The Fastest Horse of the Week of July 25, 2023

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00:00And now the Fastest Horse of the Week brought to you by the Fast Sires at Windstar Farm.

00:06Think back to 2018, we all remember Justify sweeping the Triple Crown, retiring, being

00:11retired after the Belmont Stakes.

00:13That September, a new two-year-old moved into Bafford Stable at Santa Anita and took the

00:19stall previously occupied by Justify.

00:23Like Justify, this was a chestnut.

00:25Like Justify, common ownership, right?

00:27A lot of the same owners involved in the two horses, and Bob Bafford explained that the

00:31horse was named Improbable because it was very improbable that he would be as good as

00:37Justify was.

00:39Well, what did Improbable do?

00:41What a grade one stakes as a two-year-old, as a four-year-old, the Eclipse Award-winning

00:45champion older males are reeling off three straight grade one wins and then finishing

00:50second to stable mate authentic in the Breeders' Cup Classic.

00:53Now Improbable, standing stud at Windstar.

00:56His first yearling sold for up to $150,000 at Fasig-Tipton in July, and he has four more

01:02entered in the prestigious Saratoga Selectsdale.

01:05Two fillies, hips 14 and 98, and two colts, hips 91 and 235.

01:12He's from the immediate female family of hard spun, and Improbable bred 329 mares in his

01:20first two books.

01:22Now the fastest horse of the week will surprise no one, Echo Zulu, winning the Honorable

01:26Miss Stakes in Six Furlongs 108.99, buyer speed figure of 112, Honorable Mention to

01:34New York Thunders 110 in the Amsterdam and Elite Powers 108 buyer in the Vanderbilt on

01:41Saturday.

01:43But right now, talking about Echo Zulu, Steve Asmussen and Connections have pointed out

01:48that they would not be reticent at all if the situation called for it to run Echo Zulu

01:54against the colts.

01:55They think she'd be more brilliant, tougher to catch at six furlongs than at seven furlongs.

02:01The only problem is they also have Gunite pointing, ultimately, for the six furlong

02:05Breeders' Cup Sprint, so it's a nice problem to have.

02:08But Echo Zulu, perhaps the best race of her career, that's saying a lot, a 112 buyer

02:14speed figure, the fastest horse of the week.

02:18ECHO ZULU