Saturday’s Ashland Stakes at Keeneland winner Speech is the first Gr1 winner for Mr Speaker.
Speech stalked the favourite Venetian Harbor (Munnings) to the home turn then accelerated into the lead to defeat Venetian Harbour with Envoutante (Uncle Mo) in third.
Speech completed the 1 1/16 miles in 1:41.26, breaking the track record of 1:41.36 set by Seeking The Soul in 2017.
It is the second win from seven starts for Speech which sold for $190,000 at the 2019 Ocala Breeders’ Sales March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training.
Her dam Scribbling Sarah (Freud) is a winning sister to Gr3-placed Deciphering Dreams and Jung Man Scott.
The granddam Plinking (Talkin Man) won 4 races and a half-sister to Gr3 Discovery Handicap at Aqueduct winner Wishful Tomcat (Tactical Cat).
Gr1 winner Mr Speaker (Pulpit) is advertised at $10,000 at Lane’s End Farm in Kentucky in 2020.