Holy Bull (January 24, 1991 – June 7, 2017) was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Although he finished a disappointing twelfth in the 1994 Kentucky Derby, his major wins that year in the Florida Derby, Blue Grass Stakes, Metropolitan Handicap, Haskell Invitational, Travers Stakes and Woodward Stakes earned him American Horse of the Year ...

1 day ago · The Feb. 1 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) is the first of three prep races for the 2025 Kentucky Derby scheduled at Gulfstream Park in South Florida. The 1 1/16-mile dirt race offers qualifying points for ...

23 hours ago · Post time for Saturday's Holy Bull 2025 is 5:13 p.m. ET. Ferocious is the 9-5 favorite in the 2025 Holy Bull Stakes odds, followed by Guns Loaded (5-2), Tappan Street (3-1) and Burnham Square (5-1).

5 days ago · Hades Repels Champion Fierceness to Win Holy Bull Using a front-end, ground-saving trip under jockey Paco Lopez, Hades put away a stretch challenge from favored Fierceness to win the $250,000 Holy ...

2 days ago · The 36th running of the 1 1/16-mile Holy Bull is the next step on Gulfstream’s road to the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) on March 29. Ferocious, purchased for $1.3 million as a 2-year-old in training last March, is favored at 9-5 on the morning line for the Holy Bull against a field that includes five last-out winners, among them Gulfstream ...

The Holy Bull offers Kentucky Derby qualifications points to the top five finishers on a 20-10-6-4-2 basis. The race was held over 1 1⁄16 miles from 1991 through 2004 and returned to its signature distance in 2013.

Nov 25, 2024 · Locked in an early speed duel, Holy Bull ran the first six furlongs in 1:10-2/5—the fastest six-furlong split for the Travers by a winning horse since Man o' War's 1:10 in 1920—and still managed to stave off eventual Breeders' Cup Classic (USA-G1) …

Holy Bull was that rare horse who could win one-turn races like the Hutcheson Stakes and the Grade 1 Metropolitan Mile as though sprinting were his life’s calling, and also capture a testing 1 ¼-mile race like the prestigious Travers Stakes, holding off no less than the eventual winner of that year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Following the Travers, Holy Bull defeated standouts Devil His Due, Colonial Affair, and Go for Gin in the Woodward Stakes at Belmont to close out his sophomore campaign with five straight wins. Holy Bull won the Eclipse Awards for Horse of the Year and Champion 3-Year-Old Male.

5 days ago · Grade 3 Holy Bull Offers 20-10-6-4-2 Kentucky Derby Points. Twice Grade 1-placed Ferocious, Grade 3 winner He's Not Joking and last-out Mucho Macho Man winner Guns Loaded top a field of seven 3-year-olds entered Sunday for the $265,000 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, February 1.. The 36th running of the 1 1/16-mile Holy Bull is the next step on Gulfstream Park's road to ...