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Apprentice Gonzalez Guides Grandma’s Pudding to Gulfstream Score

Melvis Gonzalez is a 7-pound apprentice currently riding at Gulfstream Park, where so many youngsters have kicked off what later turned out...

Bahamian Squall Mare Nearing $200,000 in Earnings

Hay Hay Paula is closing in on the $200,000 mark in earnings after her hard-fought, come-from-behind victory in a $40,700 starter optional...

Hess Scores Again with Another First Dude

Apprentice rider Sara Hess has been at Tampa Bay Downs for less than two weeks, and she’s already become a handicapper’s best...

Grumpy’s Buddy Has Newborne Farm Smiling

Grump’s Buddy, a rare West Virginia-bred by Bahamian Squall, raised his record to 4-8-2 in 27 starts, getting his second victory of...

Apprentice Scores With First Dude First-Timer at $51

Apprentice rider Sara Hess showed up for the meeting at Tampa Bay Downs last week with 20 winning rides under her belt,...

First Dude Gelding is ‘Movin’ on Up’

Time to Cruise moved up to 23rd place on First Dude’s $200,000 list with a sharp (almost) wire-to-wire performance at Parx Racing on...

Maryquitecontrary Surpasses $700,000 Mark

Maryquitecontrary, First Dude’s second leading money-winner, went over the $700,000 mark in career earnings Sunday after finishing in a dead heat for...

Fivefive Six Champ Runs Mahoning Valley Record to 6-0

The way Fivefive Six Champ is going, it looks like he may soon become the next addition to First Dude’s $200,000 club....

Spirit Wind Finishes 3rd in $295,000 Dream Supreme

Spirit Wind, Bahamian Squall’s leading money-winner, added another stakes-placed finish to her resume with a third in the $295,000 Dream Supreme Stakes...

The Prez is Exonerated

It seems only fitting that on the day that Donald J. Trump was winning the 2024 presidential election, Exonerated Prez would finish...

Fivefive Six Champ Remains Perfect at Mahoning Valley

Fivefive Six Champ went winless for the first 11 races of his career. But, after his latest score at Mahoning Valley,...

Sweet Nola Scores at Presque Isle and Returns a Sweet $63.40

Sweet Nola pulled the old ‘last to first’ routine under Scott Spieth in a race at a mile and 70 yards over...

Orange Theory Back in the Winning Business

It took Orange Theory until her ninth start of 2024 to get her first victory of the season, but when she struck...

Spirit Wind 2nd in Gr. II Stakes at Keeneland; Earnings Reach $619,340

Bahamian Squall’s leading money-winner, Spirit Wind, added $59,250 to her bank account with a solid second-place finish in the $350,000, Gr. II...

Late-Starting Ruda Now Approaching $200,000

It took Ruda more than two years to get to the races, and she didn’t make her debut until early as a...

This Dude a Breeze Romps at Woodbine, and Gets to Go Home

Last December 3rd, longtime owner/breeder Bruno Schickedanz lost the about-to-turn 4-year-old This Dude a Breeze in a claiming race for $40,000. In...

Charlie’s Wish Wins $100,000 Ginger Punch at Gulfstream Park

Charlie’s Wish continued her ascent up the First Dude $200,000 ladder yesterday with a convincing victory in the $100,000 Ginger Punch Stakes...

Bahamian Squall Gelding Wins at 35-1 to the Delight of the Longshot Players

Handicappers who make a big score on a longshot have a tendency to reserve a soft spot in their hearts for the...

Channah Del Mar Breaks Her Maiden in Indiana

In five starts as a 2-year-old at Horseshoe Indianapolis, the best Channah Del Mar could muster up was three fourth-place finishes and...

Fivefive Six Champ Peaking at the Age of 5

In his first start of this year at Mahoning Valley, the 19th race of his career, Fivefive Six Champ cruised home by...

Bahama Pearl Romps in Parx Racing Sprint

Bahama Pearl executed her own best imitation of Secretariat in the Belmont Stakes in a 5 1/2-furlong race at Parx, getting her...

Like Ol’ Man River, Petulant Delight Just Keeps Rolling Along

Like so many of First Dude’s runners before him, Petulant Delight doesn’t compete at the levels that he once did, but at...

Holiday Suits First Dude Runners

The holiday weekend was good to First Dude, with Neigh Dude winning at Monmouth Park and inching closer to joining the $200,000...

After 23 Starts, Kohaku is No Longer a Maiden

As the field was settling in the gate for the fourth race at Belterra Park on Thursday, Kohaku was 6/5 on the...

Four in a Row in Canada for Conrado

There seems to be no stopping Conrado. The 4-year-old First Dude gelding made it four straight victories since June 28...

First Dude Daughters Top $1 Million in Combined Earnings

It isn’t often that two of a stallion’s biggest money-winners show up in the same race, but it happened with First Dude...

First Reign Goes ‘First to Last’ on Monmouth Grass

Nik Juarez isn’t too far removed from his impressive run as an apprentice, but he showed his current skills to a T...

Victory Is Sweet for First Dude Filly at Presque Isle

Sweet Nola became First Dude’s 22nd winner of 2024 yesterday, winning a mile and 70-yard test over the all-weather track at Presque...

Conrado Wow’s ‘Em in Western Canada

Conrado has rapidly turned into the king of Western Canada. Since shipping north of the border, in six starts at...

Foggy Note Can Clearly See the Finish Line

The triumvirate of trainer Ron Spatz, breeder SCF Inc. and former Gulfstream and Hialeah Park attorney David Romanik is at it again....

Bernie’s Mitts Returns After 7 Months Off and Romps at Belterra

As a 2-year-old last year, Bernie’s Mitts posted third and ninth-place finishes before heading to the sidelines and taking off for seven...

Spirit Wind Scores in Gr. II Honorable Miss at the Spa

Spirit Wind went wire-to-wire in the Gr. II, $200,000 Honorable Miss Stakes at Saratoga, winning by three-quarters of a length, clocked in 1:10.36...

First Dude Goes Over $1 Million

Bold Majestic finished third yesterday in a $70,000 allowance race at Colonial Downs and earned a check for $7,000. The 4-year-old lifted...

In His 26th Start, Conrado Posts Career Best Number

At first glance, it appeared as though the Equibase chart-maker at Grand Prairie in Western Canada blew it when he had the...

Like Ol’ Man River, Taino House Just Keeps Rolling Along

At the tender age of 7, Taino House has already run nine times this season, and he appears to be getting better....

First Dude Gelding Rolls to 5th Victory of 2024

Ocala owner, breeder and consignor Tom McCrocklin has been on fire lately and he’s the breeder of Fivefive Six Champ, currently battling for...

Petulant Delight Still Battling at Age 9

Petulant Delight used a strong finish to return to the winner’s circle at Parx Racing after a dry spell of six months,...

Dizney-bred Taino House Still Winning at Age 7

In his 37-race career, Taino House has won at Ruidoso Downs, Zia Park, Turf Paradise, Rillito, and most recently, twice at Emerald...

Bahamian Native Game in Hawthorne Score

Bahamian Native recorded his best Equibase ‘E’ speed figure – an 80 – while winning in his eighth career start, a 1...

Jacks or Better Farm: 2 Winners, 5 Checks

Jane Brei, owner of Jacks or Better Farm in Ocala, might have set a record in the past few days for number...