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00:00The TD and Writer's Room, also brought to you by the Fast Sires of Windstar Farm, as
00:04always the sponsor of our Fastest Horse of the Week segment.
00:07There are fast sires, and there were sires who were fast.
00:12And Life is Good certainly falls into the latter category among sons of Into Mischief
00:17that are standing at stud.
00:19Life is Good has the most triple-digit buyer speed figures, nine, it's got the highest
00:25buyer speed figure, 112, and as a stallion, he bred 192 mares in 2023, and Life is Good
00:34has a new fee in 2024 of $85,000.
00:38Life is Good, not just good, he's brilliant, and he stands at stud at Windstar Farm.
00:45Fastest Horse of the Week, no triple-digit buyers last week, but we have a really interesting
00:50horse at the top of the list.
00:52His name is Touch Upon a Star, he's a Louisiana bred that won the Louisiana Champion's Day
00:58Classic on Saturday at the fairgrounds, that's the day for LA breds, it's a $150,000 race
01:04at a mile and an eighth.
01:05Touch Upon a Star, owned by former NFL quarterback Jake DeLome's Set Hut Stable, trained by Jake's
01:13older brother Jeff, sources a four-year-old gelding.
01:16All he's done is win now 10 of 13 lifetime starts, and he scared away all the competition
01:22at the fairgrounds, only a four-horse field.
01:24The horse has won now nine of his last 10 races on Saturday, got a buyer speed figure
01:29of 97.
01:31Earlier this year, Touch Upon a Star ran three straight races where he had a 101, 101, and
01:37a 102 buyer speed figure.
01:39This horse can really run, he's the son of Star Guitar, the noted Louisiana stallion
01:45that only won 24 of his 30 lifetime starts.
01:49Touch Upon a Star, this week's fastest horse of the week.