Predictably, this week's rankings include four from Saratoga (plus one from Monmouth). 5 – IRON PALACE, SAR, 7/9-9th, 1 1/16 miles (turf) (video)Beyer Speed Figure – 80(c, 3, by Palace Malice–Daisy Elle, by Ghostzapper)O-Daigneault Thoroughbreds. B-Titletown Racing Stables (Ky). T-George Weaver. J-Edgard Zayas.Against a solid turf lineup that included two Chad Brown trainees, Iron Palace drifted from his 12/1 opening line to 27/1 closing odds then won like a good thing. He set a reasonable pace, spurted clear by 2 1/2 lengths in midstretch and held on for the upset. Alex Daigneault acquired him at OBS last April for $150,000, but he didn't breeze until Christmas Eve then had another training interruption in February. He's from the next-last U.S. crop of Belmont winner Palace Malice, now in Japan, and his unraced dam is a half-sister to Grade I-winning sprinter Salutos Amigos (Salute the Sarge). 4 – MIDNIGHT STILL, SAR, 7/11-1st, 5.5 furlongs (video)Beyer Speed Figure – 80(c, 2, by Curlin–More Moonshine, by Malibu Moon)O-Double Down Horse Racing. B-Summer Wind Equine (Ky). T-Kinnon LaRose. J-Flavien Prat.Last August, Elza Mitchum and son Alex saw their new Double Down venture score a 17 3/4-length Saratoga debut victory with It's Our Time (It's Our Time). Now they've taken two straight at the Spa. Midnight Still was third against one of the stronger Churchill Downs 2-year-old maiden fields and whipped these by a widening 6 1/4 lengths. It was the first Saratoga win for LaRose, a native of Ogdensburg, N.Y. a few hours north, who recently inherited the stable of It's Our Time's trainer Tom Amoss. Midnight Still's pedigree page shows a couple of big names: dam More Moonshine is a full-sister to two-time Grade I winner Moonshine Memories, and their dam is a half-sister to former juvenile champ Favorite Trick (Phone Trick). 3 – GOLD LIGHT, MTH, 7/11-7th, 1 mile (video)Beyer Speed Figure – 83(g, 3, by Frosted–Select Friday, by Kantharos)O-Victoria's Ranch. B-Ralph Kinder, Erv Woolsey & Charles Kidder (Ky). T-Juan Avila. J-Angel Morales.He drew off by 4 1/4 lengths in his sixth start, turning in a 19-point Beyer top while running for a tag ($40,000) for the first time. Perhaps the class drop made the difference, but he also was recently gelded. His stakes-placed dam has had one other foal to race, the useful 5-year-old gelding Secured Landing (Omaha Beach), who is presently in Linda Rice's barn and has won five of his last seven. 2 – COLD SPELL, SAR, 7/9-3rd, 6.5 furlongs (video)Beyer Speed Figure – 84(f, 3, by Gun Runner–Chalon, by Dialed In)O/B- Lael Stables/Mr & Mrs Roy Jackson (Ky). T-Wesley Ward. J-John Velazquez.This marks the third–and final–time Cold Spell has appeared in the “Fastest Maiden” rankings. After beginning her career with two second-place finishes (the first in Mashallah's dazzling debut victory), the daughter of Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint runnerup Chalon was much the best in this spot at 3/10 odds. In her most recent defeat she didn't get away quite as quickly, but she won the break this time. 1 – COMMERCE, SAR, 7/10-1st, 1 1/8 miles (video)Beyer Speed Figure – 86(c, 3, by Street Sense–Valuable Package, by Kantharos)O-Pin Oak Stud. B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings (Ky).T-Bill Mott. J-Junior Alvarado.After back-to-back Beyer Speed Figures of 70 in his first two lifetime starts, Pin Oak's $350,000 yearling buy led most of the way and kicked clear of pace-presser Presidential Power (Constitution) through the lane to earn a list-topping figure. This was a slightly easier spot, but he also took a nice step forward. His dam was graded stakes placed–a distant third in the 2017 GIII Matron Stakes as a juvenile. The post The Five Fastest Maidens: Week of July 6 – 12 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.