TimeformUS Speed Figure Report for the week ending July 30, 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.
Stakes races for week ending July 30, 2017
Monmouth
G1 Haskell Invitational
1/2 – 139
3/4 – 126
Fin – 120
Top 3: Girvin 120, McCraken 120, Practical Joke 120
Note: Girvin has run first or second in every career start but troubled trip Kentucky Derby; race favorite Timeline (fifth) was the only horse in the field that didn’t start in the Derby
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G2 Monmouth S
1/2 – 90
3/4 – 105
Fin – 120
Top 3: Money Multiplier 131, Irish Strait 127, Kharafa 123
Note: Very slow pace – all fractions blue in TimeformUS PPs; big effort for Money Multiplier in first start since Breeders’ Cup Turf
G3 Monmouth Cup S
1/2 – 120
3/4 – 117
Fin – 127
Top 3: Sharp Azteca 124, Donegal Moon 116, Just Call Kenny 112
Note: Only second try around two turns for winner – lost first try as 3-year-old at 2-5 odds; just a four-horse field, Sharp Azteca only horse that had won at G2 level
G3 Molly Pitcher S
1/2 – 113
3/4 – 111
Fin – 109
Top 3: Money’soncharlotte 110, Eskenformoney 107, Carrumba 105
Note: Third straight for winner – career-best TimeformUS Speed Figure in 20th start; Eskenformoney closed from last for second
G3 Matchmaker S
1/2 – 111
3/4 – 117
Fin – 119
Top 3: Wekeela 121, War Flag 119, Miss Temple City 117
Note: Dream trip up the rail for winner; War Flag has improved TimeformUS Speed Figure in all seven career starts
Del Mar
G1 Clement L. Hirsch S
1/2 – 113
3/4 – 110
Fin – 123
Top 3: Stellar Wind 119, Vale Dori 118, Faithfully 118
Note: Below par TimeformUS figures for G1 older females, but tepid pace had a lot to do with that; Stellar Wind has won of five of last six, lone loss in Breeders’ Cup Distaff
G1 Bing Crosby S
1/4 – 119
1/2 – 114
Fin – 121
Top 3: Ransom the Moon 117, Roy H 116, Moe Candy 114
Note: Favored Drefong veered in and dumped the rider, caused traffic issues for others and had effect on results and figures
G3 Cougar II H
1/2 – 140
1m – 122
Fin – 115
Top 3: Curlin Road 115, Hard Aces 115, Noble Nick 109
Note: Winner overcame slow pace (blue fractions) to win last race – dug in gamely late to get the nod by scant nose
Saratoga
G1 Vanderbilt H
1/4 – 137
1/2 – 139
Fin – 131
Top 3: El Deal 135, Awesome Banner 118, Limousine Liberal 119
Note: Winner perfect in three tries since barn change with 130-132-135 TimeformUS Speed Figures; began career in MCL 30,000
G2 Jim Dandy S
1/2 – 132
3/4 – 122
Fin – 121
Top 3: Good Samaritan 120, Giuseppe the Great 115, Always Dreaming 117
Note: First start on dirt for winner – also top-rated TimeformUS Late Pace rating; Derby and Preakness winners ran third and fifth
G2 Amsterdam S
1/4 – 135
1/2 – 120
Fin – 123
Top 3: Coal Front 122, Excitations 118, Singing Bullet 109
Note: Winner undefeated in three starts while improving TimeformUS Speed Figure each time; much improved effort for runner-up when returned to a sprint
G2 Bowling Green S
1/2 – 115
1m – 134
Fin – 123
Top 3: Hunter O’Riley 123, Bigger Picture 124, Sadler’s Joy 123
Note: Pace really picked up in second half mile, 153 on TimeformUS scale; winner top rated on TimeformUS Late Pace ratings
G2 Honorable Miss H
1/4 – 116
1/2 – 119
Fin – 117
Top 3: Paulassilverlining 118, Finley’sluckycharm 118, By the Moon 114
Note: Winner three for three since moving to the barn of Chad Brown; runner up eight for 10 sprinting with two seconds
G3 Shuvee H
1/2 – 149
3/4 – 137
Fin – 116
Top 3: Paid Up Subscriber 120, Terra Promessa 94, Apologynotaccepted 86
Note: Paid Up Subscriber won by “reported” 32.5 lengths, but came out of the race injured and is done racing for at least 2017
Woodbine
G2 NijinskyS
1/2 – 99
1m – 114
Fin – 117
Top 3: Dragon Bay 118, Can’thelpbelieving 117, Pumpkin Rumble 114
Note: Well below average TimeformUS Speed Figures for G2 older males; runner-up went off at miserly 2-5 odds
G3 Royal North S
1/4 – 146
1/2 – 126
Fin – 119
Top 3: Jennifer Lynette 118, Kasuga 122, Nobodys Fault 109
Note: Winner is 4 for 5 up to 6f with lone loss by a nose, but 0 for 6 beyond 6f; career best TimeformUS Speed Figure