TimeformUS Speed Figure Report for week ending May 20, 2018

Pimlico

G1 Preakness S

1/2 141

3/4 137

Fin 125

Top 3: Justify 128, Bravazo 126, Tenfold 125

Note: Track coded pink in TimeformUS products as speed favoring; Derby winner Justify battled on the front end with Derby runner-up Good Magic (who finished fourth) for over a mile before putting that one away, held on gamely late; Triple Crown winner in three weeks?

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G2 Black-Eyed Susan S

1/2 115

3/4 109

Fin 114

Top 3: Red Ruby 112, Coach Rocks 109, Indy Union 103

Note: Winner now perfect two for two on sloppy tracks and has improved TimeformUS Speed Figure in all five career starts

G3 Pimlico Special S

1/2 139

3/4 137

Fin 126

Top 3: Irish War Cry 129, One Liner 124, Untrapped 122

Note: First win since G2 Wood Memorial in April of 2017; appears to perform best when on or near the lead

G3 Gallorette S

1/2 156

3/4 144

Fin 122

Top 3: Ultra Brat 127, Blessed Silence 112, Brooks House 114

Note: Extremely soft turf, so soft as to unlikely to be seen again in North America this year; winner went wire to wire over tiring course; not one horse able to make up ground after the six-furlong call

G3 Dixie S

1/2 92

3/4 108

Fin 113

Top 3: Fire Away 112, Unbridled Juan 111, Just Howard 110

Note: Race originally a G2, but moved to dirt and only four horses entered the gate; ¼ and ½ mile fractions coded blue by TimeformUS - slow pace

G3 Distaff S

1/2 133

3/4 125

Fin 115

Top 3: Song of Spring 115, Blue Prize 118, Fuhriously Kissed 112

Note: Winner rallied from dead last; early pace battle winner Blue Prize was probably best; 1, 3, and 4 finishers were all well back early

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G3 Maryland Sprint S

1/4 120

1/2 120

Fin 124

Top 3: Switzerland 122, Long Haul Bay 117, Lewisfield 109

Note: Winner took seven race to find the winner’s circle but has won four in a row since, including this first stakes try

G3 Miss Preakness S

1/4 115

1/2 110

Fin 113

Top 3: Happy Like a Fool 112, Artistic Diva 105, Buy Sell Hold 100

Note: Winner now three for four in USA, all on dirt, and improved TimeformUS Speed Figure each time out; lost two races in England on turf at 2

Woodbine

G3 Selene S

1/2 136

3/4 119

Fin 107

Top 3: Miss Mo Menthum 108, Dixie Moon 108, Safe to Say 100

Note: Half mile fraction coded red - fast pace - but track also coded red as highly speed favoring; first race on synthetic track for the winner

Arlington

G3 Arlington Matron S

Fin 116

Top 3: Princess La Quinta 116, Daddy’s Boo 115, Con Te Partiro 112

Note: Timer malfunctioned, no fractions and race hand timed; winner has won last four on synthetic tracks, zero for last nine otherwise

Churchill

G3 Louisville H

1/2 135

1m 124

Fin 120

Top 3: Vettori Kin 121, Harlan Strong 116, Bronson 114

Note: First win in fifth North American start for Vettori Kin, was G1 winner in Brazil; lifetime best TimeformUS Speed Figure was par for G3 older males