Lady Milagro moved up six spots on First Dude’s $200,000 list and lit up the tote board with her first stakes victory – the $150,000 Autumn Days Stakes at Aqueduct. The 4-year-old filly, previously stakes-placed, shot to the lead with Luis Rivera Jr. in the race at six furlongs over the …
First Dude has surpassed the $2.5 million mark in 2023 progeny earnings, his highest total over the last four years, after the maiden-breaking victory of Sister Skye at Zia Park yesterday. The 2-year-old filly was successful in her third career start, and she became First Dude’s 41st winner this year and first …
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 under Jaime Rodriguez. The 4-year-old First Dude gelding who has been so outstanding for owner/breeder Jagger Inc. and trainer Jamie Ness made it two victories in a row, and …
Tator Made scored her second victory in six starts last night at Charles Town, carrying Reshawn Latchman to the wire 2 1/2-lengths in front in a 4 1/2-furlong test that went in a quick :52.97. The 3-year-old daughter of Bahamian Squall earned a check for $16,440 in the $27,400 allowance race, …
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 the best few months of her career. The 5-year-old daughter of Bahamian Squall has run up a record of 6-1-3, and half of her victories have come in her last four …
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, a race she had won last year before it received the black-type designation. The 5-year-old daughter of First Dude sat close to the pace early with Renaldo Cumberbatch, but …
There are a slew of “from last to first” race calls made around the country every week, but no run from last place has been as impressive as the one Roan Mountain achieved in the fourth race at Parx on Tuesday. The 6-year-old First Dude gelding bred by Don Dizney broke …
When El Duque broke his maiden as a 3-year-old at Mountaineer Resort and Casino on Nov. 2 of 2020, the First Dude gelding was listed on the official chart with Patrick Rhodes as his owner and Cally Herrington as his trainer. On Sunday, some 38 races later, the gelding bred by Donald Dizney …
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 Dude owned and bred in Maryland by Jagger Inc. Berks won at Laurel Park Friday, going wire to-wire under Jaime Rodriguez, scoring by nearly two lengths while clocked in 1:52.28 for …
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 Albuquerque Wednesday night, breaking a losing streak of 17 straight races. It wasn’t that the 3-year-old gelding by First Dude was performing poorly, he had only finished off the board four …