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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. The Holy Bull Stakes is named for Hall of Fame racehorse Holy Bull and run at Gulfstream Park over a distance of 1 1/16 miles. The race was inaugurated as the Preview Stakes in ...

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The $265,000 Holy Bull Stakes on Feb. 1 is the first of three prep races for the 2025 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve scheduled at Gulfstream Park in South Florida. Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we take a look each week at a recent winner of a race on the Road to ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Noel Michaels has lived Thoroughbred racing for 25 years as a handicapper, columnist, editor, TV host, author, executive, and Breeders' Cup Classic-winning owner. His work has been featured in various online and print outlets including Daily Racing Form, where he was Las Vegas gaming correspondent, handicapper, and internet editor. He was the face of handicapping at Arlington

Dec 27, 2024 · As 2024 comes to an end, this seems like a good time to look back at the past year and reflect on the best races of the year. Here is one racing fan’s highly subjective list of the top 10 races of 2024, with the criteria being stretch battles, close finishes, or exceptional performances in stakes races run at the highest level of competition.We hope you had a good year, and that you will ...

Nov 3, 2024 · HORSE OF THE YEAR: For this voter, Horse of the Year has to go to commanding Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Thorpedo Anna.She closed a nearly flawless year by going 6-for-7, with five of those wins coming at the Grade 1 level. Yes, Fierceness withstood her huge rally by a head in the DraftKings Travers Stakes and his runner-up effort to Sierra Leone while sitting off a hot pace in the ...

May 4, 2024 · Run on the Kentucky Derby undercard, the American Turf Stakes was created in 1992 and provides 3-year-old router turf males a chance to run on Derby day going 1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs). The race has been won by some familiar names with Kitten’s Joy and Silver Max among the winners. Trainers Tom Proctor, Dale Romans, Elliott Walden and Tom Amoss have all won the race twice