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.

Aqueduct

G1 Cigar Mile 

1/2 - 132

3/4 - 128

Fin - 137

Top 3: Sharp Azteca 134, Mind Your Biscuits 128, Practical Joke 124

QUEEN’S FATE
Trainer: Mike Maker
Last race: Dec. 3, 8th
Finish: 2nd by a nose
Beyer: 67

The Kentucky shipper gave the heavily-favored Breeders’ Cup participant Dixie Moon a run for her money in the Ontario Lassie Stakes. It was her first start on synthetics, and she could eventually end up in next year’s Woodbine Oaks.

Dec. 2

Aqueduct
Go for Wand (race 6)

Aqueduct | Race 8 | Post Time 3:47 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs

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I’ll be looking to the all-turf late pick three at Aqueduct today, one of the last times we’ll see one of these for a while. In terms of strategy, I’ll aim to keep things simple.

Race 6:
Lord of Love (#9)

Was never fully clear in the stretch last time, which may have hindered his late run.

Gets a positive rider switch to Jose Ortiz.

There is plenty of early speed in this race to set up his late run.

10-1 on ML

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Brett Davis                                                       

R1: 11-5-4-9

R2: 1-9-4-10

R3: 1-2-3-4

R4: 2-3-12-8

R5: 4-8-12-2

R6: 6-13-8-4

R7: 4-12-2-14

R8: 1-14-9-11

R9: 5-1-10-3

R10: 14-4-12-7

Best Bet: R10 n14   Alcari  

Longshot: R1 n9   The Champ

Best Play: R1   Trio   11/4,5,6,9

Paul Lally:

R1: 4-11-10-7

R2: 6-1-7-8

R3: 2-1-3-8

R4: 12-3-2-10

R5: 1-4-12-8

R6: 4-8-7-3

R7: 4-12-14-8

R8: 6-14-2-9

R9: 9-4-2-3

Aqueduct | Race 10 | Post Time 4:16 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs

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The featured event at Los Alamitos on Saturday is the Soviet Problem for 2-year-old California-bred fillies going one mile. The Soviet Problem is the eighth race on the card, and I’ll look to be alive in a daily double to a filly stretching out in distance for the first time for trainer Jeff Bonde.

RACE 7 – OC 40k/N$Y

Race 7: The first leg is nearly impossible to get a strong handle on, at least to me. I'm going to try to get through it with something of a spread and then cross my fingers.

Main: 8, 9, 11, 12
Backup: 2, 5, 10