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 stylish wire-to-wire performance at Tampa Bay Downs. Marco Meneses put the 4-year-old filly owned and bred by William (her trainer) and Kim Deaton on the lead in a :22.57 first quarter, and she continued on to a two-length score in 1:11.43 for the six furlongs. She paid $5.80 and collected $9,100, raising her total to $14,540 on a record of 1-1-1 in four starts.