Holy Bull Stakes

Holy Bull Stakes
Grade II race
Location Gulfstream Park
Hallandale Beach, Florida
Inaugurated 1990
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Website www.gulfstreampark.com
Race information
Distance 1 116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Surface Dirt
Track left-handed
Qualification Three-year-olds
Weight Allowance
Purse $350,000 (since 2016)[1]

The Holy Bull Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Run in late January or early February, it is open to three-year-olds over a current distance of one and one-sixteenth miles. The Grade II event is part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby and currently has a $350,000 purse.

Inaugurated in 1990 as the Preview Stakes, it was created as a replacement for the Flamingo Stakes that ceased to exist following the closure of Hialeah Park Race Track. In 1996, the Preview Stakes was renamed in honor of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame horse Holy Bull.

Since its inception, the race has been contested at various distances:[1]

  • 1 mile : 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012
  • 1 116 miles : 1991–2004; 2013 to present
  • 1 18 miles : 1990, 2005–2006, 2009
  • 1 316 miles (9.5 furlongs) : 2008

This race was upgraded to a Grade II for its 2014 running.[2]

Records

Speed record:

  • 1 116 miles – 1:41.62 – Go for Gin (1994) {most common distance}
  • 1-mile – 1:35.19 – Dialed In (2011)
  • 1 18 miles – 1:49.31 – Barbaro (2006)

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by a jockey:

Winners of the Holy Bull Stakes since 1991

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Distance
(Miles)
Time Grade
2018 Audible Javier Castellano Todd Pletcher WinStar Farm,
China Horse Club
1 116 1.41.92 II
2017 Irish War Cry Joel Rosario H. Graham Motion Isabelle de Tomaso 1 116 1:42.52 II
2016 Mohaymen Junior Alvarado Kiaran McLaughlin Shadwell Stables 1 116 1:42.07 II
2015 Upstart Jose L. Ortiz Richard A. Violette, Jr. Ralph M. Evans 1 116 1:43.61 II
2014 Cairo Prince Luis Saez Kiaran McLaughlin Namcook Stables et al 1 116 1:42.16 II
2013 Itsmyluckyday Elvis Trujillo Eddie Plesa Jr. Trilogy Stable/Plesa 1 116 1:41.81 III
2012 Algorithms Javier Castellano Todd Pletcher Starlight Racing 1-mile 1:36.17 III
2011 Dialed In Julien Leparoux Nick Zito Robert V. LaPenta 1-mile 1:35.19 III
2010 Winslow Homer Ramón Domínguez Tony Dutrow Fox Hill Farms 1-mile 1:35.97 III
2009 Saratoga Sinner Julien Leparoux Eddie Kenneally Lally Stable 1 18 1:51.45 III
2008 Hey Byrn Chuck Lopez Edward Plesa, Jr. Beatrice Oxenberg 1 316 1:58.14 III
2007 Nobiz Like Shobiz Cornelio Velásquez Barclay Tagg Elizabeth J. Valando 1-mile 1:35.47 III
2006 Barbaro Edgar Prado Michael R. Matz Roy & Gretchen Jackson 1 18 1:49.31 III
2005 Closing Argument Cornelio Velásquez Kiaran McLaughlin Philip & Marcia Cohen 1 18 1:50.14 III
2004 Second Of June Cornelio Velásquez William J. Cesare Barbara Cesare 1 116 1:43.00
2003 Offlee Wild Mark Guidry Richard Dutrow, Jr. Dorothy A. Matz 1 116 1:43.00
2002 Booklet Eibar Coa John T. Ward, Jr. John C. Oxley 1 116 1:46.16
2001 Radical Riley Eduardo Núñez James Hatchett Jacks or Better Farm 1 116 1:46.06
2000 Hal's Hope Roger Velez Harold Rose Rose Family Stable 1 116 1:44.52
1999 Grits'n Hard Toast Robbie Davis T.V. Smith T.Smith/R. A. Anderson 1 116 1:45.32
1998 Cape Town Jerry D. Bailey D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 1 116 1:44.15
1997 Arthur L. John R. Velazquez Luis Olivares Not found 1 116 1:42.93
1996 Cobra King Chris McCarron Mike Puype Gary Biszantz 1 116 1:43.42
1995 Suave Prospect Jerry D. Bailey Nick Zito W. Condren & M. Sherman 1 116 1:44.03
1994 Go for Gin Jerry D. Bailey Nick Zito W. Condren/J. Cornacchia 1 116 1:41.62
1993 Pride of Burkaan Jerry D. Bailey Leo Azpurua Johnson & Murchibon 1 116 1:44.74
1992 Waki Warrior Earlie Fires William G. Huffman Stanley Lowenbraun 1 116 1:44.32
1991 Shoot To Kill Wigberto S. Ramos Linda L. Rice Clyde Rice 1 116 1:43.54

Special Bonus

Paths to $5,500,000 Preakness Bonus:

  1. win Holy Bull Stakes + win the Florida Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
  2. win Fountain of Youth Stakes + win the Florida Derby + win The Preakness Stakes

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Paths to $550,000 XpressBet Consolation Bonus:

  1. run in Holy Bull Stakes + win, place or show in the Florida Derby or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
  2. run in Fountain of Youth Stakes + win, place or show in the Florida Derby or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes

References

  1. 1 2 "Holy Bull Stakes Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  2. "Eight Stakes Elevated in Status for 2014". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
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