TimeformUS Speed Figure Report for week ending June 11, 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 Stakes
1/2 138
1m 128
Fin 120
Top 3: Tapwrit 120, Irish War Cry 119, Patch 113
Note: Fast pace for a race of this distance, field was very strung out at the wire; Triple Crown races saw nine different horses fill the top three slots
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Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap
1/2 121
3/4 122
Fin 135
Top 3: Mor Spirit 130, Sharp Azteca 124, Tommy Macho 119
Note: Top two were never challenged, setting a slow pace up front and running away from the rest, with Mor Spirit much the best; Mor Spirit has won last three with TimeformUS Speed Figures of 130-130-127
Grade 1 Manhattan
1/2 123
1m 118
Fin 125
Top 3: Ascend 130, Time Test 128, Sadler’s Joy 128
Note: Winner has won four of last six as TimeformUS Speed Figures have “ascended” from 114 to 130; favored Time Test has burned a lot of money in two 2017 starts
Grade 1 Ogden Phipps
1/2 106
3/4 114
Fin 117
Top 3: Songbird 116, Paid Up Subscriber 115, Highway Star 112
Note: Songbird won for 12th time in 13 starts with lone loss by a nose in last year’s BC Distaff; ran speed figure well below her best; expect improvement next out
Grade 1 Acorn
1/2 105
3/4 104
Fin 118
Top 3: Abel Tasman 117, Salty 114, Benner Island 108
Note: Kentucky Oaks winner able to overcome slow pace (blue fractions in TimeformUS PPs) and won on the turn-back to a one-turn mile; earned career best TimeformUS Speed Figure
Grade 1 Just a Game
1/2 118
3/4 121
Fin 120
Top 3: Antonoe 119, Sassy Little Lila 119, Dickinson 118
Note: Winner is now 2 for 2 since arriving from France for trainer Chad Brown; stablemate and race favorite Roca Rojo finished last
Grade 2 Brooklyn Invitational
1/2 110
1m 110
Fin 115
Top 3: War Story 114, Sunny Ridge 113, Tu Brutus 111
Note: Slow pace may have contributed to well below par TimeformUS Speed Figures; Belmont Stakes exactly one second faster later on card
Grade 2 New York
1/2 133
3/4 126
Fin 124
Top 3: Hawksmoor 124, Quidura 123, Kitten’s Roar 121
Note: Second straight wire-to-wire graded stakes win for Hawksmoor; top two finishers were 1-2 all the way around the track
Grade 2 Woody Stephens
1/4 163
1/2 134
Fin 117
Top 3: American Anthem 121, Giuseppe the Great 115, Recruiting Ready 119
Note: Red fractions in TimeformUS PPs, very hot pace; American Anthem is 3 for 3 around one turn
Grade 2 True North
1/4 142
1/2 137
Fin 131
Top 3: Roy H 133, Stallwalkin’ Dude 125, Whitmore 117
Note: Roy H has won both dirt races since being gelded by a combined 9 ¾ lengths; track coded blue, favored off-pace runners
Grade 3 Bed o’ Roses Invitational
1/4 119
1/2 114
Fin 120
Top 3: By the Moon 117, Mia Torri 117, Lightstream 115
Note: Winner now 4 for 5 with a second at Belmont; top two TimeformUS Power Picks completed straight $35 exacta
Grade 3 Belmont Gold Cup Invitational
Fin 124
Top 3: Red Cardinal 124, St Michel 124, Now We Can 120
Note: TimeformUS doesn’t do pace figures for races over 12 furlongs; top four finishers all based in Europe
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Grade 3 Wonder Again
1/2 121
3/4 116
Fin 112
Top 3: New Money Honey 113, Fifty Five 110, Dream Dancing 109
Note: Career top TimeformUS Speed Figure in first 2017 win for the BC Juvenile Fillies Turf winner; top two trained by Chad Brown, and three of six in the field from his barn
Grade 3 Jaipur Invitational
1/4 139
1/2 130
Fin 121
Top 3: Disco Partner 120, Green Mask 121, Holding Gold 119
Note: Final time of 1:05.67 broke world record for six furlongs on any surface; career-best TimeformUS Speed Figure for 5-year-old winner
Grade 3 Intercontinental
1/4 126
1/2 121
Fin 121
Top 3: Mississippi Delta 121, Conquest Babayaga 121, Portmagee 120
Note: Winner now 7 for 8 in distances from 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 furlongs, was top TimeformUS Power Pick at 6-1
Churchill Downs
Grade 3 Mint Julep
1/2 147
3/4 146
Fin 124
Top 3: Dona Bruja 126, Believe In Bertie 128, Sky My Sky 121
Note: First race in U.S. for winner, 8 for 10 with two seconds in Argentina; red fractions in TimeformUS PPs, hot pace