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    Last year, First Dude wound up with 54 winners from 96 starters, and it appears he could be on a pace to surpass that number for 2023, currently with 24 winners and more than two months remaining to the halfway point.      No. 24 is Dudesfirstdarling, who broke her maiden with a …

Leaving the gate in the ninth race at Woodbine yesterday, Too Much Vino looked like she had had too much to drink and was off eighth and last heading down the backstretch. But rider Emma-Jayne Wilson never panicked, and on the turn of the race at five furlongs over the all-weather track, she rolled the …

    In her first five career starts at Gulfstream Park, Tampa Bay Downs and Monmouth Park, Ray Arewethereyet ran up a creditable record of 3-1-1, which included a third in the $100,000 Stonehedge Farm South Sophomore Fillies Stakes at Tampa. That was followed by a five-race streak in which her best finish was a …

    First Dude pole-vaulted over the $1 million mark in 2023 progeny earnings yesterday, compliments of Kentucky-bred Lady Milagro, who picked up a check for $45,100 after going wire-to-wire in an $82,000 allowance race at Aqueduct. That lifted First Dude’s total to $1,034,261.     Lady Milagro had the services of 7-pound apprentice rider …

    Berks has made it two victories in his last three races at Laurel Race Course, and as a result two important milestones are closer to being achieved. With the $28,800 the 4-year-old gelding collected for owner/breeder Jagger Inc. in the $48,600 allowance race, he boosted his earnings to $190,230 and is on the …

    Starship Renegade, the 5-year-old son of First Dude bred at The Acorn by Bill and Lynn Rainbow, and who didn’t make his first career start until October of last year, continued his rapid rise to stardom yesterday with a convincing seven-furlong score at Gulfstream Park.     Co-owned by veteran South Florida trainer …

    Dr. Rod Lundock has bred many winners during his decades in the business in Marion County, including such as Didn’t Take It ($312,794) and Rage of Aquarius ($211,844), but he has currently hit the jackpot with a 4-year-old filly by First Dude.      What makes the daughter of Double Diamond’s premier stallion …

    Congratulations are in order to trainer Rafael Romero, who breezed Impacto once at Tampa Bay Downs to get a gate card, then twice more at the Williston Mile, and was rewarded with an authoritative victory yesterday in a 5 1/2-furlong claiming race in Oldsmar.     The 4-year-old First Dude gelding was overpowering …

    First Dude has unveiled another budding star – Charlie’s Wish, who raised her record to 2-2-1 in six starts with a victory yesterday in a $54,000 allowance race at Gulfstream Park.     The 3-year-old filly bred by Three Gin Guys Stable became her sire’s 19th winner of 2023 and added $32,400 to …