These are the weekend's 10 fastest stakes winners
Life Is Good's win in the Grade 1 Woodward on Saturday brought his record for the year to an impressive 4-for-5, albeit with a performance that some considered less than impressive.
But it was enough to garner top weekend speed figures from Brisnet and Beyer. With Irad Ortiz aboard in for the 1 1/8-mile trip in the slop at the Belmont at Aqueduct meet, Life Is Good earned a 106 Brisnet Speed Rating and a 126 TimeformUS Speed Figure, both tops among stakes winners for the weekend. He also earned a 97 Beyer Speed Figure, according to Daily Racing Form.
The highest Beyer of the weekend was a 103 for Dancing Buck, winner of the Belmont Turf Sprint (G3) on yielding turf at Aqueduct. Making his first graded-stakes appearance, he earned a 92 rating from Brisnet and 118 from TimeformUS.
Here are the top 10 Brisnet ratings for weekend stakes winners, along with Beyer and TimeformUS figures, where available.
| Horse | Race, distance | Jockey | Brisnet | Beyer | TimeformUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life Is Good | Woodward (G1), 1 1/8 miles | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 106 | 97 | 126 |
| Shackqueenking | DTHA Governors Day, 1 mile, 70 yards | Angel Suarez | 104 | 99 | 115 |
| Defunded | Awesome Again (G1), 1 1/8 miles | Edwin Maldonado | 103 | 99 | 123 |
| Clapton | Gil Campbell Memorial, 1 mile | Edgard Zayas | 102 | 95 | |
| Factor It In | Challedon, 5f | Jorge Ruiz | 101 | 94 | 111 |
| Heywoods Beach | Tokyo City Cup (G3), 1 1/2 miles | Ramon Vazquez | 100 | 92 | |
| Battle Bling | Twixt, 1 1/16 miles | Angel Cruz | 99 | 92 | 110 |
| Hot Rod Charlie | Lukas Classic (G2), 1 1/8 miles | Tyler Gaffalione | 99 | 101 | 118 |
| Señor Buscador | Ack Ack (G3), 1 mile | Francisco Arrieta | 98 | 98 | 121 |
| Ce Ce | Chillingworth (G3), 6 1/2f | Victor Espinoza | 96 | 95 |