Trainer Gerald Bennett has a pair of 4-year-olds with different questions to answer in the $75,000 Benny the Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Sunday. El Principito could be the fastest horse in the field but has never won at seven furlongs. Life Is Precious needs to prove that he belongs at this level after suffering a respiratory infection earlier this year. The Benny the Bull is a seven-furlong dirt race and the ninth race on the Gulfstream card. It is the second-to-last leg in the Rainbow 6, for which there will be a mandatory payout and an expected pool of $1 million. El Principito is coming off a sixth-place finish at five furlongs on turf in the $70,000 Warrior’s Pride Handicap, where he was squeezed at the start and had little to offer in the closing stages. In his last start on dirt in July, the colt finished second in the $75,000 Smile Sprint, earning a 92 Beyer Speed Figure, the highest figure of any runner in the field of seven on Sunday. Bennett said that he believes in El Principito’s ability in shorter sprints, but he is deeply concerned about the seven-furlong distance. He also nominated him for the $100,000 Rumson, a five-furlong sprint at Monmouth Park later this month. “I’m debating whether I’ll run here or not,” Bennett said. “Seven-eighths is not the best distance for him.” Life Is Precious is coming off a fifth in allowance company, in which he finished behind Shaq Diesel and Pure Class, two of his rivals in the Benny the Bull. Despite this, Bennett said that he liked his chances at seven furlongs while he gradually makes his way back from an illness. He has two victories at the distance and finished third in the $75,000 Big Drama in May. “Had a problem with him with a respiratory infection and it took me a long time to get him cleared up,” Bennett said. “He’s back to going the right way right now. Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. said that he is hoping for an improved performance from Nautical Star, who returned from a 13-month layoff in June and was well beaten by El Principito in an allowance. He also entered General Ledger, who has not run since November and made his last four starts as a 3-year-old on turf. Joseph is using this race to learn more about the colt. The Golden Gorilla would have appeared to be an overwhelmed longshot in this field a month ago, but a single race in July seems to qualify him as a contender for Jena Antonucci. After earning one victory in his first nine starts, the 4-year-old colt crushed a short allowance field by 8 3/4 lengths. He was the longest shot on the board that day and earned a 90 Beyer Speed Figure. “He’s been a progressive kind of horse,” Antonucci said. “He’s just a big kid. Obviously, [owner Jon Ebbert] is a patient kind of guy, lets the horse develop. He just took a minute to figure things out.” Shaq Diesel may earn favoritism in the Benny the Bull for trainer David Fawkes, as he has won five of his 12 starts at seven furlongs. The 5-year-old horse won the Big Drama by four lengths in May, his last race at the distance. The quality of the stakes field on Sunday stands out in a Rainbow 6 wager that also includes three claiming races, a starter allowance, and a maiden special weight on turf, which happens to exclusively feature 3-year-olds. The maiden special weight is the first leg in the multi-race wager and doesn’t have a clear standout. Shotgun has been competitive on synthetic and turf in his last two starts and could earn tepid favoritism for Armando De La Cerda. Bennett will give Maximus Cat more distance after a solid runner-up finish in a five-furlong synthetic sprint in June. In the eighth, a $10,000 claiming race at 1 1/16 miles on synthetic, 8-year-old gelding Light Fury will go for his third straight victory for the same tag. He was claimed by Fawkes off Carlos David last time out, when he ran a field of 11 off its feet in a 6 1/4-length victory. In the final leg, a $17,500 maiden-claiming race at 1 1/16 miles on turf, 3-year-old filly Grexi’s A is coming off a fourth-place finish against stronger maidens in June. She earned a 62 Beyer Speed Figure for the performance, which towers over others earned in the field of 10.