It was a fantastic week for fast maidens–the top five all registered 92+ on the Beyer scale.5) OUT OF THE WOODS, OP, 4/3-7th, 1 1/16m VIDEOBeyer Speed Figure-92(g, 3, Constitution–Sensitive, by Divine Park)O-Little Red Feather Racing, Madaket Stables, Panic Stable and William Strauss. B-Daniel Burke and Kathleen Burke Schweizer (Ky). T-Phil D'Amato. J-Ramon Vazquez.After repeatedly running into Baffert buzzsaws, Out of the Woods was sent to Oaklawn for higher purses and softer maidens. His recent sharp breezes indicated the change might be positive, and he indeed delivered a solid career top. He had to work for it, as Godolphin/Cox and Winchell/Asmussen runners also improved sharply and the top three pulled 14 lengths clear of the others.4) DEEP FLAME, KEE, 4/4-2nd, 6 1/2f VIDEOBeyer Speed Figure-92 (2nd)(c, 3, Into Mischief–Barbadia, by Speightstown)O/B-Juddmonte (Ky). T-Brad Cox. J-Irad Ortiz Jr.On the Blue Grass undercard, Deep Flame and Gilded Bandit (below) put on a show in their second career starts. They engaged at the quarter pole and left the rest 13 1/4 lengths in their wake, with Gilded Bandit just edging away late. Deep Flame has now had the misfortune of facing two high-Beyer rivals. In his debut at Fair Grounds in February, the Juddmonte colt finished second to Trouble Calling, a next-out winner of Keeneland's opening-day Lafayette Stakes.3) SILENT WAY, SA, 4/2-3rd, 1m VIDEOBeyer Speed Figure-92 (2nd)(c, 4, McKinzie–Koala Queen, by Lonhro {Aus})O-C R K Stable. B-Runnymede Farm, Peter Callahan and Frederick Zinkhan (Ky). T-Peter Eurton. J-Hector Berrios.As the lone 4-year-old in the six-horse field, 8-5 favorite Silent Way found himself in a stretch tussle with two Baffert 3-year-olds. He got past pacesetter Authentic Patriot, but couldn't quite match strides with Memory (below). He took a nice step forward in defeat, though, getting away more cleanly from the gate in his first try around two turns. The $700,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling was one of the Keating family runners originally with trainer John Shirreffs; he made his first start for Eurton only three days after Shirreffs' death.2) GILDED BANDIT, KEE, 4/4-2nd, 6 1/2f VIDEOBeyer Speed Figure-93. 'TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard'(c, 3, Charlatan–Diamond Ore, by Tapit)O-Pin Oak Stud. B-Taylor Made Stallions, Brunacini Stables and Clearview Stables et al (Ky). T-Bill Mott. J-Junior Alvarado.Showing trademark Mott second-out improvement, Gilded Bandit outgamed a tough customer in Deep Flame in an exciting finish that was also coincidental: Deep Flame is a Juddmonte product, and Gilded Bandit's dam is a half-sister to former Juddmonte superstar (and yearling purchase) Arrogate. The win kicked off a banner afternoon for Pin Oak, who five hours later took the Wood Memorial with Albus. It has also been a banner year for the farm, which has an 11-for-28 record with its runners thus far in 2026 and two potential Kentucky Derby starters on the horizon.1) MEMORY, SA, 4/2-3rd, 1m VIDEOBeyer Speed Figure-93(c, 3, Uncle Mo–Sundaystthebeach, by Medaglia d'Oro)O-SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Bashor Racing, Determined Stables, Golconda Stable, Waves Edge Capital and Catherine Donovan. B-Skyfall Thoroughbreds (Ky). T-Bob Baffert. J-Juan Hernandez.Apparently, the white-haired guy is never going to run out of fast maidens. Less than a month ago, this $775,000 “Avengers” yearling was actually the 3-1 favorite over 10-1 Crude Velocity in their debuts, an odds disparity unlikely to be repeated in the near future. Memory finished seventh that day with no obvious excuses on video, but was much sharper on the stretch-out Thursday. Interestingly, he has grass in his pedigree. His half-brother First World War (by War Front and now at stud in Korea) was twice a Grade III winner on turf. The post The Five Fastest Maidens of the Week: 92+ Beyers All Around appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.