Speed figures: These are last week's 20 fastest stakes winners
Our Last Chance, a 7-year-old gelding making his 29th career start, earned last week's highest Horse Racing Nation speed figure, 131, for his win in the black-type John Wayne Stakes at Prairie Meadows.
Ridden by Walter De La Cruz, Our Last Chance was in second at every call before taking the lead approaching the sixteenth pole and holding on to win by a neck.
He also got a 91 Brisnet Speed Rating and and 85 Beyer Speed Figure for his effort.
The highest Brisnet ratings of the week, 97, went to Ohio Derby (G3) winner Mo Plex, Chicago (G2) winner Vahva and Musical Romance winner Haulin Ice. Vahva also got the highest Beyer, 97.
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 speed figures, with Brisnet Speed Ratings and Beyer Speed Figures from Daily Racing Form.
| Horse | Race | Distance | HRN | Brisnet | Beyer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Last Chance | John Wayne | 6 furlongs | 131 | 91 | 85 |
| Duncan Idaho | It's Only Money | 4 1/2 furlongs | 129 | 83 | 71 |
| Mo Plex | Ohio Derby (G3) | 1 1/8 miles | 126 | 97 | 96 |
| Vahva | Chicago (G2) | 7 furlongs | 124 | 97 | 97 |
| Kings River Knight | Bertrando | 1 mile | 121 | 92 | 89 |
| Authoritarian Girl | Dr. T.F. Classen Memorial | 6 furlongs | 115 | 86 | 68 |
| Haulin Ice | Musical Romance H. | 6 1/2 furlongs | 115 | 97 | |
| Secret Saga | Josephine County | 5 1/2 furlongs | 115 | 77 | |
| Love Cervere | Alywow | 6 1/2 furlongs (turf) | 113 | 87 | 83 |
| Friend Ofthe Devil | New York Stallion | 6 furlongs (turf) | 112 | 89 | 88 |
| Won Happy Mama | Mamie Eisenhower | 6 furlongs | 111 | 86 | 71 |
| Clovisconnection | Budweiser | 6 furlongs | 111 | 93 | |
| Si That Tiger | Auburn | 6 furlongs | 110 | 91 | |
| Goldeneye Magic | Lady Jacqueline | 1 1/8 miles | 109 | 87 | 80 |
| Rodeo Rose | Don Jackson Memorial | 5 1/1 furlongs | 109 | 73 | |
| Whenigettoheaven | Ben's Cat | 6 furlongs (turf) | 109 | 94 | 91 |
| Superwolf | Daniel Stearns Cleveland Gold Cup | 1 1/8 miles | 105 | 84 | 75 |
| Villian | George Lewis Memorial | 1 1/16 miles | 104 | 91 | 74 |
| Attracted | Hastings | 6 furlongs | 103 | 88 | |
| Lifelovenlaughter | Jameela | 6 furlongs (turf) | 103 | 90 | 83 |