of the mouth of announcer Pete Aiello when they sprung the gate for the fifth race at Gulfstream...

Dudewiththediamond Sends First Dude Past $2.2 Million

Last year, First Dude finished fourth on Florida’s general sire list with progeny earnings of $2,356,491. Surpassing that figure for 2023 should...

Impacto Runs Winning Streak to 3 in Canada

Impacto didn’t make his career debut until April 2 of this year, as a 4-year-old, during the final week of racing at Tampa Bay...

Like the Mississippi, Super Dude Keeps on Rolling

Super Dude bears a striking resemblance to Ol’ Man River – he just keeps rolling along. At the ripe old...

Happiness is a Wire-to-Wire Romp at Presque Isle Downs

Happyisashappydoes went wire-to-wire yesterday in his second start over the all-weather track at Presque Isle Downs with Pablo Morales aboard, giving First...

Ray Arewethereyet is There Once Again with Ramos at Arapahoe

The love affair between Ray Arewethereyet and jockey Adrian Ramos is now seven races old and has resulted in the 5-year-old daughter...

3 Victories in a Row for First Homestead – He Has 10 in His Career

First Homestead has become the latest runner to join one of First Dude’s elite lists. The 6-year-old gelding bred by Peggy Dellheim and...

Unraced at 2 and 3, Ruda Has Won 4 of 8 at 4

Ruda appears to be intent on joining First Dude’s $200,000 club in the near future. The 4-year -old filly bred by...

Conrado Wires Field at Presque Isle

After Conrado missed by a head of winning his second race of 2023 on Aug. 15 at Presque Isle Downs, trainer Marcus...

A Winner, Another Stakes-Placed, and First Dude Surpasses $2 Million

A pair of sharp performances at Century Mile in Canada by Orange Theory and Impacto have vaulted First Dude’s progeny earnings for...

First Dude on Doorstep of $2 Million – Again

First Dude recently surpassed the $25 million mark in career progeny earnings, and he’s about to reach another milestone – eight straight...

Super Dude Gets 12th Victory; Passes $500,000 Mark

Super Dude is now nine years old and he’s won 12 races while doing a good imitation of the Arkansas Traveler. He’s...

Hay Hay Paula Loves to Go From “Last to First”

Hay Hay Paula has become the poster mare for track announcers who like to inject the popular “from last to first” into their race...

First Dude: $25 Million and Counting

A little while after Ray Arewethereyet finished second on Sunday at Arapahoe Park and picked up a check for $2,900, Ruda made...

First Dude on Milestone Doorstep

After My Lil Dude’s tenacious victory at Evangeline Downs last evening, First Dude is on the doorstep of surpassing $25 million in progeny earnings,...

$25 Million in Sight for First Dude

Sometime in the next few days, First Dude will hit the $25 million mark in lifetime progeny earnings. He edged a little...

Fivefive Six Champ Reaches Peak Form – and Is Claimed

In his first nine starts at Gulfstream Park, the best Fivefive Six Champ could muster up was a pair of thirds. For start...

First Dude Takes Two More Steps Toward $25 Million

Keyed by Napa Dude’s victory at Thistledown on Tuesday and First Homestead’s score at Mountaineer, First Dude’s numbers continue to soar. The...

First Dude 4-Year-Old Still Making Impact in Canada

Impacto’s excellent form at Century Mile continued Sunday evening, the 4-year-old First Dude gelding raising his record over the track to 5-2-1-1 since...

Charlie’s Wish Wins Azalea; First Dude Approaching $25 Million

After having finished second in her three prior stakes tries at Churchill Downs, Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs, Charlie’s Wish finally...