5. LET'S BE FRANK, SA, 3/20-3rd, 1 mile (turf) (Video)Beyer Speed Figure – 83 (2nd)(c, 3, by Liam's Map–Proudly (Kor), by Alternation)O/B-Nice Guys Stables (Ky). T-Michael McCarthy. J-Hector Berrios.It won't tell you much that his dam Proudly earned 3.6 million South Korean won, which currently translates into $2,422. More telling is that Proudly has a recognizable full sister: Kentucky Oaks winner Serengeti Empress. The unraced Darley-bred dam of both females, Havisham, was four when she was unloaded for $5,000 and in 2016 had just dropped her first foal at age five when Korea bought her for $12,000. But when that first foal became an Oaks winner, ROI kicked in: Havisham was resold in 2021 for $1.1 million, and Proudly sold the same year for $230,000. Now Let's Be Frank: after his third in the GII Pilgrim last October as a maiden, his crack at the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf didn't end well, but Friday's runner-up finish at even money was an encouraging first 2026 run especially considering his sluggish break. 4. GROWTH EQUITY, AQU, 3/20-1st, 1 mile (Video)Beyer Speed Figure – 83(c, 3, by Nyquist –My Dear Venezuela, by Wildcat Heir)O-Klaravich Stables. B-Stone Farm (Ky). T-Chad Brown. J-Manny Franco.It's hard to get giddy about a 1-to-10 favorite whipping three overmatched rivals, but Growth Equity delivered what was expected–a 4+ length victory with a second straight 83 Beyer. You can get excited about Nyquist, who is popping up in the same conversations as Into Mischief, Gun Runner and Not This Time, and three of dam My Dear Venezuela's sisters have produced stakes-winners. 3. CALL ME CORY, SA, 3/20-3rd, 1 mile (turf) (Video)Beyer Speed Figure – 86(c, 4, by Uncle Mo–Fashion Week, by Speightstown)O-Warren Drakos. B-Wimberley Bloodstock (Ky). T-Ryan Hanson. J-Adrian Escobedo.On the stretchout in his third start, Call Me Cory ran them off their feet, sprinting away to a five-length backstretch lead then comfortably holding off a somewhat unlucky Let's Be Frank (above). Pedigree-wise, dam Fashion Week was an ordinary major-track level racehorse, but is out of Brian Meehan-trained group winner Theysken's Theory, a half-sister to Merv Griffin's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Stevie Wonderboy. 2. STOMPIN GRAPES, GP, 3/20-5th, 1 1-16 miles (Video)Beyer Speed Figure – 87 (2nd)(g, 5, by Vino Rosso –Quality Pearl, by Elusive Quality)O/B-Paula Taube (Ky). T-Ian Wilkes. J-Edgard Zayas.We don't see many 5-year-old geldings in his column, but he's run only five times and with no Beyers lower than 73. This was his first dirt try around two turns, and he held his own against highly-regarded Make My Day (below). Plus, you gotta love the name for a son of Vino Rosso (“red wine”). 1. MAKE MY DAY, GP, 3/20-5th, 1 1-16 miles (Video)Beyer Speed Figure – 89(c, 3, by Gun Runner –Magical Feeling, by Empire Maker)O-Spendthrift Farm and Repole Stable. B-Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds (Ky). T-Todd Pletcher. J-Luis Saez.Slightly more than 24 hours before he won the GII Louisiana Derby, Emerging Market's Tampa maiden win was flattered by this list-topping performance. Make My Day had finished a distant third after being mistreated at the break in that race, but went right to the front Friday at Gulfstream and kept a safe cushion over Stompin Grapes (above). The $1.1 million KEE September yearling has a pedigree dripping with graded blood: in addition to his sire and Grade II-winning dam, his half-brother Imagination just took the Ridayh Dirt Sprint for his third Grade II score; and Into Mischief mare Occult, his now-retired half-sister, has a Grade III victory to her credit. The post The Week’s Fastest Maidens for Mar. 16 – 21 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.