00:00The fastest horse of the week brought to you by the fast sires at Windstar Farm.
00:04We'll start this with the trivia question.
00:06Bill, you're not allowed to participate.
00:07You know the answer.
00:08We know how good Sovereignty was as a three-year-old.
00:11He won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont and the Jim Dandy and the Travers.
00:16He was horse of the year, but he lost one race as a three-year-old.
00:19Who was the horse that beat Sovereignty?
00:23Time's up.
00:23The answer was Tapan Street, who is the newest stallion at Windstar Farm for 2027.
00:32Tapan Street, the fastest son of into mischief to win the Florida Derby, which has always been a stallion-making
00:36race.
00:37And he's also, this is very important, bred on the into mischief distorted humor cross that has produced leading sires
00:45practical joke and life is good.
00:47Tapan Street, a $1 million Saratoga yearling.
00:50His introductory stud fee will be announced later this year.
00:56Twin fastest horses of the week.
00:58Now, it's kind of slim pickings this week because most of our normal candidates are preparing for the Breeders' Cup.
01:04We had two that got buyer speed figures of 99.
01:08On Thursday at Keeneland, seven-year-old Factour Cheval continued a great run recently for Barry Irwin's Team Valor.
01:17This horse in particular co-owned by Team Valor and by Gary Barber.
01:22In fact, Factour Cheval enjoyed a significant class relief to win that allowance race in his very first start for
01:29trainer Mark Cassie, only his second start in the U.S.
01:31He broke a 13-race losing streak for Factour Cheval.
01:35But here's the deal with that.
01:37His last win was in the Group 1 Dubai Turf.
01:40In that 13-race losing streak, he ran against Forever Young in the Saudi Cup, twice against Ombudsman, Romantic Warrior,
01:47Notable Speech.
01:48This horse has been running against the very best.
01:51The other 99 buyer speed figures Saturday at Charlestown.
01:55It was a day for West Virginia bred stakes races.
01:58And in the seven-furlong West Virginia, Russell Road Breeders' Classic stakes for three-year-olds, one-to-five favorite.
02:04Ryan's Run ran off by 11 and a half lengths.
02:08Son of Run Happy is now five for six lifetime.
02:10He lost his only race against Open Company against West Virginia breds.
02:14His wins have come by an average margin of eight lengths.
02:17Thanks.
