TimeformUS Speed Figure Report for week ending May 29, 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.
Santa Anita
Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita
1/2 133
3/4 128
Fin 129
Top 3: Cupid 129, Follow Me Crev 125, Hard Aces 121
Note: First race for Cupid since the Pennsylvania Derby in September; runner-up was crushed out of gate, big effort in defeat
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Grade 1 Gamely
1/2 146
3/4 139
Fin 126
Top 3: Lady Eli 128, Goodyearforroses 127, Avenge 125
Note: Since returning from near-fatal illness, Lady Eli has run a 125 or higher TimeformUS Speed Figure in all five starts; incredible mare
Grade 2 Charles Whittingham
1/2 105
3/4 114
Fin 119
Top 3: Ashleyluvssugar 118, Frank Conversation 118, Syntax 117
Note: Only off-the-board finish for Ashleyluvssugar in last 10 was Breeders’ Cup Turf, he has four wins in that time; well below average TimeformUS Speed Figure for the class
Woobine
Grade 2 Nassau
1/2 113
3/4 113
Fin 116
Top 3: Starship Jubilee 119, Involuntary 114, Stormy Victoria 111
Note: Favored Catch a Glimpse fell after dueling early, reported to have bled; fourth win in a row for the winner and fifth in six starts this year
Grade 3 Marine
1/2 129
3/4 111
Fin 112
Top 3: Souper Tapit 113, Channel Maker 110, Malibu Secret 101
Note: Top two finishers were both making synthetic track debut; third-place finisher was nearly eight lengths behind winner
Monmouth
Grade 3 Red Bank
1/2 107
3/4 114
Fin 123
Top 3: Irish Strait 125, Synchrony 124, Rose Brier 118
Note: All fractions in blue in TimeformUS PPs - slow pace; 9-1 winner off the board in last two, including loss at 3-5 in allowance race
Churchill
Grade 3 Winning Colors
1/4 99
1/2 104
Fin 110
Top 3: Finley’sluckycharm 107, Mayla 96, Sweetgrass 96
Note: Way below par for Grade 3 older females; 1-5 favorite was allowed clear early lead on a slow pace, never challenged
Arlington
Grade 3 Arlington Classic
1/2 129
3/4 124
Fin 115
Top 3: Cowboy Culture 116, Gorgeous Kitten 107, Parlor 108
Note: Above-par effort for 3-year-olds this time of year; race was run over yielding turf
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Golden Gate
Grade 3 All American
1/2 121
3/4 124
Fin 118
Top 3: G. G. Ryder 118, Flamboyant 117, Alert Bay 119
Note: Winner has now won stakes races on dirt, turf, and synthetic surfaces, also won this race in 2015
Lone Star
Grade 3 Lone Star Park Handicap
1/2 133
3/4 129
Fin 131
Top 3: Danzing Candy 130, Texas Chrome 125, Shotgun Kowboy 121
Note: Has won both his dirt starts in 2017 after a third on turf in his first start; 130 TimeformUS Speed Figure 10th best of 2017