Speed figures: These are last week's 20 fastest stakes winners

Photo: Coady Media / Turfway Park

Howard Wolowitz, a 3-year-old Munnings colt trained by Jose Francisco D'Angelo, earned the highest speed figures among last week's stakes winners for his victory in the Holiday Cheer on Saturday at Turfway Park.

Sent off as the 2-1 favorite and ridden by Emisael Jaramillo, Howard Wolowitz overcame a slow start to win the six-furlong sprint in 1:08.10, missing a track record by 0.7 seconds. He earned a 101 Brisnet Speed Rating and a 103 Beyer Speed Figure.

The win followed a troubled ninth-place finish in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. Before that, Howard Wolowitz won the Franklin-Simpson (G1) at Kentucky Downs.

Touchuponastar also had a 101 Brisnet, along with a 98 Beyer, after leading at every call of the Louisiana Champions Day Classic Stakes to win by 5 1/2 lengths.

In the Kentucky Derby points preps, Journalism got a 99 Brisnet and 87 Beyer for his win in the Los Alamitos Futurity (G2), and Coal Battle got a 91 Brisnet and 84 Beyer for his win in the Springboard Mile.

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 Brisnet Beyer
Howard WolowitzHoliday Cheer   101 103
TouchuponastarLouisiana Champions Day Classic   101   98
JournalismLos Alamitos Futurity (G2)     99   87
Geaux SugarLouisiana Champions Day Sprint     98   98
Awesome TreatHoliday Inaugural     97   92
ParosPrairie Bayou     97   94
Ron's GizmoSteady Growth     94   91
Smoken WickedLouisiana Champions Day Juvenile     94   89
Blue FireLouisiana Champions Day Lassie     93   88
C W PrizeJeffrey A. Hawk Memorial     93   90
Fashionably FabLa Prevoyante     92   84
Woods N WaterLouisiana Champions Day Turf     92   89
Coal BattleRemington Springboard Mile     91   84
Dana's BeautyMy Charmer     91   88
CuginoTropical Park Derby     89   91
Flashy LassShe's All In     89   82
Miss Code WestUseeit     89   82
Nic's StyleFTBOA City of Ocala Florida Sire     89   85
See You AroundTropical Park Oaks     89   89
Big MartiniFTBOA Marion County Florida Sire     87   80

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