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Firestorm King
Front Runner
“Firestorm King is pure, unadulterated speed. He comes out of the gate like his tail is on fire and asks the rest of the field a very simple question: can you keep up? Spoiler alert — most of them can't. At 6 furlongs, this horse is borderline unbeatable. The only question is whether he can carry that blinding speed around two turns.”
Fun Facts
- His GPS clocking of 18.9 ft/s is the second-fastest top speed in the entire database
- Has won 10 of 17 starts — a .588 win rate that puts him among the elite
- His sire Into Mischief is the same as Incredibolt, making them half-brothers
TrainerBob Baffert
JockeyIrad Ortiz Jr
SireInto Mischief
DamFlame Dancer
Age4 yrs
Weight1150 lbs
$1.89M
Career Earnings
10
Career Wins
✓ Strengths
- ✓Devastating early speed — 17.2 ft/s out of the gate is the fastest first-furlong GPS reading in the database
- ✓Stride efficiency of 2.37 is the best among front runners, meaning he's not just fast, he's efficient about it
- ✓At 6 furlongs, his speed curve never dips below 15.8 ft/s — total domination from wire to wire
⚠ Weaknesses
- ⚠Speed curve shows a dramatic 2.3 ft/s deceleration from peak to final furlong — he empties the tank
- ⚠Has never won beyond 7 furlongs — one-dimensional sprint specialist
GPS Performance Data
Speed Curve (ft/s across race)
18.9
Top Speed
ft/s
16.8
Avg Speed
ft/s
2.37
Stride Efficiency
2.8
Avg Finish
of 17 races
6F
Best Distance
Dirt
Best Surface
Recent Results
DateTrackFinish
Mar 15, 2026GP1st
Feb 22, 2026GP2nd
Jan 31, 2026AQU1st
Jan 4, 2026AQU4th
Dec 13, 2025GP1st