The Fastest Horse of Belmont Week

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00:00Since the Belmont Stakes undercard, Friday and Saturday,

00:04it was almost like a mini Breeders' Cup.

00:06It's no surprise that the fastest horse of the week

00:08came out of that weekend at Belmont Park.

00:10Which horse was it?

00:12We'll get to that in just a minute.

00:14Remember, fastest horse of the week is brought to you

00:16by the fast stallions at Windstar Farms,

00:18such as Global Campaign.

00:20His sire, Kerlin, won the Woodward at age four.

00:24So did Global Campaign, going wire to wire

00:27and earning a 104 buyer speed figure.

00:28He also ran the second fastest mile and an eighth ever

00:32in the Peter Pan Stakes, earning a big speed figure

00:36with a mile and an eighth and 146.71.

00:38He won six of his 10 starts, three graded stakes,

00:40four triple digit buyers.

00:42And also, don't forget, there's some pedigree there.

00:44He is a half brother for last year's

00:47leading first crop sire, Bolt Dorough.

00:50Global Campaign's first yearlings will sell this summer.

00:54Now back to that fastest horse.

00:56No surprise, it's Cody's Wish.

00:59We've talked about him and what he did

01:00in the Metropolitan Handicap, the Met Mile.

01:03He also earned a buyer speed figure of 112 in that race,

01:07the fastest buyer of his career.

01:10So Cody's Wish not only continues to win

01:12from a speed figure perspective,

01:14he is going up and up and up.