Six Speedy Fillies
All six fillies and mares below ran during Saratoga's all-star Belmont Stakes Festival. 6. AG BULLET, SAR, June 6, Jaipur Stakes (Gr. I), 5 1/2 furlongs (turf) (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure-99 (2nd) (m, 6, by Twirling Candy--Noble Grey, by Forestry) O-Calvin Nguyen and Joey Tran. B-H & E Ranch (Ky). T-Richard Baltas. J-John Velazquez. The defending Jaipur champ became a Gr. I winner in this race last year and again Baltas chose to face males for $500,000 rather than females for $250,000 in Thursday's Intercontinental. That decision looks sound in...
Thermal (Nyquist)'s list-topping 106 Beyer Speed Figure is tied with Mashallah for third-fastest of the year by a female, behind only Madison Stakes one-two finishers Eclatant (109) and Grand Job (108). 6 - GIGABIT, IND-6, May 21, Allowance, 5 furlongs Beyer Speed Figure- 92 (f, 3, by Dialed In--Adventurous Lady, by Kantharos) O-Lantern Hill Farm. B-Pursuit of Success (Ky). T-Rey Hernandez. J-Marcelino Pedroza Jr. Her half-sister Twirling Queen (Twirling Candy) improved markedly when switched from dirt to turf and Tapeta, but Gigabit seemed to go the other direction: her...
Three of this week's six fastest ran at Laurel on the Preakness weekend undercard. 6 - BENEDETTA, LRL, 5/16, Skipat Stakes R4, 6 furlongs (video) Beyer Speed Figure- 90 (2nd) (m, 5, by City of Light--Tessie Flip, by Grand Slam) O-Kaleem Shah Inc. B-Springhouse Farm & Dromoland Farm (Ky). T-Steve Asmussen. J-Jose Ortiz. Benedetta hasn't earned back her $750,000 2-year-old purchase price, but this runnerup finish puts her at $645,550. Her residual value is boosted by placings in the GIII Winning Colors and GIII Sorrento, but she has mostly been...
The GII Baird Doubledogdare Stakes and GIII Santa Maria Stakes were the highlights of last week among the distaff set, at least from a Beyer Speed Figure perspective. 6. OVERSUBSCRIBED (GB), AQU, 4/17, Plenty of Grace Stakes, 1 mile (turf) (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure - 91 (2nd) (m, 5, by Too Darn Hot (GB)-Zurigha (Ire), by Cape Cross (Ire)) O-Klaravich Stables. B-Rabbah Bloodstock Limited (GB). T-Chad Brown. J-Manny Franco. She probably isn't one of the premier Brown turf females, but she has been spotted judiciously enough to be twice...
Predictably, last week's Grade I stakes for fillies and mares generated the week's highest Beyer Speed Figures. 6 - KAPOOR, KEE, 4/8/26, Allowance, about 7 furlongs (Video) Beyer Speed Figure - 94 (f, 4, by Uncle Mo--Kareena, by Medaglia d'Oro) O/B-Godolphin. T-Bill Mott. J-Junior Alvarado. Mott is exercising his trademark patience with the Godolphin filly, shepherding her through her conditions (maiden, allowance, allowance, allowance) and a resulting four-race win streak by a combined margin of 20 3/4 lengths. But now we'll almost certainly see Kapoor show up next in stakes...
This week's rankings include two Oaks-bound fillies and a remarkable Arkansas-bred mare. 6-RASHMI, SA, Wilshire Stakes (Gr. III), 3/28, 1 mile (turf) (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure-89 (m, 5, Oscar Performance--Ponytail, by Lonhro ({Aus}) O-Augustin Stables. B-George Strawbridge (Ky). T-Jonathan Thomas. J-Kasushi Kimura. The Strawbridge homebred came out firing despite a year-plus layoff to decisively earn her second graded score at 2/5 odds against four rivals with no graded black type. Thomas explained that Rashmi's layoff involved no major issues and that she has returned a "bigger, stronger version of herself."...