Recently crowned Eclipse champion two-year-old colt Shanghai Bobby has drawn the rail in the $400,000 Holy Bull Stakes (gr. III), the first start of his sophomore campaign.
Trained by Todd Pletcher, Shanghai Bobby was unbeaten in five starts as a juvenile, culminating with a tenacious victory in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I), which secured him the honor as champion of the division. The Holy Bull, an 8.5-furlong race that will be held on Saturday at Gulfstream Park, is the first of two planned prep races that will ready Shanghai Bobby for a run in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) on the first Saturday in May.
Lined up to face Shanghai Bobby in this deep renewal of the Holy Bull include horses like Frac Daddy and Dewey Square, the second- and third-place finishers in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (gr. II); Bern Identity, winner of the Sanford Stakes (gr. II) and runner-up in the Delta Downs Jackpot Stakes (gr. III); Itsmyluckyday, dominate winner of the Gulfstream Park Derby; and Tulira Castle, sharp winner of an allowance optional claiming race at Gulfstream on December 8th.
Post Positions:
1 Shanghai Bobby
2 Frac Daddy
3 Clearly Now
4 Bern Identity
5 Sr. Quisqueyano
6 Dewey Square
7 Itsmyluckyday
8 Tulira Castle
9 Fredericksburg
10 Joshua's Comprise
-Keelerman
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