# Nearly Was Clearly Best in Holy Bull, Full Field Ready for Southwest | E053 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bloodhorse-monday-7198771/nearly-was-clearly-best-in-holy-bull-full-field-ready-for-southwest-e053 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bloodhorse-monday-7198771/nearly-was-clearly-best-in-holy-bull-full-field-ready-for-southwest-e053.md Podcast: [BloodHorse Monday](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bloodhorse-monday-7198771) Published: 2026-02-02T20:52:26+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bloodhorse/episodes/Nearly-Was-Clearly-Best-in-Holy-Bull--Full-Field-Ready-for-Southwest--E053-e3ehu9d Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/100a8a574/podcast/play/114931437/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-2%2F417337271-44100-2-ba76a549ae199.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bloodhorse-monday-7198771/episodes/nearly-was-clearly-best-in-holy-bull-full-field-ready-for-southwest-e053 Duration seconds: 4239 ## Resource Join hosts Louie Rabaut and Sean Collins for the 53rd episode of BloodHorse Monday, your weekly dose of Thoroughbred racing analysis and insights! In this installment: - We recap the Holy Bull Stakes (G3), won by Nearly. - Centennial Farms' president and co-owner Donald Little Jr. discusses Nearly's Holy Bull victory, Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) winner Antiquarian returning for the 2026 season, and his family’s 30 years of offering racing partnerships. - Oaklawn Park track announcer Matt Dinerman discusses the Southwest Stakes and racing in Hot Springs, Ark. - We preview exciting Kentucky Derby prep action coming up this weekend. Chapters: 0:00:00 Intro 0:03:12 Weekend Recap 0:09:11 Donald Little Jr. Interview 0:33:24 Matt Dinerman Interview 1:00:03 Weekend Preview 1:06:52 Closing BloodHorse Website: https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBloodHorse Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebloodhorse/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebloodhorse X: https://x.com/BloodHorse BloodHorse is the Thoroughbred industry's premier publishing company, dedicated to the improvement of Thoroughbred breeding & racing for over 100 years. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bloodhorse-monday-7198771/episodes/nearly-was-clearly-best-in-holy-bull-full-field-ready-for-southwest-e053/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/bloodhorse-monday-7198771/nearly-was-clearly-best-in-holy-bull-full-field-ready-for-southwest-e053.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.