Speed figures: These are last week's fastest stakes winners

Speed figures: These are last week’s fastest stakes winners

Posted by author December 23, 2024 Horse Racing

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Rocket Can, winless in his last five starts, broke the string Saturday with a victory in the Grade 3 Harlan’s Holiday at Gulfstream and earned the highest Brisnet Speed Rating among last week’s stakes winners.

Trained by Bill Mott and ridden by Junior Alvarado, the 4-year-old Into Mischief colt covered the 1 1/16 miles in 1:45.01 to win by 1 1/4 lengths at odds of 10-1.

He earned a 101 Brisnet rating and a 99 Beyer Speed Figure.

Saudi Crown got a 103 Beyer for his win in the Tenacious at Fair Grounds on Saturday, the highest Beyer of the week among stakes winners. He also earned a 100 Brisnet rating.

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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	Brisnet	Beyer
Rocket Can	Harlan’s Holiday (G3), 1 1/16 miles	101	99
Saudi Crown	Tenacious, 1 1/16 miles	100	103
Film Star	Robert T. Manfuso, 1 1/16 miles	98	96
Bear River	Richard R. Scherer Memorial, 5 1/2 furlongs (turf)	96	94
Coppola	Janus, 5 furlongs (turf)	96	96
Celtic Contender	Howard and Sondra Bender Memorial, 7 furlongs	95	88
Mystic Lake	Sugar Swirl, 6 furlongs	95	96
Sea Dancer	Carousel, 1 1/8 miles	95	85
Built	Gun Runner, 1 1/16 miles	94	92
Major Dude	Ft. Lauderdale (G2), 1 1/8 miles (turf)	94	97
Be Your Best	Suwannee River (G3), 1 mile (turf)	91	92
Simply Joking	Letellier Memorial, 6 furlongs	91	79
Stir Crazy	Blushing K. D., 1 1/16 miles (turf)	90	84
Tough Catch	Sugar Bowl, 6 furlongs	90	82
Gigante	Buddy Diliberto Memorial, 1 1/16 miles (turf)	89	95