Soaring High led all performers Thursday with a 123 Horse Racing Nation speed figure in an allowance-level dirt mile at Saratoga. The 3-year-old filly, trained by Cherie DeVaux is impeccably bred: both her sire Curlin and dam Songbird are Hall of Fame inductees. Sent off the 3-5 favorite of seven, Soaring High tracked the pace before taking over late to win by 3 1/4 lengths, earning her second victory in four starts. Gramp's Legacy earned a 122 HRN speed figure Thursday in an allowance-level turf mile for Virginia-registered horses at Colonial Downs. The 3-year-old Funtastic gelding out of Grade 3-placed Ridgester, trained by Jeremiah O'Dwyer, was the 2-1 favorite of eight. He talked the pace, bid outside the leader on the far turn, and kicked away through the final furlong. Click here for Saratoga entries and results . Little Red Domi earned the joint third-best speed figure of Thursday with a 117 HRN speed figure at Woodbine in a claiming-level sprint at seven furlongs on the Tapeta. The 4-year-old Signature Red gelding, trained by Beverley Chubb, was the second-longest shot in the field of seven at 8-1 odds. He set a contested pace, opened up midstretch, and ran on to hold by a length. He won for the first time in three starts this year and the third in 12 career outings. Bow Draw also earned a 117 HRN speed figure Thursday in a claiming-level dirt mile at Saratoga. The 8-year-old Oxbow mare, trained by Steve Asmussen, was sent off the 6-5 favorite in the field of four. She ran to it, prompting the pace before blowing clear to win by nine lengths. It was her first victory in six starts this year and the sixth of her 43-race career. Thursday's top 10 speed figures HRN Horse Sire Age/ Sex Race Distance 123 Soaring High Curlin 3F SAR 5 1 mile dirt 122 Gramp's Legacy Funtastic 3G CNL 7 1 mile turf 117 Little Red Domi Signature Red 4G WO 4 7f syn 117 Bow Draw Oxbow 8M SAR 1 1 mile dirt 115 Cold Spell Gun Runner 3F SAR 3 6 1/2f dirt 113 Patty Van Twinkle Not Bourbon 6M IND 3 5 1/2f dirt 113 Twirling Aces Twirling Candy 3F ELP 8 7f dirt 111 Be Better Uncle Mo 7G CNL 4 1 mile dirt 110 Iron Palace Palace Malice 3C SAR 9 1 1/16 turf 109 Naughty Destiny Destin 5M WO 2 6 1/2f syn Fastest maiden winners Cold Spell posted the day's highest figure among maiden winners with a 115 HRN speed figure in a 6 1/2-furlong maiden special weight dirt sprint at Saratoga. The 3-year-old Gun Runner filly, trained by Wesley Ward, was the 1-5 favorite of seven. She stalked the pace before opening up in the lane, winning by 2 1/4 lengths. Her dam is Chalon, a Dialed In mare who won nine times, earned $992,495, and finished second in the 2018 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. Her other starter, the Nyquist gelding Chalon's First, has won twice in seven starts so far and earned $36,540. Iron Palace earned a 110 HRN speed figure at Saratoga in a maiden special weight at 1 1/16 miles on the grass. The George Weaver trainee, a 3-year-old colt by Palace Malice, was ignored at 27-1 in the field of 10. Nonetheless he set the pace while prompted through much of the race, opened up midstretch, and held to win by half a length in his debut. He is the first starter out of the unraced Ghostzapper mare Lady Elle, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Salutos Amigos and Grade 2 winner Sarah's Secret. Turbo Duck earned a 98 HRN speed figure in a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight for Indiana-sired horses at Horseshoe Indianapolis on Thursday. The 3-year-old Turbo Compressor gelding, trained by Tracey Wisner, was the 1-5 favorite in the field of four. He looked every bit of those short odds, stalking the pace and drawing off in the lane to win by 24 3/4 lengths despite having to steady near the three eighths. He broke through in his seventh career start. Turbo Duck is the first winner from two starters out of the Sangaree mare Younoseme, a four-time winner. Thursday's top maiden winners HRN Horse Sire Age/ Sex Race Distance Winning Margin 115 Cold Spell Gun Runner 3F SAR 3 6 1/2f dirt 2 1/4 lengths 110 Iron Palace Palace Malice 3C SAR 9 1 1/16 turf 1/2 length 98 Turbo Duck Turbo Compressor 3G IND 6 1 1/16 dirt 24 3/4 lengths 93 Irish Law Tiz the Law 3G ELP 5 1 1/16 turf 1/2 length 93 Silvertown Silver State 3F ELP 2 1 mile dirt head 92 Flying to Work Holy Boss 3G CNL 3 5 1/2f turf head 88 Ryo Amazing Society's Chairman 5H WO 7 6f syn 3 lengths 84 Generational Collected 2C SAR 2 5 1/2f turf 3/4 length 72 Tiz a Princess Complexity 3F CNL 1 5f turf neck 72 Velvet Beretta Cyberknife 2F ELP 4 5 1/2f dirt 3 lengths About HRN speed figures HRN speed figures are AI-generated using HRN 's proprietary machine-learning algorithms. Although they involve less human input than other speed figures, we see that as a plus as human adjustments often knock down surprisingly good performances to match expectations. HRN speed figures were launched in December 2024, and our expectation is also that the AI-generated speed figures will continuously get better over time. The HRN speed figure scale goes from 1 to 160. Part of the reason for this higher scale is this helps us avoid assigning a speed figure of zero. For some products, in weaker races, half the field or more may get a speed figure of zero, which leads to inaccuracy and defeats the purpose of speed figures. Because the HRN speed figures are based on machine learning, as we improve our models we can compute the numbers historically. Using the top last-race speed figure as a benchmark, here are stats from 2021 to 2024 for HRN and other speed-figure providers: Top HRN figure 26.2% winners Top Beyer figure 28.1% winners Top TimeformUS figure 28.4% winners Although all HRN speed figures are published on individual horse profile pages on a weekly basis, the daily reports are focused on the top and medium-tier tracks, which represent the majority of top speed figures. Note: For the fastest maiden winners mentioned, all dam and sibling earnings are based on North American starts only.
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