After shipping Ruda from Tampa Bay Downs to Monmouth Park, trainer Claudio Gonzalez wasn’t about to fool with success. The 4-year-old filly by First Dude, who didn’t start at two or three, had come from behind at Tampa to score in her second start, so her trainer sent her back under the same conditions, …
After finishing ninth and fifth in her lone two races as a 2-year-old last year, Hear Me Knocking spent more than eight months on the shelf before returning over the weekend to break her maiden in a seven-furlong test over the Tapeta surface at Woodbine. Ryan Munger was aboard the 3-year-old …
A pair of First Dudes racing in different parts of Canada have combined to post an eye-opening record of 5-2-0 in seven starts this year. WOODBINE – Too Much Vino left Gulfstream Park after recording four straight seconds, then a maiden-breaking victory, and has continued her good form across the border with …
Petulant Delight moved up three spots on First Dude’s $200,000 list after a one-length victory at Parx Racing in his 49th career start. The 8-year-old gelding bred by Ocala Stud, a $37,000 OBS April 2-year-old, added $10,800 to his bank account, which now stands at $231,499, and slipped into 18th place on his …
Bahama Pearl returned to the track where she has enjoyed her greatest success yesterday, and it proved to be the right medicine for the daughter of Bahamian Squall. The 6-year-old mare bred by Shade Tree Thoroughbreds and Joyce Corwin spent last summer at Monmouth Park and never missed the top 3, …
He’s On the Fly lived up to his name yesterday at Presque Isle Downs. The 6-year-old gelding by Bahamian Squall jumped out to the lead leaving the gate and never looked back, winning the 5 1/2-furlong race over the all-weather track by 3 1/4 lengths and rewarding his backers with an $11.00 mutuel …
When First Dude finished fourth on Florida’s leading sire list last year, he did it with 54 winners and progeny earnings of $2,356,491. The son of Stephen Got Even is on pace to easily surpass both those numbers this year. Long Legged Boy won the sixth race at Parx yesterday and …
Longtime Ocala breeder/owner/pinhooker Tom McCrocklin has been on fire on many fronts recently. At the last OBS sale, for instance, he sold a $400,000 filly on day 4, a $425,000 colt on day 3, a $475,000 colt on day 2, and a $385,000 filly on day 1, among others. But Tom …
In one of the strangest finishes of all time, Main Dude became winner No. 25 for First Dude this year, but just how it happened in the first race at Louisiana Downs yesterday is a mystery to anyone watching the replay. Main Dude broke last in the race at 6 1/2 …
Anybody who has subscribed to the age-old “horses for courses” theory need only point to Roan Mountain to back up their premise. The 6-year-old First Dude gelding has started 40 times at four tracks in his long career – at Gulfstream Park he’s posted one victory in eight tries; at Delaware …