TimeformUS Speed Figure Report for week ending Dec. 31, 2017
Santa Anita
Grade 1 Malibu
1/4 110
1/2 115
Fin 126
Top 3: City of Light 121, Edwards Going Left 119, Favorable Outcome 117
Note: All TimeformUS Pace Figures blue (slow pace); race was 0.28 of a second faster than Unique Bella ran taking La Brea one race earlier on the card
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Grade 1 La Brea
1/4 122
1/2 124
Fin 123
Top 3: Unique Bella 123, Paradise Woods 123, Mopotism 117
Note: Winner matched career-best TimeformUS Speed Figure (Santa Anita Oaks); nice rebound from tough-trip loss in Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint
Grade 1 American Oaks
1/2 120
1m 120
Fin 121
Top 3: Daddys Lil Darling 122, Madame Dancealot 121, Kathy’s Song 119
Note: First graded stakes win since taking the Grade 2 Pocahontas last year, but did have five seconds and a third in the interim, including a second in the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks
Grade 2 San Antonio
1/2 94
3/4 109
Fin 124
Top 3: Giant Expectations 119, Accelerate 118, Collected 119
Note: Crazy slow pace - all TimeformUS Pace Figures blue; winner had never been closer than 3rd after first call of any race before
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Grade 2 Mathis Brothers Mile
1/2 111
3/4 120
Fin 122
Top 3: Bowies Hero 123, Kroy 122, Big Score 117
Note: Career best TimeformUS Speed Figure for winner; finished behind race favorite Big Score five consecutive times previously
Grade 3 Midnight Lute
1/4 110
1/2 121
Fin 118
Top 3: Silent Bird 119, Tough Sunday 117, Americanize 119
Note: Breaking from the rail, Silent Bird showed much more early speed than usual, crucial to earning his first graded stakes win
Grade 3 Robert J. Frankel
1/2 101
3/4 109
Fin 115
Top 3: Midnight Crossing 117, Elysea’s World 119, Laseen 116
Note: Yet another slow-pace race at Santa Anita this week - all pace figures blue; two longest shots in the field (from same barn) were allowed to control the pace