TimeformUS Speed Figure Report for week ending July 9, 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.

Belmont

Grade 1 Belmont Derby Invitational

1/2 113

1m 111

Fin 116

Top 3: Oscar Performance 117, Called To The Bar 116, Homesman 116

Note: Second straight win for BC Juvenile Turf winner after two disappointing losses to start 2017; fourth-place finisher Good Samaritan was finishing fastest after moderate pace, one to watch in the future

Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational

1/2 155

1m 127

Fin 119

Top 3: New Money Honey 120, Sistercharlie 119, Uni 117

Note: Strong pace - two early leaders faded to last and next to last; race run 0.36 seconds faster than males in Belmont Derby

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Grade 2 Suburban

1/2 113

1m 123

Fin 129

Top 3: Keen Ice 128, Shaman Ghost 125, Follow Me Crev 121

Note: All fractions blue in TimeformUS PPs (slow pace) but that didn’t stop Keen Ice from blowing by early pacesetters; both of his stakes wins have come at 1 ¼ miles, including win over American Pharoah in 2015 Travers

Grade 3 Belmont Sprint Championship

1/4 139

1/2 128

Fin 127

Top 3: Mind Your Biscuits 124, Awesome Slew 119, Tommy Macho 118

Note: First race for Mind Your Biscuits since taking $2 million Golden Shaheen in Dubai in March

Grade 3 Dwyer

1/2 111

3/4 114

Fin 126

Top 3: Practical Joke 123, Tale of Silence 122, Battalion Runner 119

Note: Slow pace - blue fractions in TimeformUS PPs; Practical Joke, perfect in four tries around one turn, pointed to Haskell next

Grade 3 Victory Ride

1/4 124

1/2 115

Fin 113

Top 3: American Gal 114, Vertical Oak 108, Noble Freud 109

Note: First start since December for winner; she is now 3 for 3 sprinting; Noble Freud had a wide trip

Arlington

Grade 3 Stars and Stripes

1/2 153

1m 136

Fin 124

Top 3: Keystoneforvictory 124, The Pizza Man 122, Applicator 121

Note: All red fractions - hot pace; winner has four-race winning streak in the U.S.; The Pizza Man improved second off layoff

Grad 3 American Derby

1/2 139

3/4 123

Fin 112

Top 3: Sonic Boom 114, Gorgeous 110, My Bariley 106

Note: All fractions in red (fast pace) for wire-to-wire winner; will need to ration speed better to be a contender in Secretariat

Grade 3 Arlington Handicap

1/2 140

3/4 118

Fin 120

Top 3: Ghost Hunter 121, Oak Brook 120, Kasaqui 120

Note: Winner had beaten Grade 1 winner Ring Weekend in Delaware allowance race last out; this was his 18th win

Grade 3 Modesty

1/2 103

3/4 123

Fin 121

Top 3: Donna Bruja 120, Prado’s Sweet Ride 120, Time and Motion 118

Note: Winner 2 for 2 since shipping to the United States; very impressive visually, ran only fast enough to win

Los Alamitos

Grade 2 Great Lady M.

1/4 112

1/2 120

Fin 125

Top 3: Skye Diamonds 122, Constellation 120, Finest City 116

Note: Winner is red hot and improving; BC Filly-Mare Sprint winner Finest City against the pace, but also has lost some early speed this year

Parx

Grade 3 Parx Dash

1/4 119

1/2 123

Fin 126

Top 3: Pure Sensation 127, Mongolian Saturday 112, Bold Thunder 113

Note: Best TimeformUS Speed Figure of any turf sprint in 2017; monster effort at same distance as BC Turf Sprint this year

Prairie Meadows

Grade 3 Cornhusker

1/2 120

3/4 125

Fin 127

Top 3: Iron Fist 126, Texas Chrome 124, American Dubai 122

Note: Win capped huge weekend for trainer Steve Asmussen - won all four stakes races on Friday and Saturday at Prairie Meadows

Grade 3 Iowa Derby

1/2 104

3/4 111

Fin 116

Top 3: Hence 116, McCormick 113, Impressive Edge 112

Note: Impressive rebound for Hence; rallied from last to win easily while two pacesetters held on to finish second and third

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Grade 3 Iowa Oaks

1/2 101

3/4 109

Fin 112

Top 3: Shane’s Girlfriend 110, Babybluesbdancing 107, Jordan’s Henny 106

Note: Winner tracked moderate pace after a little early traffic trouble, and won easily; first race since February

Delaware Park

Grade 3 Delaware Oaks

1/2 113

3/4 112

Fin 116

Top 3: It Tiz Well 115, Proud and Fearless 114, Actress 115

Note: Strong group for a Grade 3, with an above-par TimeformUS Speed Figure; Actress impressive closing from well back into moderate pace

Grade 3 Robert G. Dick Memorial

1/2 132

1m 133

Fin 114

Top 3: Guilty Twelve 115, Zipessa 117, Gone Away 114

Note: Winner had best last-race TimeformUS Speed Figure, and was 10-1; Zipessa pressed fast pace, won battle but lost war