TimeformUS Speed Figure Report for week ending Jan. 15, 2018

Fair Grounds

Grade 2 Lecomte

1/2 129

3/4 115

Fin 119

Top 3: Instilled Regard 118, Principe Guilherme 114, Snapper Sinclair 114

Note: Instilled Regard has really blossomed around two turns, serious Derby contender at this point; race was 1.69 seconds faster than fillies ran in the Silverbulletday earlier on the card

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Silverbulletday

1/2 131

3/4 108

Fin 102

Top 3: Stronger Than Ever 102, Wonder Gadot 104, Missive 97

Note: TimeformUS Pace Projector predicted hot pace - top three late pace ratings running 1-2-3 in order; $1 trifecta paid $1,241.50

Santa Anita

Grade 2 La Canada

1/2 103

3/4 110

Fin 118

Top 3: Mopotism 115, Mended 115, La Force 115

Note: Slow pace helped top two stay that way around the track with Mopotism getting up late; Mended had 10-race winning streak snapped in game effort

Grade 3 Megahertz

1/2 123

3/4 123

Fin 120

Top 3: Madame Stripes 120, Instant Irma 119, Thundering Sky 119

Note: Winner ran better-than-looked third on dirt last out, relished return to turf; runner-up has run well but yet to win in three graded stakes tries, was even-money in this one

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Smarty Jones

1/2 92

3/4 107

Fin 122

Top 3: Mourinho 116, Combatant 113, Tap Daddy 103

Note: Wire-to-wire win in slow fractions while clear all the way - all coded blue in TimeformUS PPs; Combatant likely to run better with more pace

Gulfstream

Grade 2 Ft. Lauderdale

1/2 142

3/4 138

Fin 119

Top 3: Shining Copper 124, One Go All Go 122, All Included 118

Note: Case of winner running them off their feet - all fraction coded as fast; poor start for 3-5 favorite Heart to Heart

Grade 3 Marshua’s River

1/2 94

3/4 105

Fin 115

Top 3: Ultra Brat 121, Dream Dancing 118, King’s Ghost 116

Note: Slow pace noted with blue coding in TimeformUS PPs; King’s Ghost was the only horse to make up ground on the leader in the stretch