The Five Fastest Maidens, Presented by Taylor Made, for the Week of May 26-June 1

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Last week, 'Five Fastest Maidens' became six because of a fifth-place tie. This week, only four maidens met our minimum threshold of an 80 Beyer Speed Figure

4) KAPOOR, CD, 5-31, Race 4, 7 furlongs
Beyer Speed Figure- 80
(f, 3, Uncle Mo–Kareena, by Medaglia d'Oro)
O/B-Godolphin; T-Bill Mott; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr.
She was Mott's second promising maiden to graduate on Saturday's strong Churchill Downs card, leading all the way after starting her career with third-place efforts at both Gulfstream and Keeneland. Godolphin bought dam Kareena for $400,000 from Jane Lyon at Saratoga in 2014, and she showed enough talent in five starts to record Beyer Speed Figures of 98 and 96 and win Belmont's Jersey Girl Stakes in 1:07.87. Kapoor's older half-sister Padma (Tapit) was second in Gulfstream's Cash Run Stakes.

3) EXCITE, CD, 5-31, Race 1, 1 1/8 miles
Beyer Speed Figure- 83
(c, 3, Speightstown–Elate, by Medaglia d'Oro)
O/B-Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider (Ky); T-Bill Mott; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr.
The second foal to race and first winner for Claiborne/ Dilschneider's $2.6-million earner and Grade I winner Elate, also trained by Mott. After three losses on grass, Excite was switched to dirt against a strong maiden field in the finale on Kentucky Derby day. In that race, he was bounced around early and dropped to last on a sloppy strip, yet came with an encouraging run for fourth at a seven-furlong distance likely shorter than he prefers. This time, he was on the pace and drew off through the lane to win by 5 1/4 lengths.

2) MOR FORCE, LS, 5-30, Race 1, 4 1/2 furlongs
Beyer Speed Figure- 84
(c, 2, Mor Spirit–Ready Witted, by More Than Ready)
O-Norman Stable; B-Adcock's Red River Farm & Hume Wornall (La); T-Jayde Gelner; J-Ramon Vazquez.
Alabama grocery exec Robby Norman is having a breakout 2025. And like the stable's GII Rebel winner Coal Battle and standout Louisiana-bred filly Secret Faith, this 2-year-old is a product of Louisiana breeders Jay Adcock and Hume Wornall who was plucked out of the Texas Yearling Sale for a modest bid–in this case, $20,000. Mor Force debuted here with a sharp 5 1/2-length score over Liteupthenite, also owned by Norman. Both are trained by young Jayde (J.J.) Gelner.

1) THIRTY TWO CHUNK, SA, 6-1, Race 3, 6 furlongs
Beyer Speed Figure- 88
(g, 3, by More Than Ready–She's My Gem, by Into Mischief)
O-Muir Hut Stable; B-Three Chimneys Farm (Ky); T-Mark Glatt; J-Kazushi Kimura.
Named for a massive wild bear with a YouTube following, he was the bear among these maiden claimers. Dropped in for $50,000 by Glatt and owner Sean Rodgers after an unsuccessful debut on grass, he immediately sped to the front and widened to win by 8 1/2 lengths in 1:09.71. Perhaps just as importantly, no one filled out a claim slip. The namesake bear “32 Chunk” weighs an estimated 1,200 pounds at age 30, and Glatt estimates that his 3-year-old gelding tips the scales at a comparatively trim 1,100. “But he was chunky as a baby,” Glatt said, “and we thought it was a great name.”

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