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. QUA breaks into parts, and each part narrows the field a little further.
| Part | What it does |
|---|---|
| QUA | qualifier: a non-betting race a horse must complete to a set standard before starting for money |
In the programs held here QUA was carded 53 times for the pace (25) and trot (20). The first appearance in this record is Apr 24, 2004 and the last is Aug 30, 2005, 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 QUA raced at the trot or the pace?
Both: pace (25) and trot (20). The figures are race counts, so the condition leaned pace here.
When did QUA last appear on a card?
2005-08-30, having first appeared on 2004-04-24. Both dates come from the surviving documents for those days.
What does the class code QUA mean?
It is a set of eligibility conditions, not a grade. Read in parts: QUA — qualifier: a non-betting race a horse must complete to a set standard before starting for money.
How often was QUA carded?
53 races in the recovered record, 2004-04-24 to 2005-08-30. That is a count of surviving charts and entry sheets, so it is a floor rather than a total.