TimeformUS Speed Figure Report for week ending Aug. 20, 2017
Each week, TimeformUS Chief Figure Maker Craig Milkowski takes a look back at the weekend’s graded stakes and releases the TimeformUS Speed Figures for these races.
Del Mar
Grade 1 Pacific Classic
1/2 130
1m 138
Fin 133
Top 3: Collected 134, Arrogate 132, Accelerate 130
Note: Fourth straight win for Collected, undefeated in 2017; champion Arrogate improved 20 points after poor showing in San Diego last out in first start since Dubai World Cup win; second consecutive 130+ for Accelerate, will be pointed to BC Dirt Mile
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Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks
1/2 139
3/4 127
Fin 119
Top 3: Dream Dancing 118, Beau Recall 119, Madame Dancealot 118
Note: Winner was lone shipper from the East Coast, won very close head bob; fourth runner-up finish for Beau Recall in stakes race, but has yet to win one
Grade 2 Del Mar Handicap
1/2 123
1m 124
Fin 123
Top 3: Hunt 123, Itsinthepost 121, Flamboyant 122
Note: Before 2017, all five wins by Hunt were sprinting, four down the hill at Santa Anita, and none in stakes races; in 2017 Hunt has won two graded stakes, each around two or three turns
Grade 2 Del Mar Mile
1/2 125
3/4 130
Fin 123
Top 3: Blackjackcat 125, Vyjack 123, Om 122
Note: Winner was second-longest shot in a six-horse field, previously 0 for 5 in graded stakes races; Vyjack has two wins and four seconds in his last six turf starts
Saratoga
Grade 1 Alabama
1/2 143
1m 126
Fin 123
Top 3: Elate 123, It Tiz Well 119, Salty 117
Note: Fourth consecutive career-best TimeformUS Speed Figure for Elate; Queen’s Plate winner Holy Helena ran disappointing eighth as tepid favorite
Grade 2 Lake Placid
1/2 97
3/4 98
Fin 112
Top 3: Proctor’s Ledge 125, Uni 122, Party Boat 114
Note: Very slow pace - blue fractions in TimeformUS PPs; winner took Grade 3 Lake George last out, also closing into slow pace to win
Woodbine
Grade 2 Play the King
1/4 108
1/2 116
Fin 124
Top 3: Conquest Panthera 120, Dowse’s Beach 121, Glenville Gardens 118
Note: Winner is 4 for 4 at a distance of less than one mile, 0 for 6 beyond one mile; Glenville Gardens had tough trip, blocked trying to close into slow fractions
Grade 2 Sky Classic
1/2 96
1m 104
Fin 120
Top 3: Can’thelpbelieving 127, Noble Thought 125, Pumpkin Rumble 117
Note: Slow pace, all blue fractions in TimeformUS PPs; Can’thelpbelieving turned tables on Dragon Bay (4th) with added distance
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Monmouth
Grade 3 Violet
1/2 86
3/4 107
Fin 115
Top 3: Tricky Escape 123, Light Up Our World 118, Gianna’s Dream 115
Note: Slow pace - all fractions blue in TimeformUS PPs; winner has improved speed figure in all five turf starts
Northlands
Grade 3 Canadian Derby
1/2 105
1m 95
Fin 99
Top 3: Chief Know It All 98, Trooper John 98 (DH), Double Bear 98 (DH)
Note: Winner shipped in from Churchill, first race after being claimed for $100,000; runner-up was on five-race winning streak