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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
That's awesome. I visited him many moons ago at Jonabell (when it was still just Jonabell with no Darley attached).
It was 4 or 5 years after he retired, and by that point, he was already very much lighter in color than his racing days. But he was still a beast with an attitude. Not an unkind attitude mind you, but just a horse who knew he was the big man on campus...and knew the ladies were close by...lmao
I love that horse. More than any other ever...really hope I can visit him again one day soon...I took it as a potentially bad sign that they retired him from stud duty two years ago...but he looks amazing in that photo...how recent is that shot? If you put a gun to my head, I would say it's from years ago.
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Seems he is doing well these days. This from a June 2014 DRF article ...
http://www.drf.com/news/catching-holy-bull
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Holy Bull, a 2001 Hall of Fame inductee, was pensioned in 2012 due to declining fertility and the infirmities of old age. According to Jockey Club statistics, eight live foals were reported as the sire’s final crop.
Holy Bull, 23, still resides in familiar quarters in a Darley at Jonabell stallion barn, stabled across the aisle from two fellow pensioners – old rival Cherokee Run, 24, and Quiet American, 28. With the exception of visits to the breeding shed, Boden said Holy Bull lives “the same life he did” as an active stallion, being turned out and groomed daily and spending time in a massage blanket, “which he loves.”
“The most important thing, from racehorses right up through their next career, change is not really what they do well,” Boden said. “You try to keep things as regular as you can.”
Another thing that has never changed for Holy Bull is the accolades.
“He does have a lot of fans,” Boden said. “He is a star here. He’s a celebrity on the farm.”
