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Driver

James W Smallwood

22 charted drives at Plainridge, 3 wins, 13.6% strike rate.

The Record

James W Smallwood appears in the surviving Plainridge charts on 22 race days across 3 seasons, 2001 to 2005, taking 22 drives behind 8 different horses. Those drives produced 3 wins, 7 seconds and 3 thirds.

A strike rate on a half-mile or five-eighths oval says less about a driver than the same figure at a mile track, because the draw and the run to the first turn decide a great deal before the field has settled. Plainridge was a five-eighths-mile track, which puts four turns in a mile race and rewards a driver who can hold a pocket rather than one who simply leaves fast.

The horses James W Smallwood drove most often here were ARMBRO BMW (6), SPEEDY SATURN (5), CANACO MEMPHIS (4), NEW REGIME N (3). Repeated pairings usually mean a stable connection rather than a catch drive, and they are the most useful signal in the chart when reading a driver's form at a single track.

Every Drive Held Here

DateRcFinHorseTimeOddsClass
Sep 26, 2005 1 2 BEST OF CAM 1:55.2 7.90 7500CL
May 9, 2005 9 3 CUZICAN 1:57.1 13.00 FMNW300PS
May 9, 2005 6 2 ARMBRO BMW 1:57.4 2.50 FMNW200PS
May 9, 2005 5 2 CANACO MEMPHIS 1:57.1 13.40 NW200PS
Nov 2, 2004 6 3 NEW REGIME N 1:57.2 3.00 4000CLHC
Oct 25, 2004 10 5 SPEEDY SATURN 1:58.3 5.90 NW4PMLT
Oct 25, 2004 8 3 ARMBRO BMW 1:57.2 6.00 NW6PMLT
Oct 19, 2004 5 4 NEW REGIME N 2:00.2 15.00 4000CL
Oct 19, 2004 3 1 CANACO MEMPHIS 1:59.3 3.40 NW200PS
Oct 18, 2004 8 1 ARMBRO BMW 1:58.2 3.00 FMNW300PS
Oct 12, 2004 12 7 NEW REGIME N 1:58.1 14.00 4000CLHC
Oct 12, 2004 1 5 CANACO MEMPHIS 2:00.0 29.00 NW200PS
Oct 9, 2004 9 6 ARMBRO BMW 1:59.1 18.20 NW6PMLT
Oct 9, 2004 7 2 SPEEDY SATURN 1:58.2 1.60 NW3PMLT
Sep 27, 2004 5 1 ARMBRO BMW 1:57.2 3.00 FMNW300PS
Sep 25, 2004 11 6 FUNDA BERTHE 2:00.2 3.10 FMNW200PS
Sep 25, 2004 10 2 SPEEDY SATURN 1:58.1 1.60 NW3PMLT
Sep 25, 2004 7 4 CANACO MEMPHIS 1:58.0 5.10 NW200PS
Sep 11, 2004 2 2 SPEEDY SATURN 1:57.1 7.10 NW4PMLT
Sep 7, 2004 11 4 ARMBRO BMW 1:58.3 8.20 3000CL OP
Aug 10, 2004 3 2 SPEEDY SATURN 1:57.4 59.30 FMNW200PS
Nov 13, 2001 13 9 TEAMO'NATOR 1:59.3 33.20 NW300PSCD

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Questions about this driver

Which horses did James W Smallwood drive most often?

Armbro Bmw (6), Speedy Saturn (5) and Canaco Memphis (4), ahead of 3 other horses. Brackets give the number of drives.

What is the fastest winning mile James W Smallwood recorded here?

1:57.2. That is the quickest time attached to a win in the recovered charts, not a track record — the records page carries those separately.

Which trainers engaged James W Smallwood?

2 trainers in all, including Diane J Bryant and Edward A Blash. A driver is engaged race by race, so the list is a record of who called on James W Smallwood rather than an employment history.

Which seasons did James W Smallwood drive in?

2001, 2004, 2005 — 3 seasons in total, first appearing on 2001-11-13 and last on 2005-09-26. Gaps in the middle usually mean the paperwork for those cards did not survive, not that the driver was absent.

How many drives does the record show for James W Smallwood?

22 charted drives across 22 race days, 2001 to 2005. Drives at other tracks are outside this record.

What is James W Smallwood's win record here?

3 wins from 22 drives, 13.6%. With 7 seconds and 3 thirds, James W Smallwood was in the first three 13 times.