Holy Bull Stakes
- Location: Gulfstream Park, Hallandale Beach, FL
- Inaugural Race: 1990
- Current Distance: 1 1/16 miles
- Track Type: Left-Handed Dirt
- Age Qualifications: Three-year-olds
- Status: Grade 2
- 2021 Purse: $250,000
- 2021 Race Date: Monday, February 1st

The Gulfstream Park stakes race, the Holy Bull, provides a warm weather race where much of the North American racing world runs during the winter. The Road to the Kentucky Derby prep-race awards a point split of 10-4-2-1 to the top four finishing contenders.
2020 Holy Bull Stakes Entries and Results
POST | HORSE | JOCKEY | TRAINER | WIN | PLACE | SHOW |
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3 | Tiz the Law | Manuel Franco | Barclay Tagg | $4.60 | $3.00 | $2.20 |
4 | Ete Indian | Luca Panici | Patrick Biancone | $4.20 | $2.60 | |
1 | Toledo | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | Chad Brown | $2.20 | ||
6 | Relentless Dancer | Jose Ortiz | Mike Maker | |||
7 | Mayberry Deputy | Julien Leparoux | Ken McPeek | |||
2 | Uncork the Bottle | Edgard Zayas | Saffie Joseph, Jr. | |||
5 | Clear Destination | Paco Lopez | Ashlee Brnjas |
Exotic Payoffs:
$2 Exacta (3-4) | $9.50 |
$2 Trifecta (3-4-1) | $9.25 |
$2 Superfecta (3-4-1-6) | $4.86 |
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History of the Holy Bull Stakes
Inaugurated as the Preview Stakes in 1990 to replace the Flamingo Stakes following the closure of Hialeah Park, the race was re-christened in 1996 as the Holy Bull Stakes in honor of the Hall of Fame racehorse. It first became a grade three race in 1995, and continued to gain enough strength to become a grade two event in 2014.
It has been part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby since that series’ inception in 2013, with the first four finishers earning points on the table on a 10-4-2-1 basis.
To date, two winners of the Holy Bull Stakes have gone on to win the Kentucky Derby: Go For Gin (1994), and Barbaro (2006). Many runners go on to contest the Fountain of Youth Stakes and the Florida Derby, the other Gulfstream Park races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. There is almost always depth to the race, and a few that will make the Kentucky Derby field.
Previous Winners of the Holy Bull
Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
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2020 | Tiz the Law | Manuel Franco | Barclay Tagg | Sackatoga Stable |
2019 | Harvey Wallbanger | Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. | Kenneth G. McPeek | Harold Lerner LLC, AWC Stables, Nehoc Stables, Scott K. Akman and Paul Braverman |
2018 | Audible | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher | WinStar Farm LLC, China Horse Club International Ltd. and SF Racing LLC |
2017 | Irish War Cry | Joel Rosario | H. Graham Motion | Isabelle de Tomaso |
2016 | Mohaymen | Junior Alvarado | Kiaran McLaughlin | Shadwell Stables |
2015 | Upstart | Jose L. Ortiz | Richard A. Violette, Jr. | Ralph M. Evans |
2014 | Cairo Prince | Luis Saez | Kiaran McLaughlin | Namcook Stables et al |
2013 | Itsmyluckyday | Elvis Trujillo | Eddie Plesa Jr. | Trilogy Stable/Plesa |
2012 | Algorithms | Javier Castellano | Todd Pletcher | Starlight Racing |
2011 | Dialed In | Julien Leparoux | Nick Zito | Robert V. LaPenta |
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