Touchuponastar leads last week's fastest stakes winners
Touchuponastar was the star of the Fair Grounds show Saturday, going gate to wire in the Louisiana Champions Day Classic Stakes for his ninth win in his last 10 starts.
It was the second year in a row the gelded son of Star Guitar won the race, which his father won three times. The win brings Touchuponastar's career record to 13: 10-2-1 and earned him the highest speed figures among last week's stakes winners. He got a 104 Brisnet Speed Rating for his effort and a 97 Beyer Speed Figure from Daily Racing Form.
Trained by Jeff Delhomme and ridden by Timothy Thornton, Touchuponastar covered the 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.12.
In the week's only graded stakes, Nothing Like You earned a 94 Brisnet rating and 79 Beyer for her win in the Starlet (G2).
Here are the figures for last week's highest-rated stakes winners, ranked by Brisnet Speed Ratings, with Beyer Speed Figures.
| Horse | Race, distance | Jockey | Brisnet | Beyer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touchuponastar | Louisiana Champions Day Classic, 1 1/8 miles | Timothy Thornton | 104 | 97 |
| Tejano Twist | Ring The Bell, 6 furlongs | Chris Landeros | 96 | 96 |
| Nothing Like You | Starlet (G2), 1 1/16 miles | Juan Hernandez | 94 | 79 |
| Ova Charged | Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Sprint, 6 furlongs | Jose Guerrero | 93 | 86 |
| Valentine Candy | Advent, 5 1/2 furlongs | Ramon Vazquez | 93 | 84 |
| Catiche | My Charmer, 1 1/16 miles | Gerardo Corrales | 92 | 87 |
| Free Like a Girl | Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Distaff, 1 1/16 miles | Vicente Del-Cid | 92 | 87 |
| Mangum | Louisiana Champions Day Sprint, 6 furlongs | Corey Lanerie | 92 | 84 |
| Shaq Diesel | FTBOA Marion County Florida Sire, 7 furlongs | Joe Bravo | 92 | 88 |
| Bluefield | FTBOA City of Ocala Florida Sire, 7 furlongs | Samy Camacho | 91 | 84 |