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. Churchill Grade 1 Kentucky Derby 1/2    152 3/4    141 Fin    121 Top 3: Always Dreaming 123, Lookin At Lee 118, Battle of Midway 115 Note: All fractions in red from TimeformUS denoting very fast pace; top three finishers all ran career-best TimeformUS Speed Figures, the only horses in the field to do so; race was run over a track labeled wet-fast, but it was on the slow side for Churchill Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks 1/2    154 3/4    135 Fin    113 Top 3: Abel Tasman 113, Daddys Lil Darling 111, Lockdown 113 Note: All fractions in red from TimeformUS denoting very fast pace; Abel Tasman had top TimeformUS Late Pace Rating in a race predicted by Pace Projector to have a fast pace; top three betting choices were 1-2-3 early - none finished better than eighth :: Learn How to Use TimeformUS Speed Figures Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic 1/2    122 3/4    123 Fin    125 Top 3: Divisidero 127, Beach Patrol 125, Oscar Nominated 122 Note: First win in last five tries for Divisidero, last win was in same race last year with 128 TimeformUS Speed Figure; game effort for Beach Patrol resulted in career-best figure; Oscar Nominated was very wide, but that may have been best part of course Grade 1 Humana Distaff 1/4    102 1/2    99 Fin    114 Top 3: Paulassilverlining 108, Finest City 107, Carina Mia 107 Note: All fractions in blue from TimeformUS denoting slow pace; second Grade 1 score for winner since training taken over by Chad Brown Grade 1 La Troienne 1/2    103 3/4    100 Fin    112 Top 3: Big World 108, Romantic Vision 108, Streamline 106 Note: 7-1 winner ran best last-out TimeformUS Speed Figure - this was first Grade 1 try; she has won seven of her last nine starts Grade 2 Churchill Downs 1/4    142 1/2    143 Fin    117 Top 3: Limousine Liberal 127, Awesome Slew 115, Tom’s Ready 115 Note: All fractions in red from TimeformUS denoting very fast pace; first stakes win in 11 tries and lifetime best TimeformUS Speed Figure for Limousine Liberal Grade 2 Alysheba 1/2    133 3/4    133 Fin    118 Top 3: Bird Song 123, Honorable Duty 119, International Star 115 Note: Winner chased fast fractions when wide last out at Keeneland, better trip today; favorite American Freedom (wide, fast pace) and second choice Breaking Lucky (bumped start, steadied) both had an excuse, should improve next time Grade 2 American Turf 1/2    145 3/4    122 Fin    115 Top 3: Arklow 115, Good Samaritan 113, Big Score 114 Note: Arklow 2 for 2 on turf after beginning career on dirt 0 for 5; BC Juvenile Turf winner Oscar Performance has failed to hit the board in either 2017 start, both as the favorite Grade 2 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile 1/2    124 3/4    132 Fin    125 Top 3: Roca Rojo 127, Believe in Bertie 127, Linda 120 Note: First stakes win since shipping to US by Roca Rojo; missed by a nose with 128 TimeformUS Speed Figure last out in Grade 1 Matriarch Grade 2 Eight Belles 1/4    126 1/2    122 Fin    111 Top 3: Benner Island 116, Union Strike 109, Laney 108 Note: Pace hot – half-mile coded red in TimeformUS PPs; winner 3 for 3 in one-turn dirt races, 0 for 5 in others Grade 3 Pat Day Mile 1/2    129 3/4    125 Fin    120 Top 3: Wild Shot 121, No Dozing 113, Uncontested 116 Note: Winner was pacesetter in Grade 2 Blue Grass last start; decent run for favored No Dozing but continued streak of no runner from the 2016 Remsen at Aqueduct winning a subsequent stakes race Grade 3 Twin Spires Turf Sprint 1/4    134 1/2    122 Fin    122 Top 3: Green Mask 122, Latent Revenge 118, Why Two 113 Note: First graded stakes win in eighth try for Green Mask; career-top TimeformUS Speed Figure in 24th start for 6-year-old gelding Grade 3 Edgewood 1/2    136 3/4    123 Fin    110 Top 3: La Coronel 111, Dream Dancing 110, Sweeping Paddy 110 Note: Pace swift despite seemingly slow fractions - turf labeled good, might have been softer than that; 1-2 finishers were coupled Belmont Grade 2 Sheepshead Bay 1/2    na 1m    na Fin    126 Top 3: Sea Calisi 126, Suffused 123, Apple Betty 110 Note: No TimeformUS Pace Figures, distance never previously run over this course with rail at 18 feet; winner took this race last year off similarly long layoff Grade 3 Westchester 1/2    136 3/4    128 Fin    131 Top 3: Connect 130, Virtual Machine 125, Frammento 110 Note: First start since winning the Grade 1 Cigar Mile in November for Connect, has now matched or exceeded previous TimeformUS Speed Figure in all eight career starts :: Follow Craig Milkowski on Twitter Grade 3 Fort Marcy 1/2    125 3/4    119 Fin    124 Top 3: Smooth Daddy 125, Time Test 128, Messi 124 Note: Heavy favorite Time Test dropped back to last in first U.S. start for some reason, made big move but hung big late Grade 3 Vagrancy 1/4    118 1/2    129 Fin    124 Top 3: By the Moon 125, Pretty N Cool 125, Quezon 112 Note: Track coded red by TimeformUS - speed did much better than expected; winner has three wins and a second in four Belmont dirt starts Santa Anita Grade 3 Adoration 1/2    118 3/4    121 Fin    121 Top 3: Vale Dori 120, Skye Diamonds 119, Sensitively 112 Note: Six consecutive wins for Vale Dori ranging from 116 to 122 TimeformUS Speed Figures, five coming in graded stakes Grade 3 Senorita 1/2    91 3/4    94 Fin    104 Top 3: Sircat Sally 106, Beau Recall 109, Pacific Wind 104 Note: All fractions in blue from TimeformUS denoting very slow pace; Sircat Sally remained undefeated after six races Lone Star Grade 3 Steve Sexton Mile 1/2    126 3/4    127 Fin    131 Top 3: Mor Spirit 130, Texas Chrome 122, Iron Fist 121 Note: Third consecutive lifetime best TimeformUS Speed Figure for Mor Spirit; one of 10 horses to hit the 130 mark in 2017