Friday's fastest: See top 10 winners and maiden-breakers
Feeling Woozy posted Friday's highest Horse Racing Nation speed figure with a 127 at Laurel Park in a 1 1/16-mile starter-optional claiming race. The 5-year-old Irish War Cry gelding took the early lead and never surrendered, leading at every call and winning by 11 lengths as the 5-2 second choice. The Jamie Ness trainee won for the third time this year and the seventh in 38 starts.
Pudge Boy Palace earned a 123 HRN speed figure at Laurel Park in a six-furlong claiming race on the dirt. The Jose Corrales trainee, a 6-year-old Palace gelding, settled toward the rear of the six-horse field early, made a run in the lane and got up by a length as the 2-1 second choice. The win was his second in a row and his sixth in 39 starts.
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Boutwell Time also achieved a 123 figure in a six-furlong starter optional claiming race on the Laurel dirt. The Juan Guerrero trainee, sent off the 2-5 favorite, raced in last well behind a pace battle early but made an early run and took command in the lane, winning by 8 1/4 lengths. She won for the second time in a row and the third in 13 lifetime outings.
Friday's top 10 speed figures
| HRN | Horse | Sire | Age | Race | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 | Feeling Woozy | Irish War Cry | 5G | LRL 2 | 1 1/16 dirt |
| 123 | Pudge Boy Palace | Palace | 6G | LRL 8 | 6f dirt |
| 123 | Boutwell Time | Not This Time | 3F | LRL 3 | 6f dirt |
| 122 | Money Run | Runhappy | 5G | OP 6 | 1 1/8 dirt |
| 121 | Shinigami | Prime Attraction | 3G | WO 6 | 7f syn |
| 120 | Snide | Tonalist | 3F | AQU 4 | 1 mile dirt |
| 118 | Fiddling Felix | Mendelssohn | 3G | AQU 5 | 6 1/2f dirt |
| 118 | Jackman | Munnings | 7G | OP 4 | 6f dirt |
| 118 | Toaster | McKinzie | 2F | LRC 3 | 6 1/2f dirt |
| 118 | Homer Jones | Khozan | 4G | TAM 6 | 7f dirt |
Fastest maiden winners
Snide posted the day's highest maiden winner figure with a 120 HRN speed figure in a dirt mile a Aqueduct. Stepping up from a maiden claimer to maiden special weight for here third start, he was the longest shot in the seven-horse field at 28-1. The Linda Rice trainee battled on the pace and then opened up in the lane to win by 4 3/4 lengths. Snide is a 3-year-old filly by Tonalist out of the Forestry mare New Normal, a Grade 3 winner at a mile on the lawn. Her top foal to date is Mo Normal, an Uncle Mo daughter who won once at the maiden special weight level and earned $74,910.
Toaster, a 2-year-old first-time starter for Bob Baffert, impressed with a 118 HRN figure at Los Alamitos in her winning debut at 6 1/2 furlongs. The daughter of McKinzie, sent off the even-money choice in an eight-horse field, hounded the pace and edged away in the lane to win by 1 1/4 lengths. She is out of the Quiet American mare Paulownia, a half-sister to Grade 2 winner and star broodmare Quiet Dance: the dam of both horse of the year Saint Liam and of Quiet Giant, a Grade 2 winner who produced horse of the year Gun Runner. Paulownia's top foal to date is Ice Blast, a 12-time winner by Keen Ice.
Steeze earned a 117 in a maiden special weight dirt mile at Gulfstream Park, graduating in his fifth career start. The 3-year-old colt by Vekoma, trained by Riley Mott, tracked the pace early before taking command, crossing the wire 5 1/2 lengths in front at 1-9 odds. He is out of the unraced Empire Maker mare Stylish Ways, whose best foal to date is Wayward Kitten, a Grade 3-placed earner of $168,224.
Friday's top maiden winners
| HRN | Horse | Sire | Age | Race | Distance | Winning Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120 | Snide | Tonalist | 3F | AQU 4 | 1 mile dirt | 4 3/4 |
| 118 | Toaster | McKinzie | 2F | LRC 3 | 6 1/2f dirt | 1 1/4 |
| 117 | Steeze | Vekoma | 3C | GP 4 | 1 mile dirt | 5 1/2 |
| 112 | Party in the Army | Army Mule | 2C | AQU 8 | 6 1/2f dirt | 5 1/2 |
| 112 | Our Standard | By My Standards | 2C | FG 4 | 6f dirt | 8 1/4 |
| 108 | Prince Day | Race Day | 4G | FG 1 | 1 mile 70 yds dirt | 3 3/4 |
| 108 | Liberty Rising | Central Banker | 3C | AQU 2 | 6f dirt | 1/2 |
| 108 | Great White | Volatile | 2G | TP 5 | 6f syn | 2 1/4 |
| 107 | Agrippina | Tacitus | 2F | OP 7 | 6f dirt | 4 |
| 105 | Replevin | Tom's d'Etat | 3G | GP 6 | 1 mile turf | 3/4 |
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 continuously 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.
Note: For the fastest maiden winners mentioned, all dam and sibling earnings are based on North American starts only.