After Ray Arewethereyet finished eighth and last racing for $22,000 at Monmouth Park on Aug. 27 of 2022, she wound up in the catalogue for the Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age sale. She hadn’t won a race since Aug. 13 of 2021, and she sold for just $8,000 to trainer Temple Rushton …
Berks’ current winning streak reached four straight (and 5 of the last 6) with a game victory in a $50,000 allowance race on the grass yesterday at Delaware Park. The 4-year-old gelding by First Dude is one of just a few runners to have five victories thus far halfway through the 2023 season. …
Main Dude made it three winners in three days for First Dude with a convincing victory at Louisiana Downs yesterday after the race came off the grass and went at a mile and 70 yards over a muddy track. Jose Guerrero was aboard the 3-year-old Louisiana-bred colt, who left quickly from …
Through this past Saturday, First Dude’s runners had won four races since July 1 – at Gulfstream Park, Presque Isle, Los Alamitos and Delaware Park, adding a stakes-placed finish at Parx Racing. Yesterday, Arapahoe Park was added to the list. Gran Edition, a 6-year-old gelding bred by Ponder Hill, exploded for a …
After spending the first half of the 2023 season in fourth place on Florida’s leading sire list, First Dude has moved up to third with progeny earnings of $1,571,766, and is on pace for a $3 million year. Fivefive Six Champ is First Dude’s latest winner – No. 29 – accomplished …
In a span of two days, Bahamian Squall picked up winners No. 15 and 16, both first-time starters who scored in convincing fashion and rewarded their backers with juicy mutuels. Tator Made – The 3-year-old filly bred by Taylor Smith made her debut in a $29,400 maiden special going 4 1/2 furlongs at Charles Town. …
The aptly-named Dudewiththediamond became winner No. 28 for First Dude with a heart-stopping come-from-behind victory at Presque Isle Downs. The 3-year-old gelding bred by Jim Thomas broke his maiden racing one mile on the all-weather track in just his second start, and he paid a juicy $42.40. With Addiel Ayala in the saddle, …
Grumpy’s Buddy raced twice as a 2-year-old without hitting the board, but he’s taken care of that problem this season. The 3-year-old West Virginia-bred gelding by Bahamian Squall is now 2-3-1 in seven starts at three at Charles Town after his come-from-behind victory in a $30,500, 7-furlong allowance race. Arnaldo Bocachica …
On June 9, Berks scored his seventh career victory and joined First Dude’s elite $ 200,000 earnings club in 24th place. At Delaware Park yesterday, the 4-year-old Maryland-bred gelding won his third straight race, and with the $29,250 winner’s check for owner/breeder Jagger Inc., moved up eight spots into 16th. Mychel Sanchez …
The 10-horse field for the $100,000 Crowd Pleaser Stakes at Parx Racing was reduced to four Pennsylvania-breds after six scratches due to a muddy track, and Time to Cruise and jockey Ruben Silvera took advantage of the situation to get the son of First Dude his second stakes-placed finish. The race …