Horse Racing
Speed figures: These are last week’s 20 fastest stakes winners
Dornoch got the highest Brisnet Speed Rating, 106, among last week’s stakes winners for his upset victory in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
With regular rider Luis Saez riding the Good Magic colt, a full brother to 2023 Kentucky Derby winner Mage, they covered the 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga in 2:01.64. It was the first Grade 1 win for trainer Danny Gargan.
Dornoch also earned a 101 Beyer Speed Figure and a 125 TimeformUS Speed Figure for the performance.
The highest Beyer of the weekend, 111, went to Cogburn for his win in the Grade 1 Jaipur at Saratoga. With Irad Ortiz riding, they covered the 5 1/2 furlongs in track record time of 59.80 seconds for trainer Steve Asmussen. The 5-year-old son of Not This Time also earned a 100 Brisnet and a 131 from TimeformUS.
The 111 Beyer was the second highest of the year. Ova Charged earned a 113 Beyer for her 12 1/2-length win in the March 24 Page Cortez Stakes at Fair Grounds.
It wasn’t in a graded stakes, but 4-year-old Arthur’s Ride also earned a 111 Beyer for his win in an optional-claiming allowance race at Saratoga on Friday. With Junior Alvarado riding, the 4-year-old Tapit colt led the 1 1/4-miles race gate to wire to win by 12 3/4 lengths for trainer Bill Mott.
Here are the figures for last week’s highest-rated stakes winners, ranked by Brisnet Speed Ratings, with Beyer Speed Figures from Daily Racing Form and TimeformUS Speed Figures where available.
Horse | Race | Jockey | Brisnet | Beyer | TimeformUS |
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Dornoch | Belmont (G1), 1 1/4 miles | Luis Saez | 106 | 101 | 125 |
Drake’s Passage | Commentator, 1 1/8 miles | Manuel Franco | 104 | 99 | |
Measured Time | Manhattan (G1), 1 3/16 (turf) | William Buick | 104 | 104 | 129 |
Baby Yoda | True North (G2), 6 1/2 furlongs | Eric Cancel | 103 | 102 | 121 |
National Treasure | Metropolitan (G1), 1 mile | Flavien Prat | 103 | 102 | 129 |
Almostgone Rocket | Jersey Girl, 6 furlongs | Flavien Prat | 101 | 99 | 117 |
Buckeye Princess | Best of Ohio Diana, 6 furlongs | John McKee | 101 | 93 | |
Didia | New York (G1), 1 3/16 miles (turf) | Jose Ortiz | 101 | 100 | 124 |
Thorpedo Anna | Acorn (G1), 1 1/8 miles | Brian Hernandez Jr. | 101 | 99 | 121 |
Book’em Danno | Woody Stephens (G1), 7 furlongs | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 100 | 100 | 123 |
Cogburn | Jaipur (G1), 5 1/2 furlongs (turf) | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 100 | 111 | 131 |
Crupi | Suburban (G2), 1 1/4 miles | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 99 | 93 | 115 |
Candied | Lady’s Secret, 1 1/16 miles | Joe Bravo | 98 | 99 | |
Spirit of St Louis | Kingston, 1 mile | Manuel Franco | 97 | 92 | |
Doc Sullivan | Mike Lee, 7 furlongs | Javier Castellano | 96 | 91 | |
Olivia Rose | Fury, 7 furlongs (synthetic) | Rafal Hernandez | 96 | 86 | |
Randomized | Ogden Phipps (G1), 1 1/8 miles | Joel Rosario | 96 | 99 | 122 |
Silver Skillet | Mount Vernon, 1 mile | Joel Rosario | 96 | 91 | |
Society Man | Matt Winn (G3), 1 1/16 miles | Corey Lanerie | 96 | 91 | |
Velocitor | Jim and Sandra Rasmussen, 1 1/16 miles | David Cohen | 96 | 91 |