First Dude rocketed into second place on Florida’s general sire list via a blockbuster Saturday that included an eye-catching 6-furlong victory by Ray Arewethereyet at Monmouth Park, and a tough loss by What’s Up Dude in the $100,000 Hanshin Cup Stakes at Arlington Park. Ray Arewethereyet was making just her fourth career start in a …
First Dude’s June ledger now reads eight winners in the span of 19 days after Petulant Delight romped in a mile and 70-yard test at Parx Racing yesterday, his second victory of 2021. The 6-year-old gelding was ridden by Dexter Haddock, who sent Petulant Delight to the lead out of the gate, and they engaged …
First Dude had just two runners compete across the country yesterday, and both won, Fulton Street at Gulfstream Park and Ready to Runaway at Canterbury Park, resulting in some important statistical changes. (1) Fulton Street won in his second start and became First Dude’s first 2-year-old winner of 2021, while earning a check for $46,000. …
Double Diamond’s bargain 2-year-old purchase, Running Memories, gave Bahamian Squall his second $100,000-plus earner at Monmouth Park yesterday with another stylish wire-to-wire performance. The 3-year-old filly bred by Courtney L. Meagher, a $20,000 OBS July buy in 2020, collected a check for $28,500 from the purse of $47,500 in the 5 1/2-furlong allowance race on …
With so many tracks currently operating around the country, one never knows where a First Dude might show up and Friday night Gaspergou showed up at the Columbus Races, in Columbus, Nebraska. But all victories count on a stallion’s record and the 4-year-old gelding bred by Bill Rasco won for the second time this year. …
First Dude inched closer to the $1 million mark in 2021 progeny earnings with the victory of Ragatagtag at Prairie Meadows last evening. The 5-year-old mare bred by Adam and Suzette Parker at T-Square Stud was off fourth from the No. 7 post in the starter allowance and never came close to seeing the rail …
Last year, during a time when the virus resulted in an abbreviated schedule across the country featuring less racing days and less races, First Dude wound up as the leader among all Florida stallions with 64 winners. This season he’s on a pace to easily eclipse that number while battling for the title again after …
Riley’s Dude didn’t race as a 2-year-old in 2020, but in his first three races this year, the 3-year-old gelding primed himself for victory with a second and third at Tampa Bay Downs. That victory came in his fourth try yesterday at Delaware Park, where the son of First Dude broke his maiden and earned …
Since his first crop reached the races in 2015, First Dude has had a penchant for siring blockbuster fillies. In fact, 12 of his 18 $200,000-plus earners are females. At Gulfstream Park yesterday, Lady Emily gave an early indication that somewhere down the road her name might be added to that elite list. Making her …
Ready to Runaway became First Dude’s third stakes-placed runner of 2021 yesterday evening with a second-place finish, 4 1/2 lengths behind stablemate Clickbait in the $55,000 Lady Slipper Stakes at Canterbury Park. They were not coupled in the betting, and, oddly enough, both went off at even money. The 5-year-old Minnesota-bred daughter of First Dude, …