TimeformUS Speed Figure Report for week ending Aug. 6, 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.
Saratoga
Grade 1 Whitney
1/2 119
3/4 132
Fin 134
Top 3: Gun Runner 133, Keen Ice 127, Breaking Lucky 126
Note: Half-mile in blue (slow pace) despite race allegedly having a rabbit entered; Gun Runner has seven consecutive race running a least a 125 TimeformUS Speed Figure
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Grade 1 Test
1/4 138
1/2 135
Fin 116
Top 3: American Gal 122, Faypien 119, Tequilita 114
Note: American Gal is 4 for 4 around one turn by a combined 17 1/2 lengths, and 0 for 2 around two turns; second highest TimeformUS Speed Figure for a 3yo filly this year behind Paradise Woods at 124 (Santa Anita Oaks)
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Grade 2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame
1/2 104
3/4 109
Fin 115
Top 3: Bricks and Mortar 119, Yoshida 117, Big Handsome 116
Note: All fractions blue (slow pace) in TimeformUS PPs; winner undefeated in four starts, last three all in slow-paced races
Grade 3 Waya
1/2 130
1m 133
Fin 118
Top 3: Estrechada 119, Lottie 118, Summersault 118
Note: Winner previously winless in five US starts since shipping from Argentina; quick pace - red fractions in TimeformUS PPs
Del Mar
Grade 2 Yellow Ribbon
1/2 127
3/4 123
Fin 122
Top 3: Cambodia 121, Pretty Girl 120, Amboseli 120
Note: First race on West Coast for winner, took advantage of weak local division; odds-on favorite Avenge (3rd, BC FM Turf) off the board after contesting moderate pace
Grade 2 Sorrento
1/4 124
1/2 113
Fin 103
Top 3: Spectator 107, Dancing Belle 97, Terra’s Belle 97
Note: Fastest TimeformUS Speed Figure for a 2yo filly in 2017; heavy favorite Diamondsandpearls well-beaten fourth after tough start
Grade 3 La Jolla
1/2 123
3/4 121
Fin 117
Top 3: Sharp Samurai 117, Fashion Business 117, Colonist 116
Note: Winner has improved TimeformUS Speed Figure in each turf start, from 104 to 117; he was the only stakes winner in the field
Mountaineer
Grade 3 West Virginia Derby
1/2 134
3/4 122
Fin 127
Top 3: Colonelsdarktemper 125, Game Over 124, Lookin at Lee 121
Note: Top two both finished behind Irap last time out in different races; winner has improved speed figure in all eight starts