WinStar's Fastest Horse of the Week for March 30, 2023

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00:00And now it's time for the Fastest Horse of the Week, brought to you by the fast stallions

00:05at Windstar Farm.

00:06This week's spotlighted sire had his first yearlings this year and bred 329 mares in

00:13his first two seasons.

00:14More on that stallion later.

00:16First, the Fastest Horse of the Week.

00:18Last week saw seven races equal or top 100 on the Buyer Speed Figure Scale, including

00:22Money's Gold.

00:23He ran a 106, the fastest fig by a three-year-old of either sex so far this year.

00:29But topping the list is West Willpower and his 109 buyer for winning the Fairgrounds

00:34Classic by four and three quarters lengths over Pegasus World Cup winning art collector.

00:40West Willpower is a son of Bernardini, owned and bred by Gary and Mary West, trained by

00:45Brad Cox.

00:46And with that win, he is now over $1 million in career earnings.

00:50Now, for that fast sire at Windstar, improbable as it all.

00:56He was precocious.

00:57Three for three as a two-year-old, including wins in the Street Sins and the Grade One

01:01Cash Call Futurity by a combined 12 and a quarter lengths.

01:04As a three-year-old, he was second in the Rebel in the Arkansas Derby, beating just

01:08three lengths in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness.

01:11And of course, as a four-year-old, second in the Breeders' Cup Classic and the Eclipse

01:15Award winning champion older male, finishing his career with Buyer Speed Figures, by the

01:21way, at 108, 108, 106, and 105.

01:24An improbable stands at Windstar for a bargain fee of $25,000.