It's Our Time wows with 6th fastest 2yo maiden win in 10 years
In the last decade, only a select group of 2-year-olds have managed to earn a Horse Racing Nation speed figure of 125 or higher in their summertime maiden victories. The latest addition to this elite group came Saturday when It's Our Time dominated his maiden special weight debut at Saratoga.
The 2-year-old colt by Not This Time earned a 129 HRN speed figure while winning by 17 3/4 lengths. Trained by Tom Amoss and out of the mare Shea D Summer, this first-time starter announced himself as a future star with his explosive performance.
"We went by (the leader) really, really quickly and opened up on this field," trainer Tom Amoss said on the At The Races program Monday. "I've never experienced that with a first-time starter. I've had it happen once when Serengeti Empress ran the Pocohontas at Churchill Downs. To have it happen with a first-time starter was really something."
Elite company
It's Our Time's 129 HRN speed figure places him in remarkable company. His debut performance surpassed the maiden-winning speed figures of several horses who went on to achieve multiple Grade 1 victories, including Fierceness, Locked and Tiz the Law. Also of note, It's Our Time followed in his sire's footsteps as Not This Time earned a 121 in 2016.
Only five 2-year-olds since 2016 have earned higher maiden-winning speed figures during the summer months, placing the Tom Amoss trainee in truly exceptional territory.
Top 20 2-year-old summer maiden wins since 2016
| HRN figure |
Date | Track | Horse | Sire | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 142 | 8/13/16 | SAR | Good Samaritan | Harlan's Holiday | $1,309,450 |
| 138 | 8/20/22 | SAR | Echo Again | Gun Runner | $326,623 |
| 137 | 7/27/19 | ELP | Dennis' Moment | Tiznow | $302,962 |
| 131 | 9/16/17 | CD | Ezmosh | Tizway | $238,683 |
| 130 | 9/2/23 | SAR | General Partner | Speightstown | $344,180 |
| 129 | 8/16/25 | SAR | It's Our Time | Not This Time | $55,000 |
| 127 | 8/25/23 | SAR | Fierceness | City of Light | $4,555,320 |
| 127 | 9/21/19 | PRX | Chase Tracker | Verrazano | $146,812 |
| 126 | 8/6/23 | SAR | *Ways and Means | Practical Joke | $997,500 |
| 126 | 9/29/18 | PRX | Maximus Mischief | Into Mischief | $225,700 |
| 126 | 8/25/18 | GP | Trophy Chaser | Twirling Candy | $274,830 |
| 125 | 9/1/23 | SAR | Locked | Gun Runner | $1,746,825 |
| 124 | 8/14/22 | SAR | *Chocolate Gelato | Practical Joke | $302,950 |
| 124 | 8/8/19 | SAR | Tiz the Law | Constitution | $2,735,300 |
| 123 | 7/26/25 | DMR | Brant | Gun Runner | $48,000 |
| 123 | 7/21/23 | ELP | Timberlake | Into Mischief | $1,303,100 |
| 122 | 8/6/16 | DMR | Straight Fire | Dominus | $146,400 |
| 121 | 8/13/22 | DMR | Cave Rock | Arrogate | $748,000 |
| 121 | 8/12/16 | ELP | Not This Time | Giant's Causeway | $454,183 |
| 120 | 8/14/25 | SAR | Belgian | Beau Liam | $55,000 |
*Filly
Promising 2025 juveniles
The 2025 crop of 2-year-olds already has produced several impressive maiden winners, with five horses earning speed figures of 118 or higher in their debuts. Led by It's Our Time's 129 figure, this group includes Brant, who earned a 123 HRN speed figure at Del Mar in July for trainer Bob Baffert. Belgian rounds out the top three with his 120 HRN speed figure at Saratoga, where he won his debut by 11 lengths for trainer George Weaver.
Top 2025 2-year-old maiden speed figures
| HRN figure |
Date | Track | Horse | Sire | Career starts |
Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | 8/16/25 | SAR | It's Our Time | Not This Time | 1 | $55,000 |
| 123 | 7/26/25 | DMR | Brant | Gun Runner | 1 | $48,000 |
| 120 | 8/14/25 | SAR | Belgian | Beau Liam | 1 | $55,000 |
| 118 | 8/10/25 | SAR | *Carmel Coast | Omaha Beach | 1 | $55,000 |
| 118 | 8/2/25 | ELP | Blackout Time | Not This Time | 2 | $82,316 |
*Filly