These are last week's stakes winners with top speed figures

By Carolyn Greer
Photo: Candice Chavez / Eclipse Sportswire

First Mission's win in the Grade 3 Lexington on Saturday and Skelly's win in the Count Fleet Sprint (G3) tied for the highest Brisnet Speed Ratings among last week's stakes winners.

In the Lexington, Luis Saez and First Mission covered the 1 1/16 miles at Keeneland in 1:43.74 for trainer Brad Cox. He earned 20 qualifying points for Kentucky Derby 2023 with the win, but that was his only points prep so he wasn't close to making the Derby field.

In the Count Fleet, Ricardo Santana and Skelly went six furlongs at Oaklawn in 1:09.20 for the Steve Asmussen trainee's third straight win.

First Mission and Skelly each earned 103 Brisnet Speed Ratings. Skelly also got a 105 Beyer Speed Figure, according to Daily Racing Form, the highest Beyer of the week's stakes winners. And he earned a 127 TimeformUS Speed Figure. 

First Mission earned a 98 Beyer and 119 TimeformUS.

Here are the figures for last week's stakes winners, ranked by Brisnet Speed Ratings, with Beyer Speed Figures and TimeformUS Speed Figures where available.

  Horse  Race, distance  JockeyBrisnetBeyerTimeformUS
First MissionLexington (G3), 1 1/16 milesLuis Saez103  98119
SkellyCount Fleet Sprint (G3), 6fRicardo Santana Jr.103105127
In ItalianJenny Wiley (G1), 1 1/16 miles (turf)Irad Ortiz Jr.102100128
Chez PierreMaker's Mark Mile (G1), 1 mile (turf)Flavien Prat101103128
ClairiereApple Blossom (G1), 1 1/16 milesJoel Rosario  98102122
AlwaysinahurryFrank Y. Whiteley, 7fJorge Ruiz  97  94 
Big EverestDanger's Hour, 1 mile (turf)Manuel Franco  97  98120
Gaslight DancerPalisades, 5 1/2f (turf)Tyler Gaffalione  96  89 
Key of LifeBeaumont (G2), 7fFlavien Prat  96  90 
PerformFederico Tesio, 1 1/8 milesFeargal Lynch  94  84 
Beth's DreamHeavenly Cause, 1 mileJaime Rodriguez  91  89 
Evvie JetsPlenty of Grace, 1 mile (turf)Eric Cancel  91  93 
Twilight GleamingGiant's Causeway, 5 1/2f (turf)Irad Ortiz Jr.  90  95115
LuvluvWildcat, 1 3/8 miles (turf)Jose Valdivia Jr.  88  81 
Lucylou WhoOriginal Gold, 7fCarlos Lopez  87  73

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