The Five Fastest Maidens, Presented by Taylor Made, for the Week of June 16-22

Wandering Eyes · June 24

5. SOUPER WILLIWAW, 6/20, MTH, 1 1/16 miles (turf), VIDEO
Beyer Speed Figure- 83 (tie)
(f, 3, by Hard Spun-Souper Striking, by Brilliant Speed)
O-Live Oak Plantation. B-Live Oak Stud. T-Michael Trombetta. J-Paco Lopez.
Charlotte Weber may have another nice filly: Souper Williwaw set the pace with Lopez sitting against her, then sprinted away through Monmouth's stretch. Souper Striking won Pimlico's Hilltop Stakes a decade ago, but in 22 starts her best Beyer was 83, which this filly has matched in outing number four. Special thanks to Weber for expanding our knowledge base: a williwaw is a violent windstorm of cold air that occurs suddenly near oceans and mountain ranges.

5. A BOURBON FOR TOBY, 6/20, BAQ, 1 3/8 miles (turf)(3rd), VIDEO
Beyer Speed Figure- 83 (tie)
(c, 3, by Bernardini-Kitten's Girl, by Kitten's Joy)
O/B-Titletown Racing Stables. T-Tom Morley. J-Kendrick Carmouche.
This marks the first time a 3rd-place finisher has made our weekly rankings, but he rallied in tandem with winner Mayor of Midnight and battled gamely to the wire in a big-number turf route. He has back-to-back Beyers of 83-82 since Morley added blinkers two starts back.

4. OYAL'S PRIDE (GB), 6/20, BAQ, 1 3/8 miles (turf)(2nd), VIDEO
Beyer Speed Figure- 84 (tie)
(c, 3, by Dubawi (Ire)-Delta's Royalty (Ire), by Galileo (Ire))
O/B-Besilu Stables. T-Bill Mott. J-Jose Lezcano.
A fast-closing runnerup in the aforementioned BAQ race, he carries on the legacy of his star-crossed granddam Royal Delta, the two-time Eclipse champion who died in 2017 of complications from the birth of her only offspring, Delta's Royalty. That daughter of Galileo had little success in Europe as a racehorse, but Besilu owner Benjamin Leon Jr. declared she will “never be sold,” and Royal's Pride is her first foal. The Cuban-American Leon, who bought Royal Delta for $8.5 million during her career and has great affection for the family, was recently named U.S. Ambassador to Spain.

Mayor of Midnight breaks his maiden in R2 at BAQ!

Flavien Prat was up for trainer Chad Brown. pic.twitter.com/nj0OOkROPD

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3. MAYOR OF MIDNIGHT (Ire), 6/20, BAQ, 1 3/8 miles (turf), VIDEO
Beyer Speed Figure- 84 (tie)
(g, 3, by Lope de Vega (Ire)-Amerique (Ire), by Galileo (Ire))
O-Peter Brant and Tony Shafrazian. B-White Birch Farm (IRE). T-Chad Brown. J-Flavien Prat.
The fashionably-bred gelding from Brant's European bloodstock wing overcame a wide trip and slow pace to edge the two colts listed above. Brant bought Wildenstein-bred dam Amerique for just over $1 million at Goff's in November 2016. According to official records, this is the first foray into ownership for Shafrazian, a prominent New York art dealer who reportedly was best man at the wedding of Brant and Stephanie Seymour.

2. SPECIAL SESSION, 6/22, WO, 1 1/16 miles (Tapeta), VIDEO
Beyer Speed Figure- 84 (tie)
(c, 3, by Constitution-La Gran Bailadora, by Afleet Alex)
O/B-Tracy Farmer. T-Mark Casse. J-Patrick Husbands.
The half-brother to Farmer's GI Belmont Stakes winner Sir Winston needed eight starts to break his maiden, but the proverbial lightbulb may finally have switched on, based on his strong finish Sunday. Every horse on this week's list competed on either turf or Tapeta, and Special Session has raced only on Woodbine synthetic (five times), Woodbine turf (twice) and Keeneland turf (once).

Spiced Up scores in his turf debut to graduate in R6 at BAQ for trainer Bill Mott with @juniorandkellya aboard in the @JuddmonteFarms silks! pic.twitter.com/VbUs1P4YLE

— TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) June 20, 2025

1. SPICED UP, 6/20, BAQ, 6 furlongs (turf), VIDEO
Beyer Speed Figure- 86
(c, 3, by Quality Road-Cardamon, by Pioneerof the Nile)
O/B-Juddmonte. T-Bill Mott. J-Junior Alvarado.
Spiced Up probably didn't beat much in his turf debut–runner up Cuando is a 14-race maiden. But even on a lightning-fast Aqueduct course, 6 furlongs in 1:07.43 was good enough to put a Mott trainee atop this list for the second time in three weeks. This is the first foal for Cardamon, who wasn't considered a stakes-quality runner by Mott but is contributing to Juddmonte's broodmare band as a half-sister to Emollient (4-time Grade I winner) and Hofburg (3rd in the Belmont Stakes and 2nd in the Florida Derby).