The Record
Beach Bunny Bandit appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 5 seasons, 2003 to 2009, with 11 starts for which the official chart records a finishing position. One of those produced a win, and the horse finished in the first three on 4 occasions altogether.
The fastest mile recorded here is 1:56.2, set on Monday, May 9, 2005. 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 an oval of five-eighths of a mile like Plainridge a horse turns four times in a mile, which costs ground against the bigger tracks and makes reading one mile against another misleading.
The winner's line in the chart gives the breeding as PRECIOUS BUNNY out of MYRTLE HANOVER-, herself by ARMBRO NESBIT. Harness pedigrees are quoted in that order — sire, dam, then the dam's own sire — because the maternal grandsire carries much of the weight in judging a standardbred family.
The classes Beach Bunny Bandit was entered in run to NW200PS, NW200PSCD, NW300PS, NW200PSL5, AMATEUR, NW350PS. 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 Beach Bunny Bandit most often were Robert Tisbert (4), Cornelius J Bonetti (3), Stephen M De Vincent (2). 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
Questions about this horse
How many starts does the record show for Beach Bunny Bandit?
The record shows 11 charted starts for Beach Bunny Bandit, 2003 to 2009. The name appears on 22 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.
How did Beach Bunny Bandit finish in these races?
Yes — 1 win from 11 starts, a strike rate of 9.1%. Adding 1 second and 2 thirds, Beach Bunny Bandit finished in the first three on 4 occasions.
What was Beach Bunny Bandit's fastest mile?
1:56.2, on 2005-05-09. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 1:56.2 is 1 minute and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.
Which drivers sat behind Beach Bunny Bandit?
Robert Tisbert (4), Cornelius J Bonetti (3) and Stephen M De Vincent (2), plus 1 other driver taking the remainder. The figure in brackets is the number of drives.
Was Beach Bunny Bandit 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 Beach Bunny Bandit race in?
NW200PS, NW200PSCD, NW300PS and NW200PSL5, plus 2 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 Beach Bunny Bandit?
The shortest price in the recovered charts is 1.50 to one. Odds are the closing figures printed on the chart, so they reflect what the pool decided at the off, not a forecast.