Speed figures: These are last week's 15 fastest stakes winners

Photo: Laurel Park

Circle P broke a six-race losing streak to win a Laurel Park stakes and earned the highest Brisnet Speed Rating, 100, in the process.

The 4-year-old Speighster gelding, a Maryland-bred trained by Flint Stites, covered the six furlongs in 1:10.69 to win the Not for Love Stakes by a nose at the wire. Circle P also earned an 89 Beyer Speed Figure.

Skippylongstocking was the stakes winner with the highest Beyer of the weekend, earning a 103 Beyer and 98 Brisnet for his win in the Challenger (G3) at Gulfstream Park. It was his third win in the 1 1/16-mile stakes and his first win in four starts since he scored in the Charles Town Classic (G2) in August.

In the lone Kentucky Derby points prep of the weekend, Owen Almighty earned a 95 Brisnet rating and 92 Beyer for his win in the Tampa Bay Derby (G3). Reigning horse of the year Thorpedo Anna got a 95 on both the Brisnet and Beyer scales when winning the Azeri (G2) in her 2025 debut.

See the top speed figures of the year by age, sex and surface

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 Brisnet Speed Ratings, with Beyer Speed Figures from Daily Racing Form.

 Horse Race DistanceBrisnetBeyer
Circle PNot For Love 6 furlongs  100   89
Zulu KingdomColumbia 1 mile (turf)    99   83
SkippylongstockingChallenger (G3)1 1/16 miles    98 103
CavalieriBeholder Mile (G1)1 mile    97 101
Air Force RedSan Simeon (G3)6 1/2 furlongs (turf)    95   94
Owen AlmightyTampa Bay Derby (G3)1 1/16 miles    95   92
Thorpedo AnnaAzeri (G2)1 1/16 miles    95   95
Nic's StyleHurricane Bertie (G3)6 1/2 furlongs    94   86
NitrogenFlorida Oaks (G3)1 1/16 miles (turf)    93   86
SoontobekingGander 1 mile    92   75
Arrest Me RedBig Daddy 6 furlongs    91   93
BernieandtheroseMaddie May 1 mile    91   75
GaveaMardi Gras 5 1/2 furlongs (turf)    91   81
StickwiththecolorsConniver 7 furlongs    91   74
Burner AccountMain Line 1 1/16 miles    90   60

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