TimeformUS speed figure report for week ending June 10, 2018

Belmont

G1 Belmont S

1/2 150

1m 133

Fin 125

Top 3: Justify 125, Gronkowski 123, Hofburg 123

Note: Justify completed the Triple Crown, thirteenth in history of the sport; Gronkowski ran huge in first US start and first start on dirt after lagging well behind the field in the opening half-mile

G1 Metropolitan H

1/2 126

3/4 126

Fin 133

Top 3: Bee Jersey 130, Mind Your Biscuits 130, Limousine Liberal 123

Note: Career-best TimeformUS Speed Figure for top two; Bee Jersey has won five of six since arriving from Dubai and is perfect in four starts this year

G1 Acorn S

1/2 110

3/4 111

Fin 123

Top 3: Monomoy Girl 120, Talk Veuve to Me 117, Gio Game 112

Note: Fourth straight win of 2018, including three G1s in a row; runner-up is just a maiden winner but has two graded stakes placings, should appreciate two turns

G1 Manhattan S

1/2 143

1m 139

Fin 127

Top 3: Spring Quality 127, Sadler’s Joy 127, Hi Happy 128

Note: Top nine finishers were within two lengths at the wire; race well worth several replay viewings, many tough trips; Spring Quality has found a new level on turf

G1 Ogden Phipps S

1/2 122

3/4 122

Fin 127

Top 3: Abel Tasman 125, Ivy Bell 117, Unbridled Mo 114

Note: Eclipse Award winner found winner’s circle for first time in nearly 11 months with career-best TimeformUS Speed Figure

G1 Just a Game S

1/2 137

3/4 138

Fin 124

Top 3: A Raving Beauty 126, Proctor’s Ledge 125, Lull 126

Note: German import now two for two since moving to US; huge effort losing ground on the turn while close to hot pace

G2 Brooklyn Invitational S

1/2 99

1m 114

Fin 123

Top 3: Hoppertunity 123, War Story 121, Hard Study 120

Note: Slow pace, all fractions coded blue by TimeformUS; seven-year-old Hoppertunity now over $4.5 million in earnings

G2 Woody Stephens S

1/4 175

1/2 150

Fin 117

Top 3: Still Having Fun 117, Engage 120, Promises Fulfilled 127

Note: Blazing pace set by Promises Fulfilled, led Kentucky Derby for six furlongs in previous start; 13-1 winner had best TimeformUS Late Pace rating in race predicted to have a fast pace

G2 Jaipur Invitational S

1/4 124

1/2 126

Fin 124

Top 3: Disco Partner 122, Conquest Tsunami 123, Pure Sensation 123

Note: Repeat win in this race for Disco Partner; won last four on Belmont turf, zero for three elsewhere over this span

G2 New York S

1/2 190

1m 139

Fin 124

Top 3: Fourstar Crook 124, Sistercharlie 124, Daddys Lil Darling 122

Note: Blazing pace set by Fahan Mura, opened 8 1/2 lengths on the field in opening half-mile; top two finishers trained by Chad Brown, runner-up was 2-5 favorite

G2 Belmont Gold Cup Invitational S

Top 3: Call to Mind 125, Canessar 123, Prince of Arran 123

Note: Two-mile race, no pace figures available for races longer than 12 furlongs; winning owner was the queen of England

G2 True North S

1/2 148

3/4 135

Fin 125

Top 3: Imperial Hint 126, Whitmore 125, Bobby Abu Dhabi 126

Note: Runner-up in last year’s BC Sprint returned to winner’s circle after finishing off the board on Derby Day over a sloppy track

G3 Wonder Again S

1/2 98

3/4 108

Fin 109

Top 3: La Signare 109, Significant Form 108, Mighty Scarlett 108

Note: Slow pace, quarter- and half-mile fractions coded blue by TimeformUS; winner is French import, was narrowly beaten in an allowance race in US debut

G3 Bed o’ Roses Invitational S

1/4 120

1/2 117

Fin 122

Top 3: Lewis Bay 120, Highway Star 112, Cairenn 110

Note: Winner matched career-best TimeformUS Speed Figure; odds-on favorite American Gal broke slowly and was never a factor

G3 Intercontinental S

1/4 118

1/2 113

Fin 115

Top 3: La Sardane 113, Faypien 114, Heavenly Score 113

Note: Second consecutive score after dropping US debut, was a G2 winner in France; first turf try for Faypien

Santa Anita

G2 Honeymoon S

1/2 124

3/4 118

Fin 111

Top 3: Paved 111, Animosity 109, Ms Peintour 105

Note: Third win in last four for Paved, including win over males in El Camino Real Derby; favored Fatale Bere’s saddle slipped

G3 Affirmed S

1/2 88

3/4 100

Fin 112

Top 3: Draft Pick 109, Axelrod 106, Solomini 106

Note: All fractions coded blue by TimeformUS, slow pace; Draft Pick broke maiden in sixth try in previous start

Churchill

G3 Mint Julep H

1/2 154

3/4 138

Fin 115

Top 3: Lovely Bernadette 115, Celestial Insight 118, Inchargeofme 114

Note: Winner ended 2017 with three straight stakes scores, but had been well beaten in both starts this year; all fractions red in TimeformUS PPs, hot pace

Woodbine

G3 Hendrie S

1/4 97

1/2 97

Fin 112

Top 3: Code Warrior 106, Let It Ride Mom 104, Moonlit Promise 102

Note: Dawdling fractions, race was a virtual merry-go-round from start to finish; Code Warrior also won this race in 2017