Speed figures: These are last week's 20 fastest stakes winners
Get Smokin, making his second start after a nearly nine-month break, earned a 106 Brisnet Speed Rating for his win in the Grade 2 United Nations, the highest Brisnet rating among last week's stakes winners.
With Fernando De La Cruz riding, the 7-year-old gelding led at every call and held on to win the 1 3/8-mile turf race by a nose for trainer Mark Casse. He also got a 98 Beyer Speed Figure for the victory.
Three stakes winners had Brisnet ratings of 100 to tie for second on this week's list: Dornoch for his Haskell (G1) win, Book'em Danno for winning the Jersey Shore and First Peace for winning the Wickerr.
The highest Beyer of the week, 103, went to Dornoch, who was coming off a win in the Belmont when he scored at Monmouth Park on Saturday. The next highest Beyers went to Book'em Danno and Tapit Trice, who won the Monmouth Cup (G3) by 5 1/4 lengths in his first start since last year's Travers (G1).
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 where available.
| Horse | Race | Jockey | Brisnet | Beyer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get Smokin | United Nations (G2), 1 3/8 miles (turf) | Fernando De La Cruz | 106 | 98 |
| Book'em Danno | Jersey Shore, 6 furlongs | Samuel Marin | 100 | 101 |
| Dornoch | Haskell (G1), 1 1/8 miles | Luis Saez | 100 | 103 |
| First Peace | Wickerr, 1 mile (turf) | Mike Smith | 100 | 100 |
| Here Mi Song | Jeff Hall Memorial, 6 1/2 furlongs | Edgar Morales | 99 | 99 |
| Thorpedo Anna | CCA Oaks (G1), 1 1/8 miles | Brian Hernandez Jr. | 99 | 95 |
| Unmatched Wisdom | Curlin, 1 1/8 miles | Flavien Prat | 99 | 99 |
| Raging Sea | Shuvee (G2), 1 1/8 miles | Flavien Prat | 98 | 91 |
| Tapit Trice | Monmouth Cup (G3), 1 1/8 miles | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 98 | 101 |
| Pandagate | New York Derby, 1 1/16 miles | Dylan Davis | 95 | 89 |
| Ag Bullet | Osunitas, 1 mile (turf) | Umberto Rispoli | 94 | 88 |
| Chancery Way | Governor's Cup, 6 furlongs | Assael Espinoza | 94 | 87 |
| Cruden Bay | Connaught Cup (G2), 7 furlongs (turf) | Sofia Vives | 94 | 96 |
| Formidable Man | Oceanside, 1 mile (turf) | Umberto Rispoli | 94 | 87 |
| Generous Lover | Vivacious, 1 1/16 miles (turf) | Luis Rivera | 94 | 86 |
| Idiomatic | Molly Pitcher (G3), 1 1/16 miles | Florent Geroux | 94 | 97 |
| Arma d'Oro | Governor's Stakes, 6 1/2 furlongs | Kevin Krigger | 93 | |
| My Shea D Lady | New York Stallion Series, 1 mile | Javier Castellano | 93 | 75 |
| Slew's Tiz Whiz | Governor's Stakes, 6 1/2 furlongs | Jose Zunino | 93 | |
| The Big Torpedo | New York Stallion Series, 1 mile (turf) | Eric Cancel | 93 | 89 |