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Holy Bull

21 year old Horse | Retired
Owner(s):
Warren A. Croll Jr.  - 
Trainer:
Warren A. Croll Jr.
Bred:
Florida (USA) by Pelican Stable
Pedigree:
Great Above  -  Sharon Brown  by  Al Hattab
Rating:
 
 
Holy Bull
Mike Smith and Holy Bull
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What the Horse Racing Nation is saying about Holy Bull...

Sorry, but if you say Groundhog Day to me, I think of the 1993 Harold Ramis film titled the same, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell, way before I think of the chubby rodent from somewhere in Pennsylvania. I like movies, what can I say. If you’ve never seen it, by all means rent it and hunker ...Read More
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  • cocoa2 · Let us hope Hansen doesn't break down as well. · 2 days ago ·
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  • HeatherSeiden · I love that movie!! · 1 day ago ·
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Monmouth Park’s biggest day of the year is the Haskell. There is great racing and a really big crowd. A lot of the crowd comes to increase their collection of racing memorabilia with the traditional Haskell Hat giveaway. Monmouth has been giving hats away since at least 1988.Read More
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  • AndyScoggin · John Henry broke his maiden at JnD-Jefferson Downs??? Is that right? It was May 20, 1977. · 211 days ago ·
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  • 12thCrown · Good stuff - Every time we move my wife "asks" that I consolidate my # of boxes. I'm 38 (born in the year of the great horse) and started collecting around 1990 with Lil E. Tee/Pine Bluff programs at Oaklawn Park. I occassionally find a winner's trophy from a quarter or T'bred race at antique shops. · 39 days ago ·
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After her neck winning thriller over Theyskens’ Theory in Saturday’s Garden City Stakes (Gr. I), I began to ponder about all of the grey and roan thoroughbreds out there today. The greats usually come few and far between but last couple years have proven different as there are a handful of them whic...Read More
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  • JWC8282 · Thank!! Glad you all like it so much!! · 97 days ago ·
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  • JWC8282 · *Thanks!! · 97 days ago ·
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Bill Heller continues the countdown of his five favorite Travers with the battle between Holy Bull and Concern...Read More
  • BrianZipse · Holy Bull won a lot of races for fun, but this was the one that proved he had heart. · 168 days ago ·
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  • CauseForConcern · I was there for that race. The call by Tom Durkin is indicative of my user name. It was a great moment, and I had been on Concern since he won the Arkansas Derby at long odds. I was glad to witness a race for the ages. · 168 days ago ·
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Travers or Haskell? One blogger still prefers the Travers, and the classic 1 1/4 mile distance...Read More
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  • LAZMANICK · DeadHeat……….I’m not trying to argue with you and I’m no saying that you commented one way or another. I just wondered if you had ever heard of anyone calling the Travers Saratoga’s signature race. Regarding the fields for the Haskell. They seem to be getting deeper with talent in the past few years than they used to be and I think that one reason is the 9F distance. I also agree with Mike that the Travers is the greatest race for three year olds outside the Triple Crown. The Haskell to me has always been like a Blue Grass or a Florida Derby or a Wood Memorial, a top G1, but not on the same level as the TC races and the Travers. · 195 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · I have heard it called that and I most certainly believe in that name. However, I would disagree with you on the level of the Haskell. I would actually liken it to the Preakness, the baby child when standing next to the Derby which has so much age and prestige. While it still draws some wonderful deep and talented fields, it in no way can be called equal to the Derby. · 195 days ago ·
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Monmouth Park gives the grade 1 Haskell Invitational the tag line, “Where champions prove their greatness”. In the past four runnings...Read More
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  • skipaway2000 · I think if Shackleford wins the Haskell, he is 3yo champ - unless a 3yo wins the BCClassic · 197 days ago ·
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  • AndyScoggin · It will be interesting to see who runs in and wins the Travers, especially if Shackleford or Ruler on Ice do not win the Haskell. · 197 days ago ·
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Hello Haskell, my old friend. It's almost time for you again... A child of the Garden State, there is no race so deep in my being as Monmouth's signature mile and an eighth. I still have goosebumps begotten of great Haskell's past, like the day Majestic Light scorched the summer earth, or the way Fi...Read More
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  • BrianZipse · Uh-oh · 207 days ago ·
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  • girt · I wish Mucho Macho Man was running. · 207 days ago ·
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Pants On Fire scored an easy victory in the Grade III Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth. In his first start since a ninth place finish in the Kentucky Derby, Pants On Fire defeated Morris Bailey’s Concealed Identity. Of course Morris Bailey is the soon to be owner of Monmouth Park.Read More
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  • cpsoren121 · The Haskell is one of my favorite races!! Would love for POF to return and win large! · 233 days ago ·
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  • icyhotboo · If these horses like POF were born ten years down the road they would be champs as 1 1/8 mile will be the classic distance. · 232 days ago ·
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The year 2009 will best be remembered as it pertains to the Kentucky Oaks by Rachel Alexandra’s jaw-dropping 20 ¼ length victory, but one other very significant ritual was inaugurated for the 135th running of the Kentucky Oaks. The Survivors Parade: a heartwarming march down the homestretch and past...Read More
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  • KyOaksRunner · It's going to be a fantastic race, and what a great field entered in a race that honors one of the greatest 3-year-old fillies of all time. I think Kathmanblu is the class of the field though Inglorious is pretty intriguing. · 357 days ago ·
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  • WoodbineMile · I am picking my hometown Filly INGLORIOUS! · 315 days ago ·
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The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has added a new installment to its “Time Machine” video series, this time featuring Holy Bull’s victory in the 1994 Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.   Holy Bull, later named the 1994 Horse of the Year, entered the Travers having easily won fiv...Read More
A yearling daughter of Candy Ride and a 2-year-old daughter of Holy Bull topped the first session of Barretts' two-day winter mixed sale Jan. 25 at $40,000 each. The Candy Ride filly was part of a major reduction of the Craig Family Trust offered at the sale.Read More
Street Cry (IRE) is already the sire of a Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and a Melbourne Cup (gr. I) winner, not to mention one of the all time greats in Zenyatta.Read More
The first time I saw Holy Bull in person was the 1993 Futurity Stakes at Belmont Park. I made the foolish mistake of being there to root on a different horse. At the Saratoga meeting I had fallen in love with a talented juvenile named Dehere, who had demonstrated the qualities of a freight train rol...Read More
In keeping with most other sales this year of 2-year-olds in training, the Ocala Breeders’ Sale Co. ended its two day June sale June 17 with decreases in all major indices.Read More
The thing I love best about Holy Bull... is he never ran 2nd or 3rd. It was win or nothing. 16 starts, 13 wins, no seconds or thirds.
Great Holy Bull tribute set to "Sweet Emotion" by Aerosmith - put together by CarlyKaiser on Youtube.comRead More
By JOSEPH DURSO, New York Times February 20, 1994 Remember Dehere, the champion who seemed to be avoiding the crowded road to the Kentucky Derby? Well, he finally joined the pack today and reasserted himself with a rousing run through the homestretch that won the Fountain of Youth Stakes and restore...Read More
By JOSEPH DURSO, New York Times October 26, 1993 Maybe it was no fluke, after all. The 2-year-old colt Holy Bull, who ended the winning streak of the superstar Dehere last month, rose to even greater heights on Saturday when he won the $400,000 Florida Stallion Stakes by 7 1/2 lengths. Read More
Monday, December 22, 2008 By MICHAEL VEITCH, The Saratogian Holy Bull was electrifying. When he made his first start as a 2-year-old on Aug. 14, 1993, Daily Racing Form used the phrase “super speed” to describe his effort. You’ll have to do an awful lot of research to find those words somewhere else...Read More
JOSEPH DURSO - September 19, 1993 As it must to all race horses, defeat came to the 2-year-old prodigy Dehere yesterday when he ran second by half a length to Holy Bull in the 104th running of the Futurity on a wet, but star-filled, afternoon of racing at Belmont Park. Read More

