On Saturday, Celtic Contender led the horse racing speed figures with an impressive 151 HRN rating after winning a six-furlong dirt allowance race at Laurel Park. Other top performers included Crushed It with a 134 HRN figure at Aqueduct and Pentathlon posting a 130 at Gulfstream Park in the Army Mule Stakes. These figures highlight standout performances among 5-year-olds competing in various dirt and turf races, with Celtic Contender marking his sixth career win in 18 starts.

Among maiden winners, Dawn At Normandy topped the day with a 119 HRN speed figure at Oaklawn Park, followed by Sovereign Law (110) and Seventies Music (109). These figures are generated by Horse Racing Nation’s AI-driven machine learning model, launched in December 2024, which aims to provide more objective and continuously improving speed ratings. The HRN scale ranges up to 160, designed to avoid zero scores common in weaker races, and has shown competitive predictive accuracy compared to other speed figure providers.