All stakes races, except those where I have come upon a live longshot, should be run to the same form as two of the bigger ones from last week. In the Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds, Mo Tom had the improving Beyer Speed Figures and had run well against proven stakes horses. The colt came from way back to win the Lecomte, improving his Beyer for the fourth consecutive race with an 88. Mo Tom will have to run faster to be a serious Kentucky Derby contender, but that was a nice start to his 3-year-old season. Mexikoma had a clear Beyer edge in the Sunshine Millions Classic at Gulfstream Park. I was hoping for a better price than 6-5, but the numbers were the numbers, and they were not hidden. It turned out that that solid set of figures was not going to be good enough, as Mr. Jordan, like Mexikoma, earned a career-best Beyer. Mexikoma won it with a 106, with Mr. Jordan getting a 104 after a valiant effort. There’s rather light fare this Saturday, with just one graded stakes, the Santa Monica at Santa Anita. Ben’s Duchess is on an every-other-race big-figure pattern, with a series of 100, 89, 100, and 80. If she needed the La Brea Stakes to get ready after a layoff of nearly three months, the Santa Monica should be the “on” race. If it is, she has a big chance because anything close to a 100 Beyer is going to win. Room for Me has been a very consistent sprinter back East. She has some triple-digit Beyers from last year and is not unfamiliar with the surroundings in Southern California, as she was claimed from a Santa Anita race last February. Room for Me could be the speed. She had the misfortune of chasing the champion La Verdad in New York, and this does not look like a classic Southern California loaded-with-pace race. Living The Life appears to be several Beyer points better on artificial surfaces than dirt and has a lifetime-best figure of 93 in any case. When I saw that the H. Allen Jerkens Stakes on Saturday at Gulfstream Park was at two miles on grass, I cringed. My experience with these marathons is that some of the results are random. This does not look like one of those races. Charming Kitten not only has an extended series of worthy Beyers, but the horse has actually won at the distance in the 2014 Belmont Gold Cup. He got a 94 Beyer that day in the midst of a five-race series between 91 and 95. Now, Charming Kitten comes off his career-best Beyer, a 102, on Dec. 26 in the W.L. McKnight. It is not often you see a 5-year-old in race No. 26 run a career-best figure. He could bounce, but he just appears to be better than this group as he closes in on $900,000 in earnings. There are races without much pace, and then there is the Allen Jerkens, which has none. There is not a horse in the field who has ever led at either the first or second point of call in race. So, a horse like St. Albans Boy has a realistic chance of controlling the race from the top. Now, I am not quite sure what that means in a race that is going to take a while, but it is worth noting. The Busanda at Aqueduct on Saturday is a fascinating exercise. Flora Dora and Scatoosh have similar-looking Beyer histories, but Flora Dora compiled her numbers (61, 75, 68) in stakes races, two of them graded, while Scatoosh has gotten her numbers (70, 66 in her last two on dirt) in maiden races because it took her six tries to win. It would make some sense to lean toward Flora Dora, but Scatoosh might get first run because she has a bit more speed in another race without much obvious pace. And the big midrace move she made in her first win Jan. 1 suggests that Scatoosh might just now be coming to her best form. A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Charming Kitten won the 2014 Belmont Derby. He won the 2014 Belmont Gold Cup.