Holy Bull - Pedigree

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Great AboveMinnesota MacRough'n Tumble
Cow Girl
Ta WeeIntentionally
Aspidistra
Sharon BrownAl HattabThe Axe Ii
Abyssinia
Agathea's DawnGrey Dawn II
Agathea

Holy Bull - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video02/11/959thM SmithGP91 1/8 mDDonn Handicap-G103+ MCigarPrimitive HallBonus Money1:49.60
View DetailsView Video01/22/951stM SmithGP97 fDOlympic Hcp03+ MHoly BullBirdonthewirePatton1:22.04
View DetailsView Video09/17/941stM SmithBel81 1/8 mDWoodward-G103+ MHoly BullDevil His DueColonial Affair1:46.80
View DetailsView Video08/20/941stM SmithSar71 1/4 mDTravers Stakes-G103 MHoly BullConcernTabasco Cat2:02.00
View DetailsView Video07/31/941stM SmithMth101 1/8 mDHaskell-G103 MHoly BullMeadow FlightConcern1:48.20
View DetailsView Video07/03/941stM SmithBel81 1/16 mDDwyer-G203 MHoly BullTwiningBay Street Star1:41.00
View DetailsView Video05/30/941stM SmithBel81 mileDMetropolitan Hcp. (Met Mile)-G103+ MHoly BullCherokee RunDevil His Due1:33.80
View DetailsView Video05/01/9412thM SmithCD81 1/4 mDKentucky Derby-G103 MGo For GinStrodes CreekBlumin Affair2:03.60
View DetailsView Video04/16/941stM SmithKee91 1/8 mDBlue Grass-G203 MHoly BullValiant NatureMahogany Hall1:50.00
View DetailsView Video03/12/941stM SmithGP101 1/8 mDFlorida Derby-G103 MHoly BullRide The RailsHalo's Image1:47.40
View DetailsView Video02/19/946thM SmithGP91 1/16 mDFountain of Youth-G203 MDehereGo For GinRide The Rails1:44.60
View DetailsView Video01/30/941stM SmithGP97 fDHutcheson Stakes-G203 MHoly BullPattonYou and I1:21.20
View Details10/23/931stM SmithCrc111 1/16 mDFlorida Stallion In Reality02 M (S)Holy BullRustic LightForward To Lead1:46.20
View DetailsView Video09/18/931stM SmithBel67 fDFuturity-G102 MHoly BullDeherePrenup1:23.20
View Details09/02/931stM SmithBel76 1/2 fDAllow02 MHoly BullGoodbye DoenyEnd Sweep1:17.00
View DetailsView Video08/14/931stL RiveraMth75 1/2 fDMSW02 MHoly BullPalanceHold My Tongue1:03.80

 

 

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