Roll On Big Joe and Magnitude got the biggest numbers among last week’s stakes winners.
Roll On Big Joe, a 5-year-old gelded son of Prospective, got his second win in as many starts this year with a gate-to-wire performance in the Grade 3 Palos Verdes at Santa Anita on Saturday, earning a 106 Brisnet Speed Rating and a 102 Beyer Speed Figure.
Magnitude, the 9 3/4-length winner of the Risen Star (G2) at odds of 43-1, earned a 108 Beyer and 105 Brisnet for the upset. Trained by Steve Asmussen, the Not This time colt earned 50 qualifying points for Kentucky Derby 2025, putting him at no. 2 on the leaderboard with a total of 55 points.
For more on speed figures, see Horse Racing Nation’s database of the top speed figures of the year, where you can sort runners by age, sex, surface and distance.
Here are the figures for last week’s highest-rated stakes winners, ranked by Brisnet Speed Ratings, with Beyer Speed Figures from Daily Racing Form.
Horse | Race | Distance | Brisnet | Beyer |
---|---|---|---|---|
Roll On Big Joe | Palos Verdes (G3) | 6 furlongs | 106 | 102 |
Magnitude | Risen Star (G2) | 1 1/8 miles | 105 | 108 |
Quint’s Brew | General George | 7 furlongs | 104 | 99 |
Speedyness | John B. Campbell | 1 1/8 miles | 99 | 95 |
Sea Dancer | Nellie Morse | 1 1/16 miles | 97 | 90 |
Getaway Car | Sunland Park Derby | 1 1/16 miles | 96 | 92 |
Hall of Fame | Mineshaft (G3) | 1 1/16 miles | 96 | 100 |
Saline River | Walter R. Cluer Memorial | 7 1/2 furlongs (turf) | 95 | |
Taking Candy | Fair Grounds (G3) | 1 1/8 miles (turf) | 95 | 95 |
Dazzling Move | Royal Delta (G3) | 1 1/16 miles | 94 | 84 |
Dust Em | David E. Hooper | 7 furlongs | 94 | 91 |
Irish Maxima | Barbara Fritchie | 7 furlongs | 93 | 94 |
Mansa Musa | Colonel Power | 5 1/2 furlongs (turf) | 93 | 94 |
Sheriff Bianco | Say Florida Sandy | 7 furlongs | 93 | 88 |
Chiron | Dust Commander | 1 1/16 miles | 92 | 96 |
Nanda Dea | Albert M. Stall Memorial | 1 1/16 miles (turf) | 92 | 86 |
Scipio | Baffle | 6 1/2 furlongs (turf) | 92 | |
Corrina Corrina | Harry Henson Handicap | 1 mile | 91 | 90 |
Good Cheer | Rachel Alexandra (G2) | 1 1/16 miles | 89 | 89 |
Optimistic Cowgirl | Miss Bluebonnet Turf | 1 mile | 89 | 83 |
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