TimeformUS Speed Figure Report for week ending March 5, 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.
Gulfstream
Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes
1/2 146
3/4 125
Fin 119
Top 3: Gunnevera 119, Practical Joke 113, Three Rules 115
Note: First two fractions red in TimeformUS - hot pace; third graded stakes win for Gunnevera (others were Saratoga Special, Delta Jackpot)
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Grade 2 Davona Dale Stakes
1/2 123
3/4 111
Fin 96
Top 3: Miss Sky Warrior 101, Jordan’s Henny 101, Summer Luck 97
Note: Despite being 50-point race for the Kentucky Oaks, this was a weak group; Miss Sky Warrior’s winning figure was only the 16th best TimeformUS Speed Figure for 3-year-old fillies on dirt
Grade 2 Mac Diarmida Stakes
1/2 160
1m 128
Fin 122
Top 3: Wake Forest 122, Patterson Cross 122, Reporting Star 122
Note: First win for Wake Forest since taking Grade 1 Man o’ War back in June – he was 0 for 5 in interim; career-best race for Patterson Cross; improved TimeformUS Speed Figure in each of last five starts
Grade 3 Canadian Turf Stakes
1/2 126
3/4 124
Fin 122
Top 3: Heart to Heart 123, Bondurant 120, Conquest Panthera 120
Note: Eighth Grade 2 or Grade 3 stakes win for Heart to Heart; Interpol was only other graded winner in the field and was returning from a layoff
Grade 3 The Very One Stakes
1/2 132
3/4 131
Fin 117
Top 3: Suffused 118, Quiet Kitten 115, Paige 114
Note: Two-horse race on paper turned into a one-horse race when 8-5 second choice Olorda packed it in very early
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Grade 3 Palm Beach Stakes
1/2 119
3/4 117
Fin 109
Top 3: Ticonderoga 108, Kitten’s Cat 110, Snap Decision 106
Note: Winner had run very well in BC Juvenile Turf despite drawing the 14 post - nice return to the races; second 110 TimeformUS Speed Figure for Kitten’s Cat
Grade 3 Herecomesthebride Stakes
1/2 108
3/4 109
Fin 105
Top 3: Dream Dancing 105, Coasted 105, Party Boat 104
Note: Dream Dancing if 3 for 4 on turf with 1 second, while off the board in three dirt tries; Coasted was runner up in BC Juvenile Fillies Turf
Grade 3 Fred W. Hooper Stakes
1/2 135
3/4 131
Fin 121
Top 3: Bird Song 125, Realm 121, Tale of S’avall 121
Note: Winner has improved TimeformUS Speed Figure in nearly every start; this was an above-par Grade 3 race; bright future for this one
Aqueduct
Grade 3 Gotham Stakes
1/2 142
3/4 127
Fin 122
Top 3: J Boys Echo 122, Cloud Computing 119, El Areeb 114
Note: Second-fastest TimeformUS Speed Figure by a 3-year-old in 2017 (topped only by One Liner’s 124); second career start for runner-up
Santa Anita
Grade 3 Santa Ysabel Stakes
1/2 138
3/4 129
Fin 116
Top 3: Unique Bella 119, Abel Tasman 114, Spooky Woods 106
Note: Winner has three of top four 2017 TimeformUS Speed Figures for 3-year-old fillies (119, 118, 112); runner up has the third best
Grade 3 Las Flores Stakes
1/4 131
1/2 128
Fin 112
Top 3: Pretty N Cool 120, Constellation 114, Ponder Lea 111
Note: Quick pace – half-mile fraction in red in TimeformUS PPs; winner is 3 for 3 off a layoff, including winning as first-time starter