What It Means
A class code is the racing secretary's shorthand for who was allowed to enter. It is set down in the program unexplained, because the horsemen reading it already know the grammar. NW3000CD breaks into parts, and each part narrows the field a little further.
| Part | What it does |
|---|---|
| NW | non-winners: a ceiling on what a horse may already have won and still stay eligible |
The figure 3000 in the code is the money threshold itself. Read together with the letters above, it is what separates a horse that may enter from one that has won too much to be eligible any longer.
In the programs held here NW3000CD was carded 7 times for the pace (4) and trot (3), carrying purses from $3,500 to $3,600. The first appearance in this record is Sep 26, 2011 and the last is Oct 15, 2014, which gives a rough sense of how long the racing office kept the condition in rotation.
Conditions like this one are the machinery that keeps a small meeting competitive. Rather than grading horses by an official rating, the secretary writes an eligibility sentence and lets the entries sort themselves out. A card at a regional track therefore carries far more distinct class codes than an outsider would ever expect to find.
Race Days Carrying This Condition
Questions about this condition
Was NW3000CD raced at the trot or the pace?
Both: pace (4) and trot (3). The figures are race counts, so the condition leaned pace here.
What did NW3000CD pay?
Purses of $3,500 to $3,600. Purse is the money on offer for the race, split by finishing position, and it is the most reliable indicator of where a condition sat relative to the rest of the card.
When did NW3000CD last appear on a card?
2014-10-15, having first appeared on 2011-09-26. Both dates come from the surviving documents for those days.
What does the class code NW3000CD mean?
It is a set of eligibility conditions, not a grade. Read in parts: NW — non-winners: a ceiling on what a horse may already have won and still stay eligible.
How often was NW3000CD carded?
7 races in the recovered record, 2011-09-26 to 2014-10-15. That is a count of surviving charts and entry sheets, so it is a floor rather than a total.