Every Kentucky Derby prep race produces at least one horse that forces bettors to stop, zoom out, and ask the uncomfortable question: Is this real, or am I being baited by early-season dominance? In the 2026 Holy Bull Stakes, that horse is Nearly. On paper, the angle is simple. Nearly has won his la...
The Gateway to the Kentucky Derby: Understanding the 2026 Holy Bull Stakes Importance The 2026 Holy Bull Stakes represents the first serious proving ground on the Florida road to the Kentucky Derby. Run at Gulfstream Park, this Grade 3 contest gives three-year-olds their first opportunity to earn me...
The 20-Point Bubble In the high-stakes world of Thoroughbred racing, the month of January serves as a violent filter. We are currently witnessing the first major tremors in the 2026 Kentucky Derby leaderboard, where a single nose on the wire determines whether a colt remains a "Derby dream" or becom...
The Road to the 2026 Kentucky Derby does not begin in the chaos of March madness or the pressure cooker of April. It starts quietly, under the Florida sun, at Gulfstream Park. The Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes is where serious Kentucky Derby betting value is created, long before the public wakes up. Whil...
The road to the Run for the Roses has officially served. What looked like a routine pause atop the Kentucky Derby leaderboard is now a hard stop, and bettors are being forced to reprice the entire 3-year-old picture. The current Derby favorite, Ted Noffey, is no longer simply watching from the sidel...
The field for the San Pasqual Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park has been set and six older horses will race the 1 1/8 miles over the main track in the Saturday afternoon feature. This event, which has been carded as the day’s fourth race with a post time of 5:09 p.m. ET is a […]...
A day after canceling its weekend races, the New York Racing Association (NYRA) on Friday announced revisions to the stakes schedule and a plan for additional race days to account for weather related cancellations at Aqueduct Racetrack. NYRA, the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (NYTHA...
Street Sense and Nyquist are the only winners of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) to take the Kentucky Derby (G1). Ted Noffey will not be the third. Trainer Todd Pletcher announced Thursday that the undefeated son of top sire Into Mischief is off the Triple Crown trail and sidelined indefinitely be...
In 1994, Holy Bull finished sixth in the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) and 12th as the favorite in the Kentucky Derby (G1). Those were his only bad days in a year when he swept five Grade 1 races – Florida Derby, Blue Grass Stakes, Met Mile, Haskell Stakes, Travers Stakes -- and was voted [&hellip...
Long before Hall of Famer Jimmy Croll trained Holy Bull to the 1994 Horse of the Year title, he earned national recognition with the 2-year-old filly Forward Gal. In 1970, the gray daughter of Native Charger won five of six starts, including four stakes, to earn a division championship. Although she...
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