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Driver

Michael L Cushing

78 charted drives at Plainridge, 9 wins, 11.5% strike rate.

The Record

Michael L Cushing appears in the surviving Plainridge charts on 44 race days across 3 seasons, 2003 to 2005, taking 78 drives behind 37 different horses. Those drives produced 9 wins, 14 seconds and 6 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 measured five-eighths of a mile, 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 Michael L Cushing drove most often here were SEE SPOT RUN (6), WESTERN MISCHIEF (6), MT POCKETS (6), PRITNEER LOGGIN (6). 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 8 5 DOCTOR WILL 1:56.3 24.90 10000CLHC
Sep 26, 2005 6 2 RUNAWAY MONK 1:56.0 1.00 4000CL
Sep 26, 2005 5 2 NORTHERN REGENT 1:58.2 5.10 NW6PMLT
Sep 26, 2005 2 3 PRITNEER LOGGIN 1:56.1 11.60 NW300PS
May 9, 2005 11 9 WESTRIDGE REVENGE 2:01.1 33.80 NW300PS
May 9, 2005 9 8 MT POCKETS 1:58.0 7.80 FMNW300PS
May 9, 2005 4 7 SWEET FINALE 2:00.2 49.00 NW2PMLT
May 9, 2005 2 5 SEE SPOT RUN 2:01.3 6.80 NW200PS
Oct 25, 2004 7 7 VIC'S LADY 2:00.3 3.30 7500CL OP
Oct 25, 2004 1 1 THE REAL TRUTH 1:59.3 1.10 2000CLHC
Oct 19, 2004 12 2 PRITNEER LOGGIN 1:59.1 2.60 NW300PS
Oct 19, 2004 5 8 EL SAKRATORE - 15.20 4000CL
Oct 19, 2004 1 2 DAYLON TURBO 2:00.1 11.80 3000CL
Oct 18, 2004 11 6 SEE SPOT RUN 2:03.0 12.20 5000CL OP
Oct 18, 2004 10 8 BREEZEWOODBURGANDY 2:00.0 88.80 FMNW300PS
Oct 18, 2004 8 2 GOOD LUCK CHIP 1:58.2 5.00 FMNW300PS
Oct 16, 2004 11 1 AINTNOSAINT 1:59.0 1.80 FMNW200PS
Oct 16, 2004 7 1 CLIP CLIP 2:02.3 9.70 3000CL OP
Oct 16, 2004 6 4 LINDONS COUNT ME N 2:02.0 3.40 NW2PMLT
Oct 16, 2004 4 7 COMPANIA KING 2:00.1 3.30 2000CL
Oct 12, 2004 12 4 TO POOPED TO POP 1:57.3 8.90 4000CLHC
Oct 12, 2004 9 6 PRITNEER LOGGIN 1:57.4 22.40 NW400PS
Oct 12, 2004 8 3 DAYLON TURBO 1:58.2 4.60 3000CL
Oct 12, 2004 5 1 EL SAKRATORE 1:57.3 1.50 4000CL
Oct 11, 2004 11 6 SEE SPOT RUN 2:01.2 1.80 5000CL OP
Oct 11, 2004 1 8 NICE TUSH 2:01.2 127.30 NW200PS
Sep 28, 2004 9 4 FOX VALLEY SELECT 1:56.1 9.30 10000CLHC
Sep 28, 2004 5 7 EL SAKRATORE 1:59.4 5.10 4000CLHC
Sep 28, 2004 2 4 COMPANIA KING 2:00.2 1.30 3000CL
Sep 27, 2004 11 7 OUR PROMISES 1:56.0 24.20 —
Sep 27, 2004 9 3 WESTERN MISCHIEF 1:57.3 4.40 3000CL OP
Sep 27, 2004 5 3 THE REAL TRUTH 1:57.3 8.70 FMNW300PS
Sep 27, 2004 1 3 MT POCKETS 1:55.3 7.10 4000CL OP
Sep 21, 2004 9 4 EL SAKRATORE 1:56.3 9.60 5000CL
Sep 21, 2004 8 6 LADDIE HANOVER 1:58.2 6.00 4000CL
Sep 21, 2004 4 2 PRITNEER LOGGIN 1:57.0 1.80 NW300PS
Sep 21, 2004 3 5 STONECRUSHER N 1:56.4 3.20 NW200PS
Sep 14, 2004 12 6 PRITNEER LOGGIN 1:57.0 6.70 NW300PS
Sep 14, 2004 5 2 EL SAKRATORE 1:56.1 2.80 5000CL
Sep 14, 2004 3 8 STONECRUSHER N 2:02.2 1.50 NW200PS
Sep 7, 2004 12 4 THIS CAMS DOWN 1:59.1 4.40 NW200PS
Sep 7, 2004 11 2 WESTERN MISCHIEF 1:58.1 9.20 3000CL OP
Sep 7, 2004 8 6 EL SAKRATORE 1:56.3 27.60 NW400PS
