These are last week's 10 fastest stakes winners
The highest speed figures for last week's stakes winners went to Highland Chief, winner of the Sycamore (G3) at Keeneland Friday.
With John Velazquez in the saddle for the first time, the 5-year-old trained by Graham Motion covered the 1 1/2 miles on firm turf in 2:28.87. That earned him a 99 Brisnet Speed Rating, a 98 Beyer Speed Figure and a 121 TimeformUS Speed Figure.
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Second on the list below, ranked by Brisnet ratings, is The Chosen Vron, winner of the black-type California Flag Sunday at Santa Anita for trainer Eric Kruljac. With Hector Berrios riding, they went 6 1/2 furlongs on the downhill turf course in 1:12.50.
Next is Gina Romantica, who won the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) at Keeneland on Saturday for trainer Chad Brown, who also had the favorite, McKulick. Under Flavien Prat, she covered 1 1/8 miles on turf in 1:48.20.
Also noteworthy: The highest Beyer on the Daily Racing Form leaderboard for last week's runners, 152, went to Run Classic for a win at seven furlongs in a Keeneland allowance Saturday. Bret Calhoun's 4-year-old colt has won two in a row after a layoff of a year and a half.
Here are the top 10 Brisnet ratings for last week's stakes winners, along with Beyer and TimeformUS figures, where available.
| Horse | Race, distance | Jockey | Brisnet | Beyer | TimeformUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Chief | Sycamore (G3)1 1/2 miles (turf) | John Velazquez | 99 | 98 | 121 |
| The Chosen Vron | California Flag, 6 1/2f (turf) | Hector Berrios | 95 | 90 | |
| Gina Romantica | QE II Challenge Cup (G1), 1 1/8 miles (turf) | Flavien Prat | 94 | 91 | 121 |
| Hazelbrook | Ontario Fashion (G3), 6f (synthetic) | Jason Hoyte | 94 | 88 | |
| Lady's Golden Guy | Leon Reed Memorial, 6f | Nazario Avlarado | 94 | 78 | 108 |
| Caravel | Franklin (G3), 5 1/2f (turf) | Tyler Gaffalione | 93 | 89 | 113 |
| Eddie's New Dream | California Distaff, 6 1/2f (turf) | Mario Gutierrez | 93 | 89 | |
| A Man's Man | Bull Dog, 1 1/8 miles | Assael Espinoza | 92 | 91 | 112 |
| Agitare | John Forbes Memorial, 2 miles (turf) | Bernard Dalton | 92 | ||
| Tuskegee Airmen | Rocky Run, 1 mile | Paco Lopez | 90 | 84 | 97 |