Next, the country’s leading long-distance dirt horse, earned a Brisnet Speed Rating of 106 for his 10-length victory in the Grade 3 Greenwood Cup on Saturday at Parx. That was the joint highest Brisnet figure of the week. He also earned a 102 Beyer Speed Figure, the highest of the week, for that performance.
Sacrosanct also earned a 106 Brisnet Speed Rating for his 12-length romp in the Bertram F. Bongard on Sunday at Aqueduct. The 2-year-old was coming off of a confident debut maiden win at Saratoga, also against state-bred foes, and led at every call of Sunday’s stakes debut. He earned an 85 Beyer for that outing.
The one other Beyer Speed Figure in triple figures went to Bentornato for his gritty neck victory in the Gallant Bob (G2) on Saturday at Parx. He disputed the pace all the way around with a game Sunny Breeze and proved best in the end. His 103 Brisnet Speed Rating for the effort was the third best of the week, behind only Next and Sacrosanct.
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 | Jockey | Brisnet | Beyer |
---|---|---|---|---|
Next | Greenwood Cup (G3) | Luan Machado | 106 | 102 |
Sacrosanct | Bertram F. Bongard | Manuel Franco | 106 | 85 |
Bentornato | Gallant Bob (G2) | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 103 | 101 |
Batten Down | Bourbon Flight | Junior Alvarado | 101 | 98 |
Soul of an Angel | Princess Rooney Invitational (G3) | Drayden Van Dyke | 101 | 93 |
Foxy Junior | Plum Pretty | Jomar Torres | 100 | 88 |
Smooth B | Turf Monster | Mychel Sanchez | 100 | 83 |
With the Angels | Joseph A. Gimma | Jose Ortiz | 99 | 89 |
Seize the Grey | Pennsylvania Derby (G1) | Jaime Torres | 98 | 97 |
Top Gunner | Parx Sprint | Flavien Prat | 98 | 98 |
Henro | Harrods Creek | Rafael Bejarano | 96 | 96 |
Thorpedo Anna | Cotillion (G1) | Brian Hernandez Jr. | 96 | 93 |
Roses for Debra | Presque Isle Downs Masters (G1) | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 94 | 89 |
My Mane Squeeze | Dogwood (G3) | Luis Saez | 93 | 90 |
Ocean Club | Noble Damsel (G3) | Ricardo Santana Jr. | 93 | 89 |
Reef Runner | Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint | Miguel Vasquez | 93 | 84 |
Crazy Frazy | Aventura | Carlos Rojas | 92 | 79 |
Evidencias | Obeah | Jaime Rodriguez | 92 | 79 |
Irish Maxima | Weather Vane | Frankie Pennington | 92 | 82 |
Crisper | Alphabet Soup | Julio Hernandez | 91 | 86 |
Forever Souper | Presque Isle Mile | Antonio Gallardo | 91 | 90 |
Miss New York | Twixt | Daniel Centeno | 91 | 81 |
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