Speed figures 2024: These are the year’s fastest horses
Adding evidence to his case for an Eclipse Award, Sierra Leone earned the highest Brisnet Speed Rating of the year for his win in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
With Flavien Prat riding, the Gun Runner colt rallied to win by 1 1/2 lengths, giving trainer Chad Brown his first Classic victory. Sierra Leone earned a 114 Brisnet Speed Rating along with the $3.64 million share of the purse.
Sierra Leone also got a 112 Beyer Speed Figure, but two horses had higher Beyers for the year. Cogburn got a 114 for his world-record, 5 1/2-furlong time of 59.80 seconds in winning the Grade 1 Jaipur to go with a 100 Brisnet. Ova Charged got a 113 Beyer and a 104 Brisnet for her win in the Page Cortez Stakes at Fair Grounds in March.
Here are the race winners with Brisnet Speed Ratings of 106 or higher in 2024 and with Beyer Speed Figures from Daily Racing Form.
| Horse | Race | Date | Brisnet | Beyer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | Breeders’ Cup Classic | Nov. 2 | 114 | 112 |
| Warrior Johny | AOC, Saratoga | July 11 | 111 | 98 |
| Full Count Felicia | E. P. Taylor | Sept. 14 | 110 | 101 |
| Straight No Chaser | Santa Anita Sprint Championship | Sept. 29 | 109 | 103 |
| Rebel's Romance | Breeders’ Cup Turf | Nov. 2 | 109 | 106 |
| Rated by Merit | FTBOA Florida Sire In Reality | Nov. 30 | 109 | 93 |
| Next | Brooklyn | July 5 | 108 | 109 |
| Mixto | Pacific Classic | Aug. 31 | 108 | 100 |
| Highway Robber | Sycamore | Oct. 11 | 108 | 98 |
| Mr. Wireless | alw. OC, Fair Grounds | March 14 | 107 | 102 |
| Raging Torrent | alw. OC, Churchill Downs | May 4 | 107 | 104 |
| Silver Knott | Bowling Green | July 28 | 107 | 105 |
| Arthur's Ride | Whitney | Aug. 3 | 107 | 110 |
| Reckoning Force | alw. OC, Saratoga | Aug. 17 | 107 | 97 |
| Fierceness | Travers | Aug. 24 | 107 | 111 |
| Raging Torrent | Pat O’Brien | Aug. 24 | 107 | 104 |
| Subsanador | California Crown | Sept. 28 | 107 | 106 |
| Federal Judge | Phoenix | Oct. 4 | 107 | 106 |
| Truly Quality | Singspiel | Oct. 5 | 107 | 95 |
| Mystic Pleasure | alw. OC, Keeneland | Oct. 13 | 107 | |
| Accuracy | MSW, Santa Anita | Oct. 19 | 107 | 107 |
| Citizen Bull | Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | Nov. 1 | 107 | 96 |
| Thorpedo Anna | Breeders’ Cup Distaff | Nov. 2 | 107 | 100 |
| Mindframe | MSW, Gulfstream Park | March 30 | 106 | 103 |
| Fierceness | Florida Derby | March 30 | 106 | 110 |
| First Mission | Alysheba | May 3 | 106 | 106 |
| Chili Flag | Churchill Distaff Turf Mile | May 4 | 106 | 97 |
| Ways and Means | allowance, Saratoga | June 6 | 106 | 104 |
| Arthur's Ride | alw. OC, Saratoga | June 7 | 106 | 111 |
| Dornoch | Belmont | June 8 | 106 | 101 |
| Sweet Azteca | Great Lady M | July 6 | 106 | 106 |
| Get Smokin | United Nations | July 20 | 106 | 98 |
| Curlin's Kaos | Real Good Deal | Aug. 2 | 106 | 96 |
| Ag Bullet | Ladies Turf Sprint | Aug. 31 | 106 | 106 |
| One Magic Philly | alw. OC, Del Mar | Sept. 2 | 106 | |
| Next | Greenwood Cup | Sept. 21 | 106 | 102 |
| Rated by Merit | FTBOA Florida Sire Affirmed | Oct. 19 | 106 | 99 |
| Straight No Chaser | Breeders’ Cup Sprint | Nov. 2 | 106 | 103 |