Race Of The Week: Will There Be A Shocker In The Holy Bull?

By Derek Simon

My top selection, West Coast, gave it his all in last weekend’s Race of the Week — the $16.3 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park — but he couldn’t catch Gun Runner, who won his swan song by 2 ½ lengths and retired as North America’s second-richest racehorse of all time with $15,988,500 in career earnings.

This weekend, the Race of the Week is again at beautiful Gulfstream Park, but this time the sophomore set is featured, as the Road to the Kentucky Derby continues with the Grade II Holy Bull Stakes.

And, as usual, the field is deep and contentious. Let’s take a look… (more)