Speed figures: These are last week's 20 fastest stakes winners
The Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks qualifiers at Aqueduct on Saturday produced the highest Brisnet Speed Ratings among last week's stakes winners.
Resilience, winner of the Grade 2 Wood Memorial, and Where's My Ring, winner of the Gazelle (G3), each earned a 104 Brisnet rating, along with 100 points to qualify for their respective races at Churchill Downs on the first weekend in May.
With John Velazquez aboard, Resilience drew clear in the stretch to win by 2 1/4 lengths for trainer Bill Mott.
In the Gazelle, Jose Lezcano rode favorite Where's My Ring to a 4 1/4-length win for trainer Val Brinkerhoff.
The stakes winner with the highest Beyer Speed Figure was Edge to Edge, who scored in the black-type Eclipse Stakes at Oaklawn on Sunday.
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The highest Beyer of the week, 105, went to Joey Freshwater for his win in an optional-claiming allowance at Aqueduct on Thursday.
Here are last week's 20 fastest stakes stakes winners, ranked by Brisnet Speed Ratings with Beyer Speed Figures from Daily Racing Form.
| Horses | Race | Jockey | Brisnet | Beyer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resilience | Wood Memorial (G2), 1 1/8 miles | John Velazquez | 104 | 90 |
| Where's My Ring | Gazelle (G3), 1 1/8 miles | Jose Lezcano | 104 | 90 |
| Kupuna | Evangeline Mile, 1 mile | Mitchell Murrill | 101 | 93 |
| Sierra Leone | Blue Grass (G1), 1 1/8 miles | Tyler Gaffalione | 101 | 98 |
| Denim and Pearls | Beaumont (G2), 7 furlongs | Flavien Prat | 100 | 98 |
| Edge to Edge | Eclipse, 6 furlongs | Rafael Bejarano | 100 | 101 |
| Glengarry | Lafayette, 7 furlongs | Luis Saez | 100 | 94 |
| Johannes | American (G3), 1 mile (turf) | Umberto Rispoli | 100 | 98 |
| Bo Cruz | Commonwealth (G3), 7 furlongs | Jose Ortiz | 99 | 96 |
| Presidential | Sunland Park, 1 1/8 miles | Luis Fuentes | 99 | 88 |
| Leslie's Rose | Ashland (G1), 1 1/16 miles | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 98 | 95 |
| Stronghold | Santa Anita Derby (G1), 1 1/8 miles | Antonio Fresu | 98 | 89 |
| Nothing Like You | Santa Anita Oaks (G2), 1 1/16 miles | Frankie Dettori | 97 | 91 |
| Alva Starr | Madison (G1), 7 furlongs | Tyler Gaffalione | 96 | 100 |
| Arzak | Shakertown (G2), 5 1/2 furlongs (turf) | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 96 | 98 |
| Shidabhuti | Distaff (G3), 7 furlongs | Dylan Davis | 96 | 88 |
| Post Time | Carter (G2), 7 furlongs | Sheldon Russell | 95 | 91 |
| Ag Bullet | Monrovia (G3), 6 1/2 furlongs (turf) | Umberto Rispoli | 93 | 90 |
| Buchu | Appalachian (G2), 1 mile (turf) | Martin Garcia | 93 | 84 |