Holy Bull Stakes - Grade III - Gulfstream Park, FL

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Saturday, 03 February 2007

Forseen as a 2007 Kentucky Derby contender, Nobiz Like Shobiz drew the outside post to run in this year's Holy Bull, a race won in 2006 by last year's Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro. However, the race has been shortened to a one-turn mile--Barbaro won it around two turns at a mile and an eighth in a thrilling battle to take the lead and hold it from front-runner Sharp humor. (Barbaro is the only horse to win from as far a starting post as number 10 at the mile and an eighth distance at Gulfstream park.) Trained by Barclay Tagg (like Barbaro's stable mate Showing Up), the horse was sorely missed in 2006's Breeders Cup Juvenile Championship, but took to the tracks later in November to win the Remsen Stakes by 6 and 1/2 lengths.

His only loss in his previous three starts was a close second to Scat Daddy (trained by Todd Pletcher, who is serving a banned-substance suspension). Scat Daddy will run the Holy Bull from an inside post as an assistant trainer stands-in for Pletcher.

GULFSTREAM PARK Saturday February 03, 2007 - Race 7
Estimated Local Post Time: 4:21 PM - Watch it on HRTV
Name: Holy Bull S. Grade: 3 Purse: $150,000
Distance/Restrictions: 1 Mile, Dirt, 3 Year Olds, STAKES

Post	Horse and Jockey/Trainer	Odds*
1	Pop Goes the Tiger (FL ) Elvis Trujillo / Douglas Potter	20/1
2	Scat Daddy (KY ) John Velazquez / Anthony Sciametta, Jr.	2/1
3	Sam P. (KY ) John Velazquez / Anthony Sciametta, Jr.	6/1
4	One of the Best (FL ) Eibar Coa / Luis Olivares	20/1
5	Drums of Thunder (FL ) Manoel Cruz / William Kaplan	6/1
6	Bold Start (KY ) Kent Desormeaux / Kenneth McPeek	6/1
7	Dukes Flying Tiger (FL ) Eduardo Nunez / Douglas Potter	20/1
8	Nobiz Like Shobiz (KY ) Cornelio Velasquez / Barclay Tagg	8/5

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