TimeformUS Speed Figure Report for week ending May 28, 2018

Santa Anita

G1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita S

1/2 133

3/4 133

Fin 132

Top 3: Accelerate 131, Dr. Dorr 128, City of Light 126

Note: Has won three of four in 2018 with lone loss narrow defeat to City of Light at Oaklawn – 2 for 2 at 10 furlongs this year.

G1 Gamely S

1/2 157

3/4 139

Fin 119

Top 3: Sophie P 121, Madam Dancealot 119, Madame Stripes 123

Note: Fast pace – all fractions coded red by TimeformUS; second start in US for winner; even-money favorite Hawksmoor lost all chance at the start when stumbling.

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G1 Shoemaker Mile S

1/2 134

3/4 131

Fin 125

Top 3: Hunt 125, Heart to Heart 126, Next Shares 124

Note: First race in six months for the winner, and first G1 score; Heart to Heart has yet to win a race where he didn’t go wire to wire.

G2 Charles Whittingham S

1/2 105

3/4 109

Fin 122

Top 3: Itsinthepost 128, Kenjisstorm 122, Frank Conversation 120

Note: Crawling pace – all fractions coded blue in TimeformUS products; eight of nine North American wins for Itsinthepost have come over the Santa Anita turf course.

G2 Monrovia S

1/4 144

1/2 130

Fin 121

Top 3: Belvoir Bay 123, Ancient Secret 120, Compelled 117

Note: Belvoir Bay has won four of five down the hill at Santa Anita including win over males in previous start; 3 for 3 in 2018.

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G3 Desert Stormer S

1/4 144

1/2 122

Fin 127

Top 3: Marley’s Freedom 126, Miss Sunset 117, Yuvetsi 108

Note: Early speed duel set the race up perfectly for winner; first stakes win in first try for new trainer Bob Baffert.

Monmouth

G2 Monmouth S

1/2 141

3/4 136

Fin 127

Top 3: Money Multiplier 129, Divisidero 126, Projected 126

Note: First win for Money Multiplier since taking this same race last year – 0 for 5 in the interim including a race in Qatar; 6-5 favorite Frostmourne set strong pace before weakening late.

G3 Salvator Mile S

1/2 134

3/4 130

Fin 122

Top 3: Page McKenney 122, Shaft of Light 124, Sunny Ridge 122

Note: Twenty-second career win for 8-year-old gelding – Monmouth is the seventh different track at which he’s entered the winner’s circle.

Woodbine

G2 Eclipse S

1/2 121

3/4 124

Fin 123

Top 3: Are You Kidding Me 123, Melmich 122, Gigantic Breeze 122

Note: Millionaire 8-year-old winner has turned the tables on Melmich – dropped two decisions in 2017 but has won both this year.

G3 Nassau S

Top 3: Niigon’s Eclipse 119, Bletchley 118, Gianna’s Dream 113

Note: Pace figures unavailable – turf races at Woodbine are all being hand timed; game effort for winner on the front end resulted in lifetime-best TimeformUS Speed Figure.

Lone Star

G3 Lone Star Park H

1/2 126

3/4 128

Fin 121

Top 3: Shotgun Kowboy 123, Mubtaahij 120, Fear the Cowboy 116

Note: First graded stakes win since taking Oklahoma Derby in 2015 – top TimeformUS Power Pick won at 9-2 odds in four-horse field.

Golden Gate

G3 All American S

1/2 131

3/4 125

Fin 120

Top 3: The Lieutenant 119, My Friend Emma 121, Grecian Fire 118

Note: First stakes win in first try on a synthetic track for The Lieutenant, half-brother to Justify; big effort from runner-up on the front end – 1, 3, 4 finishers were sixth, ninth, and 10th after opening half-mile.

Arlington

G3 Arlington Classic S

1/2 130

3/4 116

Fin 98

Top 3: Ezmosh 101, Pont Du Gard 97, Cuestion de Tiempo 101

Note: All fractions red in TimeformUS – fast pace; winner perfect 2 for 2 on turf, only one win in seven dirt tries.

Churchill

G3 Winning Colors S

1/4 130

1/2 118

Fin 105

Top 3: Miss Kentucky 111, Treble 105, Golden Domer 100

Note: Fast pace; weak race for class, not a single horse in field had won a graded stakes previously; tough trip for 2-5 favorite Golden Mischief.