The Record
Bourbonnais Bandit appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 2 seasons, 2003 to 2004, with 6 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 1 occasion altogether.
The fastest mile recorded here is 1:57.0, set on Tuesday, September 7, 2004. 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 five-eighths-mile oval 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 IDEAL SOCIETY out of REMBRANDT ARLENE, herself by SATANIC. 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 Bourbonnais Bandit was entered in run to NW300PS, NW200PS, 7500CL, 15000CLHC, CLMHC, CLM. 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 Bourbonnais Bandit most often were Greg D Bowden (2), Shane J Taggart (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
| Date | Rc | Fin | PP | Time | Odds | Driver | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2004 | 12 | — | AE | — | — | Shane J Taggart | NW300PS |
| Oct 12, 2004 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1:57.3 | 9.00 | Greg D Bowden | NW300PS |
| Sep 28, 2004 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1:59.0 | 3.50 | Greg D Bowden | NW300PS |
| Sep 14, 2004 | 12 | — | SCR | - | — | — | NW300PS |
| Sep 7, 2004 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1:57.0 | 1.80 | Shane J Taggart | NW200PS |
| Nov 10, 2003 | 5 | — | SCR | - | — | — | 7500CL |
| Oct 14, 2003 | 12 | — | 5 | — | — | TBA | 15000CLHC |
| Sep 30, 2003 | 11 | — | 1 | — | — | John Hogan | CLMHC |
| Sep 23, 2003 | 9 | — | 1 | — | — | Shane J Taggart | CLM |
| Sep 16, 2003 | 10 | — | 1 | — | — | Shane J Taggart | 10000CLHC |
| Jun 17, 2003 | 5 | — | SCR | - | — | — | 10000CLHC |
Questions about this horse
Which drivers sat behind Bourbonnais Bandit?
Greg D Bowden (2) and Shane J Taggart (1). The figure in brackets is the number of drives.
Was Bourbonnais 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 Bourbonnais Bandit race in?
NW300PS, NW200PS, 7500CL and 15000CLHC, plus 3 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 Bourbonnais Bandit?
The shortest price in the recovered charts is 1.80 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 many starts does the record show for Bourbonnais Bandit?
The record shows 6 charted starts for Bourbonnais Bandit, 2003 to 2004. The name appears on 11 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 Bourbonnais Bandit finish in these races?
Yes — 1 win from 6 starts, a strike rate of 16.7%. Adding 0 seconds and 0 thirds, Bourbonnais Bandit finished in the first three on 1 occasion.
What was Bourbonnais Bandit's fastest mile?
1:57.0, on 2004-09-07. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 1:57.0 is 1 minute and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.