Speed figures: These are last week's 22 fastest stakes winners
Book'em Danno once again showed his love of Saratoga on Saturday, putting up the fastest Horse Racing Nation speed figure of Belmont Stakes week, a 140, in his 1 1/4-length score over Mullikin in the Grade 3 True North.
The victory in the True North was Book'em Danno's second graded-stakes win at Saratoga after the Woody Stephens (G1) on Belmont Stakes weekend last year. In his only other start at the Spa, Book'em Danno was a good third to Domestic Product in the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial (G1) in August. Saturday's win in the True North also earned Book'em Danno a 104 Brisnet Speed Rating and a 102 Beyer Speed Figure.
Sovereignty, who followed up his win in the Kentucky Derby with a three-length triumph over Journalism in the Belmont Stakes, earned the highest Brisnet figure of the week, 111. The effort also earned him a 138 HRN speed figure, the third fastest of the week, and a 109 Beyer, second fastest of the week. The fastest Beyer of the week, 111, went to Ways and Means for her 7 3/4-length romp in the Bed o' Roses at Saratoga on Friday. The effort also earned her a 137 HRN figure and a 107 Brisnet rating.
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 | Jockey | HRN | Brisnet | Beyer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book'em Danno | True North (G3) | Paco Lopez | 140 | 104 | 102 |
| Deterministic | Manhattan (G1) | Kendrick Carmouche | 139 | 98 | 100 |
| Sovereignty | Belmont Stakes | Junior Alvarado | 138 | 111 | 109 |
| Ways and Means | Bed o' Roses (G2) | Flavien Prat | 137 | 107 | 111 |
| Patch Adams | Woody Stephens (G1) | Luis Saez | 137 | 103 | 99 |
| Glengarry | Ed Skinner | Tyler Bacon | 135 | 94 | 92 |
| He's Just Lucky | Louisiana Legends Sprint | Jansen Melancon | 132 | 100 | 100 |
| Silent Rule | Best of Ohio Diana | Brandon Tapara | 128 | 93 | 84 |
| Sawasdee | SS Pee Wee | Ronald Ali | 127 | 94 | 81 |
| Too Much Action | Wayne Hanks Memorial | Rene Diaz | 127 | 96 | 90 |
| Gaming | Affirmed | Hector Berrios | 127 | 101 | 94 |
| Bank Frenzy | Commentator | Manuel Franco | 123 | 99 | 97 |
| Empire's Fire | Best of Ohio Babst/Palacios Memorial | Jose Bracho | 123 | 90 | 78 |
| Dorth Vader | Ogden Phipps (G1) | John Velazquez | 123 | 102 | 94 |
| Raging Torrent | Metropolitan Handicap (G1) | Frankie Dettori | 123 | 98 | 106 |
| La Cara | Acorn (G1) | Dylan Davis | 123 | 101 | 93 |
| Kilwin | Leslie's Lady Overnight | Edgar Morales | 123 | 95 | 84 |
| Sky Rocker | Danny Shifflett Scholarship | Alfredo Juarez Jr. | 121 | 90 | 83 |
| Bernietakescharge | Critical Eye | Romero Maragh | 121 | 99 | 94 |
| Nitrogen | Wonder Again (G3) | Jose Ortiz | 120 | 97 | 91 |
| Mor Victory | Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame | Isaiah Wiseman | 120 | 87 | 88 |
| Warrior Johny | Jim and Sandra Rasmussen | Alex Birzer | 120 | 96 | 91 |