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 :: Learn How to Use TimeformUS Speed Figures 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 :: Follow Craig Milkowski on Twitter 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