First Dude

Super Dude Now 7th Best Among First Dude’s Runners

At the age of seven, Super Dude continues to move up on the list of First Dude’s leading earners, jumping up two spots with an eye-catching wire-to-wire victory at Aqueduct yesterday. The gelding bred by Moreau Bloodstock International collected $27,500 for his score at a mile and one-eighth, increasing his career total to $361,555, seventh

Fair Grounds Rivals Couldn’t Do Much About It

Before she showed up in a six-furlong race at Fair Grounds yesterday, Much About It had scored victories at Gulfstream Park, Gulfstream West, Tampa Bay Downs and Remington Park. With apprentice Santos Rivera in the saddle, the 6-year-old daughter of First Dude made New Orleans her fifth winning venue while becoming her sire’s third winner

Debonnaire Dude Lives Up to His Name With Delta Downs Victory

After leading Florida’s sires with 64 winners in 2020, First Dude has shown he’ll be going after a repeat in that category with only seven days gone in the new year. The son of Stephen Got Even already has two winners after Debonnaire Dude cruised to a stylish victory under veteran Tim Thornton at Delta

First Dude’s Initial 2021 Winner Makes It Three Straight

Following on the heels of Bahamian Squall’s first winner of the new year, First Dude kept pace yesterday when Petulant Delight captured his third straight at Parx Racing, becoming his sire’s initial winner of 2021. After the 6-year-old gelding bred by Ocala Stud had posted just one victory in his previous nine starts dating back

First Dude Now One Away From 100 victories This Year

First Dude moved within one victory of 100 for the year when Winking At Thedude scored at a flat mile yesterday over a track labeled ‘good’ at Mahoning Valley. The 5-year-old gelding bred by Dee-Ellen Cook and Suzette Parker is also just one victory behind Khozan for that title with seven racing days remaining, but

Gran Edition Gives First Dude 98 Winner’s Circle Visits

First Dude is just two visits to the winner’s circle away from reaching 100 this year after Gran Edition dead-heated in a one-mile race at Mountaineer Casino last night. The 3-year-old colt bred by Ponder Hill boosted his sire’s number of winning races to 98, getting his second victory since making his career debut on

First Dude Closing in on 2020 Objectives

Alex’s First broke her maiden at Tampa Bay Downs yesterday, not only giving First Dude five winners in the last week, but helping him toward succeeding in three important statistical areas for 2020. First, the 2-year-old filly became winner No. 64 for her sire, stretching his lead in that category to 12 over Khozan on

Miss Star Lo Puts First Dude 4 Away From 100 Winner’s Circle Visits

With just 16 days remaining on the 2020 racing schedule, First Dude has already wrapped up the title as Florida’s leading sire of winners this year with 63. That’s 11 better than Khozan and 12 better than Brethren. In addition, after yesterday’s victory by Miss Star Lo at Parx Racing, he’s second behind Khozan in

Gio Sammy ‘Crushes’ Field at Mahoning Valley

In his ninth career start, Gio Sammy scored perhaps the most convincing victory of the year for any son or daughter of First Dude, with an eye-catching performance in the first race at Mahoning Valley yesterday. With Luis Rivera aboard, the 3-year-old gelding bred in Maryland by Ocala’s Best A Luck Farm led every step

Two Winners Give First Dude Breathing Room on Sire List

First Dude and Brethren have been battling back and forth for the second spot on Florida’s leading sire list for months and the Double Diamond stallion opened a little daylight on his foe yesterday with a pair of winners up north. With progeny earnings of $2,086,434, First Dude’s lead increased to nearly $32,000. At Parx