Bentornato Speeds to Fastest Horse of the Week

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Bentornato earned a 108 Beyer Speed Figure in this past weekend's Louisville Thoroughbred Society Stakes at Churchill Downs, marking him as one to watch in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. The Fastest Horse of the Week is brought to you by the fast stallions at WinStar like Life Is Good, who has his first yearlings this year.

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00:00Our fastest horse of the week brought to you again by the fast sires at Windstar Farm, where life is good in more ways than one.

00:07The stallion Life is Good, who you will hear more about shortly, is off to such a hot start with his yearlings at Keeneland September

00:14that among first crop sires, he currently ranks second only to flight line, a horse that Life is Good has chased before.

00:22His average yearling bringing $336,000, median $300,000. Life is Good's top colt, $1.25 million.

00:32His top filly brought $1.025 million. Those are some heady numbers.

00:38Of course, Life is Good knows all about fast starts. His speed on the track resulted in four grade one victories

00:44and nine triple-digit buyer speed figures, including that 112 buyer that ranks number one among all sons of Into Mischief.

00:55Now for our fastest horse of the week, the four-year-old colt, Ben Tornato,

00:59who Saturday might have run himself right into early favoritism for the Breeders' Cup Sprint

01:05with his powerhouse performance in the Louisville Thoroughbred Society stakes at Churchill Downs.

01:11Ben Tornato won by five and a half lengths with a career-high buyer figure of 108

01:16in his first start since last year's Breeders' Cup Sprint, which he lost by only a half length to straight no chaser.

01:24Ben Tornato was scratched in December from the Malibu with a foot issue that kept him out of training

01:29for an extended period of time, but he is back in a big way.

01:33And trainer Jose D'Angelo said Ben Tornato might not need to run again

01:38until his return to Del Mar for another run at the Breeders' Cup Sprint.

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