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00:00The Fastest Horse of the Week comes to you this week courtesy of Timberlake, one of the
00:04fast sires at Windstar Farm and it's fitting because we'll be discussing last Sunday's
00:09Rebel stakes at Oaklawn Park shortly and Timberlake, co-owned by Windstar, won the 2024 edition
00:16of the Rebel.
00:17That was Timberlake's first start as a three-year-old following a two-year-old campaign.
00:21It saw him beat Fierceness in the Champagne with a 93-buyer speed figure and before that
00:25break his maiden by nine-and-a-quarter lengths over two future-graded stakes winners to
00:30become a TDN Rising Star.
00:33Timberlake and Practical Joke are the only sons of Intimiscip presently standing at stud
00:37that were grade-one winners as two-year-olds and the TDN's Chris McGrath named Timberlake
00:42a Silver Value Sire this year.
00:46And here's the value, Timberlake's first-year stud fee at Windstar is just $20,000 and limited
00:52seasons remain.
00:54Now we can play a guessing game here.
00:55The fastest horse of the week isn't Razorback winner Alexander Helios, it's not Bob Baffert-trained
01:00sensational debut winner Cornucopian who got a 101, or the up-and-coming sprinter Montalcino.
01:06The designation this week goes to Emirates Road, who Saturday over a deep track at Aqueduct
01:12won a first-level allowance with a buyer speed figure of 105.
01:16As you can tell by his name, Emirates Road bred and previously owned by Godolphin, he's
01:22by quality road, his third dam was Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Desert Stormer, but he wasn't
01:26a good racehorse for Godolphin.
01:28They abandoned him, basically, they gelled him, sold him privately, those owners got
01:33rid of him too.
01:34He wound up being claimed for $30,000 last June by Sandy Goldfarb and partners turned
01:39over to Brad Cox, and now the six-year-old Emirates Road has three wins and two seconds
01:44in his last five starts, and somewhat surprisingly, is our fastest horse of the week.