Speed figures: These are last week’s fastest stakes winners
Straight No Chaser earned the highest speed figures among weekend stakes winners for his victory Sunday in the Grade 2 Santa Anita Sprint Championship.
The 5-year-old son of Speightster, ridden by John Velazquez and trained by Dan Blacker, led at every call of the six-furlong sprint and won by 6 1/4 lengths. It was his first start since finishing fourth in the Runhappy (G3) in May and his second start of the year.
Straight No Chaser got a 109 Brisnet Speed Rating and a 104 Beyer Speed Figure for the performance.
Subsanador got the second-highest figures, a 107 Brisnet and a 102 Beyer, for his win by a head in the California Crown (G1). Runner-up National Treasure and Newgate, who was third by a nose, also received 102 Beyers.
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.
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