Speed figures: These are last week's 20 fastest stakes winners
Worcester got his first stakes victory and the highest Brisnet Speed Rating among last week's stakes winners for his 1 1/2-length score in the Frank Y. Whiteley at Laurel Park on Saturday.
The 5-year-old son of Empire Maker, trained by Brittany Russell and ridden by Sheldon Russell, drove clear in the stretch to win the seven-furlong sprint on a muddy track by 1 1/2 lengths.
Initially trained by Bob Baffert, Worcester had his first race for Russell in November after a 15-month absence. He has a 5: 3-2-0 record with Russell.
Worcester also got a 95 Beyer Speed Figure for his performance. The stakes winner with the highest Beyer was Carl Spackler, winner of the Grade 1 Maker's Mark Mile. He got a 103 Beyer and a 98 Brisnet. The highest Beyers of the week went to Skelly, 107 for his win in an optional-claiming allowance at Oaklawn, and Awesome Aaron, 104, who also won an optional claimer at Oaklawn.
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 | Distance | Brisnet | Beyer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester | Frank Y. Whiteley | 7 furlongs | 101 | 95 |
| Booth | Count Fleet Sprint (G3) | 6 furlongs | 100 | 97 |
| Cataleya Strike | Native Dancer | 1 1/8 miles | 99 | 86 |
| Carl Spackler | Maker's Mark Mile (G1) | 1 mile (turf) | 98 | 103 |
| Choisya | Jenny Wiley (G1) | 1 1/16 miles (turf) | 98 | 100 |
| Positano Sunset | Madison (G1) | 7 furlongs | 98 | 100 |
| Burnham Square | Blue Grass (G1) | 1 1/8 miles | 97 | 96 |
| Extra Anejo | Commonwealth (G3) | 7 furlongs | 96 | 97 |
| Colloquial | Lafayette | 7 furlongs | 95 | 88 |
| Future Is Now | Giant's Causeway (G3) | 5 1/2 furlongs (turf) | 95 | 96 |
| Shisospicy | Limestone | 5 1/2 furlongs (turf) | 95 | 83 |
| Nitrogen | Appalachian (G2) | 1 mile (turf) | 94 | 87 |
| Prince Valiant | New York Stallion | 6 1/2 furlongs | 94 | 88 |
| Thorpedo Anna | Apple Blossom (G1) | 1 1/16 miles | 94 | 93 |
| Gosger | Lexington (G3) | 1 1/16 miles | 93 | 87 |
| Test Score | Transylvania (G3) | 1 1/16 miles (turf) | 93 | 87 |
| Think Big | Shakertown (G2) | 5 1/2 furlongs (turf) | 93 | 100 |
| Allnight Moonlight | Don Stemmans Memorial | 1 1/16 miles (turf) | 92 | 87 |
| La Cara | Ashland (G1) | 1 1/16 miles | 92 | 88 |
| Royal Spa | Heavenly Cause | 1 mile | 92 | 91 |