Fastest Horse of the Week Was a Trusty Claimer

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00:00Now, the fastest horse of the week brought to you this week by one of those fast stallions

00:05at Windstar Farm, Cogburn.

00:08When he was a racehorse last year, Windstar liked to call him the fastest horse in the

00:11world, and now they like to call him the fastest sire in the world.

00:16Last season, the World Thoroughbred Rankings pegged Cogburn at a rating of 120, making

00:21him the best sprinter in the world.

00:23He ran the fastest buyer's speed figure in North America in 2024, 1.14, and since buyers

00:30are only done in North America, you could say he ran the fastest buyer in the world

00:34at 59.80.

00:36That's how fast he ran five and a half furlongs, the fastest ever.

00:41And yes, he was beaten in the Breeders' Cup, but he also got the worst ride of two days

00:45in the Breeders' Cup, but we won't focus on that.

00:47Cogburn, meanwhile, is now at stud.

00:49He has booked full at Windstar for 2025.

00:54Now, fastest horse of the week.

00:56We've never done this before.

00:59A lot of racetracks didn't run this past week due to obviously what happened in Southern

01:02California due to weather, Oakland, Aqueduct.

01:07So the fastest horse of the week ran on Sunday in a $10,000 claiming race at Aqueduct.

01:14His name was Quick Hammer.

01:15It was the fourth race on Sunday.

01:17He won that race by nine and a quarter lengths.

01:19Buyer speed figure of 96 for that.

01:24Also claimed out of that race by owner trainer Linda Rice.

01:28So Linda Rice will be running Quick Hammer back and he'll get a lot of attention based

01:32on that 96 buyer speed figure, the fastest of the week.