After having finished second in her three prior stakes tries at Churchill Downs, Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs, Charlie’s Wish finally turned it around yesterday with an authoritative score in the $100,000 Azalea Stakes at Gulfstream. The 3-year-old daughter of First Dude sat a comfortable fifth down the backstretch with …
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 …
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, …
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 …
When Ray Arewethereyet was entered in the Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age sale in 2022, she was four years old, and hadn’t won a race since Aug. 13 of 2021 at Monmouth Park. She sported a record of 3-1-2 in 10 starts with earnings of $119,400. Temple Rushton purchased the …