The Fastest Horse of the Week? It's Not Carson's Run, But...

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00:00This week's fastest horse of the week is brought to you by Timberlake, another of

00:04the fast sires at Windstar Farm. He was fast right from the beginning of his

00:07racing career. He broke his maiden by nine and a quarter lengths, was a TD and

00:11rising star, then he won the Champagne Stakes, then as a three-year-old he won

00:14the Rebel Stakes, and now Timberlake joins Practical Joke as the only grade

00:19one winning two-year-olds by into mischief currently standing at stud.

00:24Timberlake actually begins his stud career next year at Windstar Farm

00:28standing for a fee of $20,000. That might even entice Justin Timberlake to

00:33buy a mare and breed to his namesake. Meanwhile that fastest horse of the

00:38week won Friday's featured race at Churchill Downs. Run Carson took an open

00:44allowance at five and a half furlongs on the turf by a length and a quarter under

00:47Flavian Pratt and a time of 101.65. That was good for a 100 buyer

00:53speed figure. Run Carson's on a roll in his race before that. He won the Carl

00:57Place Stakes in New York running six furlongs in 106.85. He's the son of

01:05McLean's Music, owned by NBS Stable. That's Art Newheidel, John Valentine, and

01:09Daryl Shaw, trained by Kelsey Danner. He was Pratt's 52nd graded stakes winner of

01:13the year as he closes in on Jerry Bailey's record of 55 in a year. And you

01:18may be wondering, we've talked a lot about Carson's run, the West Point Turf

01:23star named by Terry Finley after Carson Yost, the inspirational young man who

01:28shares the same affliction as the late Cody Dorman. Run Carson is a three-year-old

01:33who began his career almost exactly a year after Carson's run. So is Run Carson

01:39named in honor of Carson Yost? Actually, no. The original owner of Run Carson is

01:44Tom McCrocklin, whose dog is named Carson. And Carson the dog apparently likes to

01:52run. The horse Run Carson can run also, and he is our fastest horse of the week.