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 ...

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2 days ago · The Road to the Kentucky Derby is underway, and the 2025 Holy Bull Stakes is an integral part of qualifying. The Holy Bull 2025 takes place on Saturday from Gulfstream Park, with 3-year-old horses ...

3 days 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 ...

5 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 ...

3 days ago · 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.

The Holy Bull Stakes is the first Florida prep race for 3-year-olds on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. The race gives points to the top four finishers that will help them earn a spot in the Kentucky Derby starting gate.