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Driver

Scott R Nichols

40 charted drives at Plainridge, 3 wins, 7.5% strike rate.

The Record

Scott R Nichols appears in the surviving Plainridge charts on 32 race days across 4 seasons, 2002 to 2005, taking 40 drives behind 25 different horses. Those drives produced 3 wins, 3 seconds and 4 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 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 Scott R Nichols drove most often here were FUN MESSAGE (5), TURN LEFT A (4), LOVEY GURR (3), PRINCE OF TROT (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 10 4 OHOKA SAINT N 1:55.3 18.20 20000CL
Sep 26, 2005 8 7 KARALTA SHINE A 1:56.3 7.50 10000CLHC
Sep 26, 2005 7 6 TURN LEFT A 1:56.3 32.90 NW400PS
Sep 26, 2005 6 3 SAM'S TRICK 1:56.0 5.50 4000CL
Sep 26, 2005 3 6 EVERYTHINGS OK N 1:56.2 34.70 5000CL
May 9, 2005 9 7 SAND ART 1:58.0 23.50 FMNW300PS
May 9, 2005 7 2 SAM'S TRICK 1:57.2 1.20 BAYSTATE
May 9, 2005 1 6 LA DIABLA HANOVER 1:59.4 1.00 NW450PS
Aug 10, 2004 10 3 JAY'S OK 1:58.1 6.50 2000CL OP
Aug 10, 2004 8 8 NANCY STARBUCK 2:02.2 15.80 4000CL OP
Aug 3, 2004 5 6 JAY'S OK 1:59.3 2.90 FMNW200
Aug 3, 2004 4 6 FUN MESSAGE 2:00.1 26.50 OPEN
Aug 3, 2004 1 4 NANCY STARBUCK 1:58.2 23.50 4000CL
May 1, 2004 8 2 YOUCH POWDER 1:58.4 17.30 3000CL OP
May 1, 2004 6 3 CEDAR BLUFF 2:01.0 10.10 NW250PS
May 1, 2004 1 5 LOVEY GURR 2:03.0 19.10 NW1PMLT
Apr 20, 2004 11 2 TURN LEFT A 1:56.2 2.30 20000CL
Apr 20, 2004 9 5 SATIN TIME N 1:55.0 14.50 OPEN
Apr 19, 2004 9 6 FUN MESSAGE 2:01.4 2.20 NW400PS
Apr 19, 2004 5 4 PRINCE OF TROT 2:00.3 3.20 NW500PS
Apr 17, 2004 3 6 LOVEY GURR 2:04.3 8.40 NW1PMLT
Apr 13, 2004 11 3 PRINCE OF TROT 2:02.4 5.90 10000CL OP
Apr 13, 2004 9 1 TURN LEFT A 1:57.4 2.80 20000CLHC
Apr 13, 2004 2 7 FUN MESSAGE 2:04.3 2.50 5000CL OP
Apr 10, 2004 6 4 B J STARLETT 2:05.1 30.20 NW200PS
Apr 10, 2004 4 6 WEST RIVER LOTTO 2:03.4 1.80 FMNW200PS
Apr 6, 2004 10 1 TURN LEFT A 1:56.4 3.50 20000CL
Apr 5, 2004 9 5 PRINCE OF TROT 2:03.4 2.90 OPEN
Apr 5, 2004 8 9 BARNEY 2:06.4 17.00 PATRIOT
Apr 5, 2004 7 9 ONE LAST ALCHE 2:05.0 8.30 PATRIOT
Apr 5, 2004 6 1 FUN MESSAGE 2:03.0 1.00 NW350PS
Apr 5, 2004 3 5 LOVEY GURR 2:06.0 1.70 LADYPAT
Sep 8, 2003 10 8 BREEZEWOODBURGANDY 2:01.3 33.10 4000CL OP
Sep 6, 2003 5 7 GENERATION NEXT 2:04.0 4.10 NW200PS
Sep 1, 2003 9 7 SATIN TIME N 1:56.3 39.20 CHARMAX
May 31, 2003 6 8 FUN MESSAGE - 1.00 3000CL OP
May 24, 2003 9 9 ONLY CHIVAS - 16.10 NW200PS
Apr 1, 2003 7 8 COME BACK CAT 1:59.4 13.60 NW500PS
Oct 7, 2002 11 9 SEINFELD N 1:58.4 90.20 12500CLHC
Oct 7, 2002 1 7 NO PAN DO 2:03.2 117.90 FMNW200PS

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Questions about this driver

How many drives does the record show for Scott R Nichols?

40 charted drives across 32 race days, 2002 to 2005. Drives at other tracks are outside this record.

What is Scott R Nichols's win record here?

3 wins from 40 drives, 7.5%. With 3 seconds and 4 thirds, Scott R Nichols was in the first three 10 times.

Which horses did Scott R Nichols drive most often?

Fun Message (5), Turn Left A (4) and Lovey Gurr (3), ahead of 3 other horses. Brackets give the number of drives.

What is the fastest winning mile Scott R Nichols recorded here?

1:56.4. 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 Scott R Nichols?

13 trainers in all, including Lawrence L Nichols, Jeffrey A Gulya and John C Bertrand. A driver is engaged race by race, so the list is a record of who called on Scott R Nichols rather than an employment history.

Which seasons did Scott R Nichols drive in?

2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 — 4 seasons in total, first appearing on 2002-10-07 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.