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2024 Kentucky Derby, Southwest Stakes, Oaklawn Park

2024 Southwest Stakes at a Glance

A week later than expected, Oaklawn Park’s rescheduled Southwest Stakes will be run Saturday with another large field set to break from the starting gate. A field of 12 was drawn for the 1 1/16 test that will offer 42 qualifying points for the 2024 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve.

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2024 Holy Bull Stakes Cheat Sheet: Get to Know the Horses

One week after a record-setting Pegasus World Cup day, the focus at Gulfstream Park in south Florida turns to 3-year-olds aiming for the 150th Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 4.

Great Meadow, The Plains, Va., Virginia Gold Cup

Virginia Gold Cup Adds $150,000 Commonwealth Cup to Race Lineup

One of the nation’s oldest and largest steeplechase events, the Virginia Gold Cup, announced that it has added a new race to its lineup in May. The $150,000 Commonwealth Cup, a Grade 1 hurdle race (the highest level of stakes races), will take place just before the Virginia Gold Cup race on Saturday, May 4, at Great Meadow (5089 Old Tavern Rd.) in The Plains, Va. This is the 99-year anniversary of the popular event that draws more than 30,000 out for a day of tailgating, socializing, and wagering.

Equinox, Christophe Lemaire, Tenno Sho, Tokyo Racecourse, Eclipse Sportswire

Love of the Horse Yields Racing and Breeding Success in Japan

In talking with breeders at home and abroad about the biggest reasons for his country’s rapid ascension in international stature in recent years, Japan Racing Association executive adviser of international affairs Masayuki Goto often hears that conversation start with Sunday Silence.

Holy Bull, Darley, Anne M. Eberhardt, BloodHorse

Holy Bull: An Enduring Legacy of Brilliance

Holy Bull was that rare horse who could win one-turn races like the Hutcheson Stakes and the Grade 1 Metropolitan Mile as though sprinting were his life’s calling, and also capture a testing 1 ¼-mile race like the prestigious Travers Stakes, holding off no less than the eventual winner of that year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic.

He was owned and trained by top New Jersey-based horseman Warren A. “Jimmy” Croll. And how he came to own Holy Bull is a story in itself.

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