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Pacer

Another Appeal

4 charted starts at Plainridge, best mile 1:59.3.

The Record

Another Appeal appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 3 seasons, 2002 to 2004, with 4 starts for which the official chart records a finishing position. None of those starts produced a win in the charts held here, though the horse reached the frame on 0 occasions.

The fastest mile recorded here is 1:59.3, set on Monday, May 20, 2002. A harness time is written in minutes, seconds and fifths, so the final digit is a fifth of a second rather than a hundredth. On a track of this size like Plainridge a horse turns four times in a mile, which costs ground against the bigger tracks and makes comparison against the divisional marks misleading.

The classes Another Appeal was entered in run to AMATEUR, NW260PS, NW200PS, CLM, 2000CL, 3000CLHC. These are condition races rather than claiming events, so eligibility rested on money already won rather than on a posted purchase price.

The drivers who sat behind Another Appeal most often were Ruel A Goodblood Jr (2), Joseph G Rankin (1). Driver changes matter more in harness racing than the bare numbers suggest, because the same horse can be driven for early speed or held for a late quarter depending on who holds the lines.

Every Start Held Here

DateRcFinPPTimeOddsDriverClass
Aug 7, 2004 1 5 7 2:00.0 22.50 Joseph G Rankin AMATEUR
Nov 8, 2003 8 1 James E Hardy NW260PS
Nov 1, 2003 11 1 James E Hardy NW200PS
Oct 25, 2003 11 AE James E Hardy NW200PS
Oct 11, 2003 4 1 Ivan J Davies CLM
Sep 27, 2003 1 1 TBA CLM
Sep 20, 2003 7 6 Wallace R Watson CLM
Jul 26, 2003 11 9 TBA 2000CL
Jul 12, 2003 9 5 Daniel T Sumner 3000CLHC
Jul 5, 2003 8 7 James E Hardy 2000CLHC
Sep 3, 2002 10 SCR - 4000CL
May 20, 2002 7 8 2 1:59.3 13.90 Ruel A Goodblood Jr 5000CL
May 13, 2002 10 8 8 2:02.3 30.60 Ruel A Goodblood Jr 5000CL

All horses in the record

Questions about this horse

What was Another Appeal's fastest mile?

1:59.3, on 2002-05-20. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 1:59.3 is 1 minute and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.

Which drivers sat behind Another Appeal?

Ruel A Goodblood Jr (2) and Joseph G Rankin (1). The figure in brackets is the number of drives.

Was Another Appeal a trotter or a pacer?

A pacer — every charted start is at the pace. A pacer moves its legs in lateral pairs, a trotter in diagonal pairs, and a horse is normally campaigned at one gait or the other.

What class did Another Appeal race in?

AMATEUR, NW260PS, NW200PS and CLM, plus 5 other conditions. Each code is a set of eligibility conditions rather than a grade — the class pages explain what each one admitted.

What were the odds on Another Appeal?

The shortest price in the recovered charts is 13.90 to one. Odds are the closing figures printed on the chart, so they reflect what the pool decided at the off, not a forecast.

How often did Another Appeal go to the gate here?

The record shows 4 charted starts for Another Appeal, 2002 to 2004. The name appears on 13 race days in all once entry sheets are counted, because a horse can be drawn into a race and then scratched before it is run. That is what the programmes and result sheets hold, not necessarily the horse's full career: starts made at other tracks are outside this record.

Did Another Appeal ever win here?

Not in the charts recovered here. Another Appeal shows 4 starts without a win, though no placing inside the first three is recorded either.