Wednesday's HRN top 10 speed figures + fastest maiden winners
Love Song posted Wednesday's highest Horse Racing Nation speed figure with a 132 at Turfway Park. The 3-year-old filly by Ghostzapper won a 1 1/4-mile allowance optional claimer on synthetic at 5-2 odds for a 4 1/2-length victory. This marked her second career victory from 10 starts.
Braciole earned a 121 HRN speed figure at Aqueduct in a 6 1/2-furlong dirt allowance optional claimer. The 6-year-old gelding by Micromanage scored at 9-1 odds to capture his sixth career win from 31 starts.
Golden Symphony completed the top three with a 117 HRN speed figure at Aqueduct in a seven-furlong dirt waiver claiming race. The 4-year-old gelding by Medaglia d'Oro won at 9-2 odds, recording his third career victory from 14 starts.
Tuesday's top 10 speed figures
| HRN | Horse | Sire | Age | Race | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 132 | Love Song | Ghostzapper | 3F | TP 8 | 1 1/4 syn |
| 121 | Braciole | Micromanage | 6G | AQU 7 | 6 1/2f dirt |
| 117 | Golden Symphony | Medaglia d'Oro | 4G | AQU 4 | 7f dirt |
| 117 | Crooked Dreams | Jess's Dream | 4G | TAM 8 | 7f dirt |
| 110 | Icelander | Speightster | 4C | TAM 9 | 7f dirt |
| 110 | Peace Cloud | War of Will | 3G | TAM 4 | 1 1/16 dirt |
| 109 | Gracie's Delight | American Pharoah | 2F | TP 5 | 6f syn |
| 108 | Bet On Bret | Divisidero | 3G | TP 6 | 6 1/2f syn |
| 108 | Divine Romance | Divining Rod | 5M | TAM 2 | 6f dirt |
| 106 | Embrace Me | Candy Ride | 5M | TP 3 | 1 1/8 syn |
Fastest maiden winners
Gracie's Delight posted the day's highest maiden winner figure with a 109 HRN speed figure at Turfway Park. The 2-year-old filly by American Pharoah won a six-furlong synthetic maiden special weight at 1-1 odds in her fifth career start. She is out of Ultima D, a daughter of Scat Daddy who earned $242,000, and her top sibling Ultima Grace by American Pharoah has earned $77,000.
Fric and Frac impressed with a 104 HRN speed figure in a 6 1/2-furlong dirt maiden claimer at Aqueduct. The 3-year-old gelding by Leofric won at 5-2 odds in his third career start. His dam Image of Noon by Disco Rico earned $200,000, and his top sibling Mid Day Image by Midshipman has earned $541,000.
Game for It earned a 101 HRN speed figure at Aqueduct in his debut. The 2-year-old colt by Known Agenda captured a six-furlong maiden optional claimer on dirt at 4-5 odds. He is out of Manahatta, a daughter of Old Fashioned who earned $81,000, and his top sibling Sea to Success by Anchor Down has earned $270,000.
Tuesday's top maiden winners
| HRN | Horse | Sire | Age | Race | Distance | Winning margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 109 | Gracie's Delight | American Pharoah | 2F | TP 5 | 6f syn | 3 1/2 |
| 104 | Fric and Frac | Leofric | 3G | AQU 5 | 6 1/2f dirt | nose |
| 101 | Game for It | Known Agenda | 2C | AQU 2 | 6f dirt | 1/2 |
| 101 | Forever Man | Bolt d'Oro | 2G | TAM 6 | 1 3/16 dirt | 3/4 |
| 99 | Timeless Love | Nyquist | 3F | TP 7 | 6f syn | 1/2 |
| 98 | Zoomaha | Omaha Beach | 2F | TP 2 | 5f syn | 3 1/2 |
| 94 | Parlaypauline | Mitole | 2F | TAM 5 | 1 3/16 dirt | 1/2 |
| 88 | Chacarera | Hard Spun | 3F | TAM 7 | 7f dirt | 1 |
| 83 | Hit Song | Maclean's Music | 3F | TAM 3 | 1 1/16 dirt | 1 1/4 |
| 79 | Valdero | Medaglia d'Oro | 2C | TAM 1 | 5 1/2f dirt | 1/4 |
About HRN speed figures
HRN speed figures are AI-generated using HRN's proprietary machine-learning algorithms. Although they involve less human input than other speed figures, we see that as a plus as human adjustments often knock down surprisingly good performances to match expectations. HRN speed figures were launched in December 2024, and our expectation is also that the AI-generated speed figures will continuously get better over time.
The HRN speed figure scale goes from 1 to 160. Part of the reason for this higher scale is this helps us avoid assigning a speed figure of zero. For some products, in weaker races, half the field or more may get a speed figure of zero, which leads to inaccuracy and defeats the purpose of speed figures.
Because the HRN speed figures are based on machine learning, as we improve our models we can compute the numbers historically.
Using the top last-race speed figure as a benchmark, here are stats from 2021 to 2024 for HRN and other speed-figure providers:
Top HRN figure, 26.2% winners
Top Beyer figure, 28.1% winners
Top TimeformUS figure, 28.4% winners
Although all HRN speed figures are published on individual horse profile pages on a weekly basis, the daily reports are focused on the top and medium-tier tracks, which represent the majority of top speed figures.
Note: For the fastest maiden winners mentioned, all dam and sibling earnings are based on North American starts only.