Five Fastest Maidens, Presented By Taylor Made, For The Week Of July 14-21

Wandering Eyes · 2025-07-22T23:44:49Z

5. BARB, SAR, 7/16, 7 furlongs (2nd) (VIDEO)
Beyer Speed Figure- 87
(3, g, by Candy Ride {Arg}–Classic Point, by Flatter)
O-Flying P Stable. B-Marc Keller (Ky). T-Mike Maker. J-Ricardo Santana, Jr.
He faded after setting the pace vs ultra-fast BAQ maidens April 19 (the top three made our Five Fastest Maidens), and Mike Maker and owner Jason Provenzano saw enough to claim him next out when dropped to $75,000. His Beyers already have improved 10+ points, and Maker hasn't even run him 1 3/8 miles on turf yet.

4. PRIVMAN, DMR, 7/20, 1 mile (VIDEO)
Beyer Speed Figure- 88
(3, c, by Justify–Mo Knows, by Uncle Mo)
O-SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Diane Bashor, Determined Stables, Robert Masterson, Tom Ryan, Waves Edge Capital and Catherine Donovan. B-Betz Thoroughbreds/B&K Canetti/J. Betz/D.J. Stables/Graves/GTL. T-Bob Baffert. J-Juan Hernandez.
After listing all the owners and breeders, there isn't much room left for details. Suffice to say this well-bred colt–named for now-retired DRF journalist Jay Privman–has loads of talent. His impressive win at Del Mar was his second straight fast performance, following a close 2nd at Churchill Downs on June 1.

3. SUNDAY'S WELL, WO, 7/20, 6 furlongs (VIDEO)
Beyer Speed Figure- 89
(3, g, by Gamble's Exchange–Mrs. Monty, by Henny Hughes)
O-Paul O'Brien. B-Frank Di Giulio Jr & John Carey (Ont-C). T-Terry Brooker. J-Jose Luis Campos.
Switched to Tapeta for his second start after an 8th-place debut finish on grass, Sunday's Well lands in the maiden spotlight with a frontrunning nine-length score in a $40,000 optional claimer at Woodbine (he wasn't entered to be claimed). His 11-year-old unraced Ontario sire Gamble's Exchange has had only two dozen starters, and this gelding now ranks as his fourth-fastest runner.

2. IRON DOME, SAR, 7/16, 1 1/8 miles (VIDEO)
Beyer Speed Figure- 89
(3, c, by Into Mischief–Speightful Affair, by Speightstown)
O-L and N Racing and Chester Broman Sr. B-Chester and Mary Broman (NY). T-Steve Asmussen. J-Jose Ortiz.
Wednesday, July 16, was the day for promising Asmussen maidens to finally strut their stuff at Saratoga. Iron Dome's first four outings at Oaklawn and Saratoga ranged from ho-hum to fair-to-middling, then he dominated NY-breds by 10 1/2 lengths. He was a $500,000 Keeneland September yearling and is a half-brother to Broman's NY-bred champion and $1.4-million earner Mr. Buff, thus Broman stayed in for an ownership piece. And three races later…

Tap Into This cuts back and graduates in R7 at Saratoga under Flavien Prat for trainer Steve Asmussen! pic.twitter.com/QzahdEK90l

— TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) July 16, 2025

1. TAP INTO THIS, SAR, 7/16, 7 furlongs (VIDEO)
Beyer Speed Figure- 94
(3, c, by Tapit–Superioritycomplex (IRE), by Hard Spun)
O-Douglas Scharbauer. B-Mt Brilliant Farm & Orrin Ingram (Ky). T-Steve Asmussen. J-Flavien Prat.
In 2021, Ron Winchell went to $1.35 million for an Into Mischief colt out of Superioritycomplex, and at one point Asmussen considered Extra Anejo his No. 1 Derby contender. Now a 5-year-old, Extra Anejo is still trying to live up to those early reviews but won the GIII Commonwealth Stakes this April. Two years later, Chief Stipe Scharbauer–another Asmussen client– paid $525,000 for this half-brother by Tapit, and after five second or third-place finishes, he graduated at Saratoga with the week's fastest maiden Beyer.