Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) champ. early Kentucky Derby fave Fierceness was flat in his first start as a three-year-old after some bumping.
Holy Bull Stakes
A litany of stakes races throughout the US on Feb. 3 include four major early stepping-stone races to the 150th Kentucky Derby.
The improving Into Mischief colt had a steady rally from a couple of lengths off a slow pace to win by 3/4s of a length.
Trainer Dale Romans will saddle Holy Bull Stakes favourite Cyclone Mischief whom he says "is one of the best three-year-olds in the country."
The Kentucky Derby trail is heating up and a very fast Holy Bull Stakes was won by modestly-bred White Abarrio over two troubled rivals.
Tall and leggy Tapit colt leads the east coast on the road to the Kentucky Derby for Courtlandt Farm, Shug McGaughey.
Lightly-raced colts on both coasts attempt to up their chances for the first Saturday in May; big stakes card at Gulfstream.