1 Heavily favored Holy Bull, the 1994 U.S. Horse of the Year, pulled up while battling for the lead on the backstretch during the Donn Handicap on Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
2 Cigar went on to win the 1 1-8-mile (1.8-kilometer) race.
3 Holy Bull, running with Cigar, was pulled up by jockey Mike Smith in mid-backstretch. Smith then dismounted before the half-mile (800-meter) pole.
4 Holy Bull remained on his feet and then was loaded onto a horse ambulance, but did so reluctantly.
5 Holy Bull was making his second start of the year and was bidding for his seventh straight victory.
6 He went off at odds of 1-5 against eight rivals at the track where eight days shy of one year ago he suffered the first defeat of his career, when he had a slipped pallete and finished sixth in the Fountain of Youth.
7 Saturday's defeat was the third in 12 starts for the strapping gray colt, owned and trained by Jimmy Croll.
8 Cigar was a 5 1-2-length winner over Primitive Hall, with Bonus Money third. Cigar, ridden by Jerry Bailey, carried 115 pounds (52 kilograms) on a fast track in 1 minute, 49 3-5 seconds for his fourth straight victory and paid dlrs 10, dlrs 5.20 and dlrs 5.20 to win, place and show on a dlrs 2 wager.
9 Primitive Hall, 112 pounds (51 kilograms) returned dlrs 30.60 and dlrs 17.60 to place and show on a dlrs 2 bet while Bonus Money, 112 pounds (51 kilos), paid dlrs 27.20 to show.
10 Holy Bull carried high weight of 127 pounds (57.5 kilos). He seemed to be running without effort when Smith suddenly pulled him up at the five-eighths (1-kilometer) pole.

Holy Bull was making his second start of the year and was bidding for his seventh straight victory .
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