Sep 7, 2004 7 2 MT POCKETS 1:56.1 3.00 4000CL OP
Aug 7, 2004 9 1 WESTERN MISCHIEF 1:58.2 3.10 3000CL
Aug 7, 2004 8 6 CLIP CLIP 2:01.2 6.20 3000CLHC
Aug 7, 2004 7 2 AINTNOSAINT 1:56.4 3.50 FMNW200PS
Aug 7, 2004 6 6 LINDONS COUNT ME N 2:05.3 27.10 NW1PMLT
Aug 3, 2004 13 5 MT POCKETS 1:59.0 5.10 7500CL
Aug 3, 2004 10 2 SHARP SONNETT 2:01.3 3.60 NW200PS
Aug 3, 2004 9 1 PRITNEER LOGGIN 1:54.3 1.40 NW300PS
Aug 3, 2004 5 5 B C S ANALAAG 1:59.2 9.00 FMNW200
Apr 19, 2004 11 3 SEE SPOT RUN 2:01.0 1.10 NW250PS
Apr 19, 2004 8 1 DRUMNADROCHIT N 1:54.2 7.30 BAYSTATE
Apr 19, 2004 3 4 MT POCKETS 1:57.4 2.10 4000CL OP
Apr 17, 2004 9 8 NIABRISK 2:00.2 140.70 2000CLHC
Apr 17, 2004 8 7 FREE STONE LEXY 2:00.3 56.30 FMNW250PS
Apr 17, 2004 7 4 STYLED N BAY 1:59.1 1.80 NW200PS
Apr 17, 2004 6 5 SHARP SONNETT 2:02.2 29.10 NW200PS
Apr 17, 2004 4 1 CLIP CLIP 2:03.0 .50 NW200PS
Apr 6, 2004 12 7 KIZEMA N 1:58.4 8.10 5000CLHC
Apr 6, 2004 9 2 DRUMNADROCHIT N 1:58.3 2.30 BAYSTATE
Apr 5, 2004 12 9 MT POCKETS 2:05.1 5.90 5000CL
Apr 5, 2004 11 6 COMPANIA KING 2:01.2 8.30 BAYSTATE
Apr 5, 2004 2 2 CLIP CLIP 2:06.3 11.00 NW200PS
Apr 5, 2004 1 9 FREE STONE LEXY 2:05.4 14.00 3000CL OP
Dec 2, 2003 11 5 BENVECK N 1:58.1 28.00 FMNPO
Dec 2, 2003 9 1 WESTERN MISCHIEF 2:00.2 2.40 FMNPO
Nov 25, 2003 10 5 BENVECK N 1:57.2 21.70 FMOPENHC
Nov 25, 2003 8 2 WESTERN MISCHIEF 1:58.1 2.10 FMNPO
Nov 25, 2003 7 4 JATES SOLAR E 1:59.4 11.80 FMNW200PS
Nov 25, 2003 6 6 SEE SPOT RUN 2:04.3 9.00 NW250PS
Nov 18, 2003 10 4 BENVECK N 1:57.0 56.00 FMOPEN
Nov 18, 2003 9 4 WESTERN MISCHIEF 1:58.2 6.40 FMNPO
Nov 18, 2003 6 9 SEE SPOT RUN 2:02.0 4.60 NW350PS
Jul 28, 2003 4 9 SERIOUS INTENT 2:01.3 93.60 FMNW200PS
Jul 14, 2003 8 9 COLLIER ST JOHN 2:03.4 24.50 NW2500
May 12, 2003 2 — VIC'S LADY 2:04.2 10.60 W2-5PMLT

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Questions about this driver

Which seasons did Michael L Cushing drive in?

2003, 2004, 2005 — 3 seasons in total, first appearing on 2003-05-12 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 often did Michael L Cushing drive at Plainridge?

78 charted drives across 44 race days, 2003 to 2005. Drives at other tracks are outside this record.

How many races did Michael L Cushing win?

9 wins from 78 drives, 11.5%. With 14 seconds and 6 thirds, Michael L Cushing was in the first three 29 times.

Who were Michael L Cushing's regular partners?

See Spot Run (6), Western Mischief (6) and Mt Pockets (6), ahead of 3 other horses. Brackets give the number of drives.

What is the fastest winning mile Michael L Cushing recorded here?

1:54.2. 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 Michael L Cushing?

15 trainers in all, including Brian J Condon, Derek S Bickford and Randal R Smith. A driver is engaged race by race, so the list is a record of who called on Michael L Cushing rather than an employment history.