Friday’s top 10 speed figures, fastest maidens

Photo: Gulfstream Park TV

Broderie led all performers Friday with a 126 Horse Racing Nation speed figure at Gulfstream Park in the eighth race. The 5-year-old horse by Girvin captured a seven-furlong allowance at even money. This marked his fourth career victory in his 17th start.

Social Hour earned a 120 HRN figure at Monmouth Park in a six-furlong claiming race. The 3-year-old gelding by Practical Joke won at 3-5 odds in his 11th career start. This was his second career victory.

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Naptown completed the top three with a 119 figure at Colonial Downs in a 1 1/8-mile turf allowance race. The 4-year-old gelding by Munnings scored at 4-1 odds, recording his fourth career win from 11 starts.

Friday’s top 10 speed figures

Winners through late afternoon Friday EDT are ranked.

HRN Horse Sire Age Race Distance
126 Broderie Girvin 5 m GP 8 7 f dirt
120 Social Hour Practical Joke 3 g MTH 8 6f  dirt
119 Naptown Munnings 4 g CNL 4 1 1/8 turf
119 Irish Hero Irish War Cry 4 g DEL 8 5 1/2 f dirt
119 Indy One Seattle Serenade 4 g WO 5 6 f syn
118 Starship Titan Not This Time 4 g SAR 5 1 mi turf
118 Will Not Be Swayed War of Will 3 f SAR 8 1 mi turf
117 Secane Audible 2 f GP 3 7f dirt
116 Hey Cookie Cajun Breeze 3 f SAR 7 6 1/2 f dirt
115 Renewing Vows Broken Vow 5 g DEL 5 1 mi dirt

Fastest maiden winners

Starship Titan posted the day’s highest maiden-winner figure with a 118 at Saratoga. The 4-year-old gelding by Not This Time won a one-mile turf maiden claimer at 28-1 odds in his third career start. He is out of Cinnamon Lass by Conduit, and his top sibling Cinnamon Sugar earned $57,000.

Secane impressed with a 117 HRN figure in a seven-furlong dirt maiden race at Gulfstream Park. The 2-year-old filly by Audible won at 5-2 odds in her second career start. She is out of Lustica by Street Sense.

Arctic Beast earned a 113 at Saratoga in his second career start. The 2-year-old colt by Yaupon finished a six-furlong dirt maiden special weight at 9-2 odds. He is out of Frostie Anne by Frost Giant, who earned $584,000.

Top maiden winners

HRN Horse Sire Age Race Distance
118 Starship Titan Not This Time 4 g SAR 5 1 mi turf
117 Secane Audible 2 f GP 3 7 f dirt
113 Arctic Beast Yaupon 2 c SAR 6 6 f dirt
112 Undisputed Authentic 3 c SAR 10 1 mi dirt
107 Freely Held Independence Hall 2 c DEL 4 5 1/2 f dirt
  99 Harmony Road McKinzie 3 f CNL 1 6 1/2 f dirt
  99 Baby Sassicaia Vino Rosso 4 f SAR 3 1 mi dirt
  97 Catarina First Dude 3 f CNL 3 6 f dirt
  94 Mary Marguerite Gift Box 3 f GP 9 1 3/16 turf
  94 Caroline St. Beat Tiz the Law 2 c SAR 1 1 3/16 turf

About HRN speed figures

HRN speed figures are AI-generated using HRN’s proprietary machine-learning algorithms. Although they involve less human input than other speed figures, we see that as a plus as human adjustments often knock down surprisingly good performances to match expectations. HRN speed figures were launched in December 2024, and our expectation is also that the AI-generated speed figures will continously get better over time.

The HRN speed figure scale goes from 1 to 160. Part of the reason for this higher scale is this helps us avoid assigning a speed figure of zero. For some products, in weaker races, half the field or more may get a speed figure of zero, which leads to inaccuracy and defeats the purpose of speed figures.

Because the HRN speed figures are based on machine learning, as we improve our models we can compute the numbers historically.

Using the top last-race speed figure as a benchmark, here are stats from 2021 to 2024 for HRN and other speed-figure providers:

Top HRN figure 26.2% winners.

Top Beyer figure 28.1% winners.

Top TimeformUS figure 28.4% winners.

Although all HRN speed figures are published on individual horse profile pages on a weekly basis, the daily reports are focused on the top and medium-tier tracks, which represent the majority of top speed figures.

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