These runners have the highest weekend speed figures
In the Grade 3 Monmouth Cup on Saturday, Highly Motivated set a Monmouth Park record, covering 1 1/8 miles in 1:46.53. He topped the mark left by Spend A Buck, who won the 1985 Monmouth Handicap (G1) in 1:46 4/5.
Four races later, Cyberknife broke it again, going the distance in 1:46.24 in the Haskell (G1).
So, yes, it was a fast track on the Jersey Shore this weekend. Craig Milkowski of TimeformUS noted in a Saturday Twitter post, "Monmouth was rated a pretty rare 10 on the Track Speed scale today, which goes from 1 to 10. Saratoga was a 5 by comparison."
One interesting note is that Heywoods Beach got the highest Brisnet Speed Rating among the weekend's stakes runners, at 106, but only a 91 Beyer.
For this weekend's stakes runners, here are Beyer figures from Daily Racing Form, Brisnet Speed Ratings and TimeformUS Speed Figures, as provided by Craig Milkowski.
| Horse | Race, distance | Jockey | Beyer | Brisnet | TimeformUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nest | CCA Oaks, 1 1/8 miles | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 104 | 104 | 130 |
| Adhamo | United Nations, 1 3/8 miles (turf) | Flavien Prat | 103 | 94 | 122 |
| Cyberknife | Haskell, 1 1/8 miles | Florent Geroux | 102 | 104 | 123 |
| Taiba | Haskell (2nd) | Mike Smith | 101 | ||
| Filo Di Arianna | Connaught Cup, 7f (turf) | Luis Contreras | 101 | 91 | |
| Jack Christopher | Haskell (3rd) | Jose Ortiz | 98 | ||
| Search Results | Molly Pitcher, 1 1/16 miles | Prat | 97 | 98 | 114 |
| Highly Motivated | Monmouth Cup, 1 1/8 miles | Prat | 96 | 101 | 119 |
| Breakthrough | Wolf Hill, 5 1/2f (turf) | Samy Camacho | 96 | 93 | 118 |
| Wakanaka | Dance Smartly, 1 1/16 miles (turf) | Rafael Hernandez | 95 | 87 | |
| Hazelbrook | Hendrie, 6 1/2f (synthetic) | Jason Hoyte | 94 | 90 | |
| Lemista | Matchmaker, 1 1/8 miles (turf) | Prat | 94 | 94 | 121 |
| Robin Sparkles | Caress, 5 1/2f (turf) | Javier Castellano | 93 | 96 | 118 |
| Moira | Woodbine Oaks, 1 1/8 miles (synthetic) | Hernandez | 92 | 95 | |
| Heywoods Beach | Cougar II, 1 1/2 miles | Ramon Vazquez | 91 | 106 |