Burnham Square and 2024 champion two-year-old Citizen Bull each collected 20 points in early Kentucky Derby prep wins.
Holy Bull Stakes
The Kentucky-bred three-year-old won the Grade 3 Grey Stakes at Woodbine in 2024 and will test his mettle on the Kentucky Derby trail.
Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) champ. early Kentucky Derby fave Fierceness was flat in his first start as a three-year-old after some bumping.
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.