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

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There Goes Harvard tied for the highest Brisnet Speed Rating and earned the highest Beyer Speed figure among last week's winners.

The 7-year-old son of Will Take Charge led gate to wire to win the Grade 3 San Marcos by 3 1/4 lengths for trainer Michael McCarthy. Frankie Dettori was aboard for the 1 1/4-mile trip on Santa Anita's downhill turf course.

It was the first win in nine starts since There Goes Harvard scored in the Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) in May 2022. The San Marcos was the 2025 debut for There Goes Harvard, who was 10th in the Breeders' Cup Turf in his prior start.

Also scoring 97 Brisnet ratings were John Hancock, winner of the Sam F. Davis on the Tampa Bay Downs road to the Kentucky Derby, and Sand Devil, winner of the Damon Runyon at Aqueduct.

The fastest of all runners last week was Colloquial, a 3-year-old son of Vekoma trained by George Weaver. In his second start and first since June, he won a maiden special weight at Aqueduct by seven lengths with Manny Franco riding. He earned a 109 Brisnet rating and a 106 Beyer.

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
John HancockSam F. Davis1 1/16 miles    97   85
Sand DevilDamon Runyon7 furlongs    97   83
There Goes HarvardSan Marcos (G3)1 1/4 miles (turf)    97 100
Blue DevilWinsham Lad1 mile    95   83
La CaraSuncoast1 mile, 40 yards    93   84
Nic's StyleMinaret6 furlongs    92   87
Wild Bout HilaryBayakoa (G3)1 1/16 miles    91   84
CasaluSweet Life6 1/2 furlongs (turf)    90   80
Epona's HopeLadies' Turf Sprint5 furlongs (turf)    89   88
Nutella FellaPelican6 furlongs    89   83
BernieandtheroseEast View7 furlongs    84   74
Let Him BeJamison Memorial6 1/2 furlongs    83   82
HollygroveValdale6 1/2 furlongs    82   72

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