Holy Bull Stakes

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The Holy Bull Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses dedicated to the famous race horse Holy Bull. It is held in February at Gulfstream Park and open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. The race is a Grade III with a purse of $150,000.

Holy Bull earned the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year in 1994. In the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century, he was ranked #64.

[edit] Past Winners

Winners of the Holy Bull since the beginning of the new century are:

  • 2006 - Barbaro
  • 2005 - Closing Argument
  • 2004 - Second of June
  • 2003 - Offlee Wild
  • 2002 - Booklet
  • 2001 - Radical Riley
  • 2000 - Hal's Hope

[edit] Going Back

  • 1997 - Arthur L.