Speed figures: Top stakes winners include Antiquarian, Fierceness
He's Just Lucky earned a 139 highest Horse Racing Nation speed figure for his win Saturday in the Louisiana Cup Sprint, the highest HRN speed figure among last week's stakes winners.
It was the third win in a row for the Louisiana-bred gelding by Breaking Lucky. Trained by Allen Landry and ridden by Jansen Melancon, He's Just Lucky took the lead coming out of the turn of the six-furlong race and won by 4 1/2 lengths over odds-on favorite El Dinero. He also got a 103 Brisnet Speed Rating and a 103 Beyer Speed Figure.
Next on the list is Special Wan, who got a 138 HRN figure for her win in the Grade 3 Ladies Turf at Kentucky Downs.
Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) winner Antiquarian got a 136 HRN speed figure and Pacific Classic (G1) winner Fierceness got a 126.
For more on speed figures, see Horse Racing Nation’s database of the top speed figures of the year, where you can sort runners by age, sex, surface and distance.
Here are the figures for last week's highest-rated stakes winners, ranked by HRN figures, with Brisnet Speed Ratings and Beyer Speed Figures from Daily Racing Form.
| Horse | Race | Distance | HRN | Brisnet | Beyer |
| He's Just Lucky | Louisiana Cup Sprint | 6 furlongs | 139 | 103 | 103 |
| Special Wan | Ladies Turf (G3) | 1 mile (turf) | 138 | 97 | 99 |
| Antiquarian | Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) | 1 1/4 miles | 136 | 108 | 108 |
| Fierceness | Pacific Classic (G1) | 1 1/4 miles | 126 | 111 | 107 |
| Wimbledon Hawkeye | Nashville Derby Invitational | 1 5/16 miles (turf) | 126 | 97 | 98 |
| Formidable Man | Del Mar Mile (G2) | 1 mile (turf) | 125 | 95 | 98 |
| Citizen Bull | Shared Belief | 1 mile | 125 | 98 | 98 |
| Bellezza | Flower Bowl (G2) | 1 3/8 miles (turf) | 123 | 103 | 96 |
| Ohio Joe | Crowd Pleaser | 1 1/16 miles (turf) | 122 | 75 | 75 |
| Lagynos | Tapit | 1 mile, 70 yards (turf) | 122 | 102 | 104 |