Leaderboard

View Leaderboard

Holy Bull (GIII)

Gulfstream Park • Hallandale Beach, FL, USA 20-10-6-4-2
February 3, 2024

Holy Bull Stakes Race History

Question: What do Kentucky Derby winners Go for Gin (1994), Funny Cide (2003), and Barbaro (2006) all have in common?

Answer: They all used the Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream Park as a steppingstone toward career-defining victories in the “Run for the Roses.”

Inaugurated in 1990 as the Preview S., the race was renamed in 1996 to honor the recently retired 1994 Horse of the Year Holy Bull, who counted the Florida Derby (G1) among his major stakes wins at Gulfstream.

Through the years, the conditions of the Holy Bull have shifted repeatedly; the distance has been changed seven times, and the purse has risen and fallen like the tides. But one element has never changed, and that is the Holy’s Bull status as a key prep race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Go for Gin and Barbaro managed to sweep both the Holy Bull and the Kentucky Derby during their productive winter/spring campaigns, while fan favorite Funny Cide finished fifth in the Holy Bull before peaking on the first Saturday in May.

Also noteworthy, Holy Bull participants Captain Bodgit (1997), Closing Argument (2005), Mucho Macho Man (2011), Wicked Strong (2014), Frosted (2015), Mohaymen (2016), Classic Empire (2017), Audible (2018), and Tiz the Law (2020) all went on to hit the board in the Kentucky Derby.

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. Quick times have been common in the Holy Bull, but through 2020 no one has run faster than Go for Gin, who clocked 1 1⁄16 miles in 1:41.62.

By J. Keeler Johnson/TwinSpires.com

Results

Win

Place

Show

1

Hades20

$20.40

$9.20

$2.40

6

Domestic Product10

$13.60

$3

7

Fierceness6

$2.10

2

Inveigled4

4

Dancing Groom2

  • Sign up for race updates and contender stories

  • Thank You To Our Sponsors

  • Thank You To Our Sponsors

Entries

Jockey

Owner

Trainer

Current odds

Wagers

1

Hades

Paco Lopez

D.J. Stable, LLC and Robert Cotran

Joseph F. Orseno

2

Inveigled

Irad Ortiz Jr.

Mark B. Grier

Jane Cibelli

3

Otello

Luis Saez

WinStar Farm LLC and Siena Farm LLC

Christophe Clement

4

Dancing Groom

Junior Alvarado

Alex Andres, LLC

Antonio Sano

5

No More time

Jose Ortiz

Morplay Racing

Jose Francisco D'Angelo

6

Domestic Product

Tyler Gaffalione

Klaravich Stables, Inc.

Chad Brown

7

Fierceness

John R. Velazquez

Repole Stable

Todd Pletcher

8

Sea Streak

Luca Panici

Holly Crest Farm

Eddie Owens Jr.

Road to the Kentucky Derby

No Upcoming Races.

FOLLOW FOR UPDATES AND EXCLUSIVES