Prince of Monaco leads last week's 20 fastest stakes winners
In beating the odds-on favorite and stablemate in Saturday's Grade 3 Best Pal, Prince of Monaco earned the highest speed figures of last week's stakes winners.
The Bob Baffert trainee tops the list with a Brisnet Speed Rating of 102 and a Beyer Speed Figure of 103, the highest rating from both services for a 2-year-old this year.
With Flavien Prat riding, the Speightstown colt covered the six furlongs in 1:09.19, 4 1/4 lengths ahead of Muth.
Dr. Ardito, who won six in a row before two stakes losses, bounced back in the Evan Shipman Handicap at Saratoga to have the week's second-highest Brisnet, at 101.
Casa Creed was next in the Brisnet ratings and second in the Beyers for his rallying win in the Fourstardave (G1). That followed the 7-year-old's win in the Kelso (G3) in his prior start.
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 and TimeformUS Speed Figures where available.
| Horse | Race, distance | Jockey | Brisnet | Beyer | TimeformUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince of Monaco | Best Pal (G3), 6 furlongs | Flavien Prat | 102 | 103 | |
| Dr Ardito | Evan Shipman, 1 mile | Manuel Franco | 101 | 95 | |
| Casa Creed | Fourstardave (G1), 1 mile (turf) | Luis Saez | 100 | 101 | 125 |
| Stage Raider | R.A. "Cowboy" Jones, 1 mile | Brian Hernandez Jr. | 100 | 94 | |
| Infinite Patience | BC Cup Distaff, 1 1/16 miles | Antonio Reyes | 99 | 81 | |
| Tumbarumba | Ellis Park Derby, 1 mile | Rafael Bejarano | 99 | 94 | |
| Fev Rover | Beverly D. (G1), 1 3/16 miles | Javier Castellano | 98 | 99 | 124 |
| Five Star General | Longacres Mile, 1 mile | Joe Bravo | 97 | 97 | |
| Set Piece | Arlington Million (G1), 1 1/4 miles (turf) | Florent Geroux | 97 | 100 | 123 |
| Thealligatorhunter | Wally's Choice, 1 1/16 miles | Constantino Roman | 97 | 95 | 108 |
| Falconet | Groupie Doll, 1 mile | Gerardo Corrales | 96 | 88 | |
| L J's Emma | Galway, 5 1/2 furlongs (turf) | Luis Saez | 96 | 92 | 112 |
| Bentornato | Proud Man, 6 furlongs | Emisael Jaramillo | 95 | 88 | |
| Carl Spackler | National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame (G2), 1 mile (turf) | Tyler Gaffalione | 95 | 97 | |
| Dataman | Bald Eagle Derby, 1 3/16 miles (turf) | Jorge Ruiz | 94 | 89 | |
| Big Nick | Harvey Warner Manitoba Mile, 1 mile | Antonio Whitehall | 93 | 82 | |
| Grannys Connection | Union Avenue, 6 furlongs | Javier Castellano | 93 | 87 | |
| Closing Remarks | Yellow Ribbon (G2), 1 1/16 miles (turf) | Umberto Rispoli | 92 | 85 | |
| Dreamfyre | Sorrento (G3), 6 furlongs | Hector Berrios | 92 | 81 | |
| Me and My Shadow | Bison City, 1 1/16 miles (synthetic) | Emma-Jayne Wilson | 92 | 83 |