Six Speedy Fillies For the Week of April 6-12

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 company, where she'll no doubt be well-supported.

5 – IN OUR TIME, KEE, 4/12/26, GII Giant's Causeway Stakes,
5 1/2 furlongs (turf) (Video)
Beyer Speed Figure – 95
(m, 5, by Not This Time–Laura's Pleasure, by Cactus Ridge)
O-Resolute Racing and Miller Racing. B-Brian Kahn (Ky).
T-Saffie Joseph Jr. J-Flavien Prat.
Flavien Prat helped In Our Time get that long-awaited graded stakes victory with a ride that would make Pat Day nod in approval. In Our Time sprinted to the early lead, then Prat patiently sat along the rail allowing Shining Star and Saratoga Special to run past her before kicking clear again for a decisive win. The daughter of superstallion Not This Time was already Grade I placed, but this winning Grade II black type was a value enhancement.

3 (tie) – SEGESTA, KEE, 4/11/26, GI Jenny Wiley Stakes, 1 mile (turf) (Video)
Beyer Speed Figure- 95
(m, 5, by Ghostzapper–Antonoe, by First Defence)
O/B-Juddmonte. T-Chad Brown. J-Flavien Prat.
For most of the final furlong, it looked as if Segesta had a second straight major triumph in the bag. Even a few strides from the wire, the Juddmonte mare appeared a certain winner. In the end, she and Expensive Queen both got Grade I credit thanks to a dead-heat–and it is almost as hard to separate them in post-race analysis. However, Segesta ran in the 2-path around both turns while Expensive Queen raced along the rail with a stretch trip that the head-on replays shows wasn't as tight as the pan shot indicated.

3 (tie) – EXPENSIVE QUEEN (IRE), 4/11/26, GI Jenny Wiley Stakes, 1 mile (turf) (Video)
Beyer Speed Figure-95
(m, 5, by Lope de Vega (Ire)–Witches Brew (Ire), by Duke of Marmalade {Ire})
O-Farfellow Farms. B-Fermoir Ltd (Ire). T-Brendan Walsh. J-Luis Saez.
A courageous and dramatic late surge by Expensive Queen drew her even with Segesta at the wire and continued an upwardly mobile career arc for the British import, purchased last year by Kip and Suzanne Knelman's Farfellow Farms in Paris Ky.  She is now 4-for-5 in the U.S., her only loss coming in Santa Anita's GI Gamely Stakes last May with a possible excuse: she needed 7+ months after that race to recover from foot problems.

2 – NITROGEN, 4/11/26, GI Apple Blossom Handicap, 1 1/16 miles (Video)
Beyer Speed Figure  – 97 (2nd)
(f, 4, by Medaglia d'Oro–Tiffany Case, by Uncle Mo)
O/B-D J Stable. T-Mark Casse. J-Jose Ortiz.
When Nitrogen was beaten in the GII Azeri Stakes last month on a sloppy track, her Beyer Speed Figure of 91 was a clear indication she didn't run her usual race. That was not the case in the Apple Blossom Handicap. Nitrogen rebounded with one of her signature efforts and it simply wasn't good enough to haul in frontrunning Claret Beret. Last year's 3-year-old filly champ should lose little in defeat–playing at this level of the sport, even champions are subject to be victimized by massive performances.

1 – CLARET BERET, 4/11/26, GI Apple Blossom Handicap, 1 1/16 miles (Video)
Beyer Speed Figure- 105
(m, 5, by Not This Time–Bessie M, by Medalist)
O-Miller Racing. B-Mitch Haynes (Ky). T-Saffie Joseph Jr. J-Micah Husbands.
When champion Nitrogen tipped out at the quarter pole to follow Claret Beret into the stretch, the race was on–and in a flash, it was over. Claret Beret had tipped her hand with a strong five-length win in the GIII Royal Delta at Gulfstream, and took her game to an even higher level at Oaklawn, storming away to win by 4 1/2 lengths to earn an expenses-paid spot in the Breeders' Cup Distaff. Claret Beret was claimed in October 2024 for $62,500, and after four starts her connections re-sold her last March while at Oaklawn to owner Myron Miller. Under Joseph's care, she has recorded Beyers of 96, 97, 98 and now 105.