When it comes to horses with blinding speed, owner, trainer and breeder Audre Cappuccitti really knows her stuff. Cappuccitti, who along with her husband Gord have bred and raced horses for almost three decades, has been known for unleashing some star sprinters: horses such as champions Deputy Inxs and El Prado Essence.

Along comes Essence Hit Man, easily one of the quickest horses the Ontario racing scene has seen in several years. As a son of El Prado Essence, Essence Hit Man was named Canada’s Champion Male Sprinter for 2011 based on a season that saw him lower the mark for six furlongs on Woodbine’s Polytrack surface.

A finalist in this category for the 2010 racing season, Essence Hit Man is a son of American sprint champion Speightstown, who raced for Eugene Melnyk.

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