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Breezewoodburgandy

12 charted starts at Plainridge, best mile 1:56.1.

The Record

Breezewoodburgandy appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 2 seasons, 2003 to 2004, with 12 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 1 occasion.

The fastest mile recorded here is 1:56.1, set on Monday, September 27, 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 track of this size 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 classes Breezewoodburgandy was entered in run to FMNW300PS, FMOPEN, 4000CL OP, FMNW200PS, FMNW250, FMNW250PS. 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 Breezewoodburgandy most often were Michael E Eaton (3), Richard Pugliese (2), Daniel T Sumner (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

DateRcFinPPTimeOddsDriverClass
Oct 18, 2004 10 8 8 2:00.0 88.80 Michael L Cushing FMNW300PS
Oct 11, 2004 9 7 2 1:59.0 51.40 Greg D Bowden FMOPEN
Sep 27, 2004 1 5 5 1:56.1 23.70 Michael E Eaton 4000CL OP
Sep 13, 2004 8 6 Michael E Eaton FMNW300PS
May 1, 2004 3 3EX - 6.80 Russell R Thomas Jr FMNW200PS
Apr 17, 2004 5 3 2 2:00.2 21.00 Daniel T Sumner FMNW200PS
Apr 10, 2004 4 4 3 2:02.4 14.50 Daniel T Sumner FMNW200PS
Nov 8, 2003 1 8 1 2:04.2 16.00 Joseph Alongi FMNW200PS
Nov 1, 2003 1 4 Joseph Alongi FMNW250
Oct 25, 2003 3 4 Michael E Eaton FMNW250PS
Sep 29, 2003 12 9 6 2:00.2 19.20 Michael E Eaton FMNW200PS
Sep 15, 2003 9 8 TBA NW3000L6
Sep 8, 2003 10 8 5 2:01.3 33.10 Scott R Nichols 4000CL OP
Sep 2, 2003 7 1 Joseph Alongi FMNW350PS
Aug 4, 2003 9 4 Daniel T Sumner FMNW4000L6
Jul 28, 2003 7 8 3 2:00.4 17.20 Michael E Eaton 5000CL OP
Jul 14, 2003 3 1 Michael L Cushing FMNW350PS
Jun 16, 2003 7 6 Daniel T Sumner NW200PS
May 26, 2003 8 8 6 2:03.4 19.80 Richard Pugliese FMNPO
May 12, 2003 5 9 4 2:01.1 31.10 Richard Pugliese FMNW300PS

All horses in the record

Questions about this horse

Which conditions was Breezewoodburgandy entered under?

FMNW300PS, FMOPEN, 4000CL OP and FMNW200PS, plus 8 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 Breezewoodburgandy?

The shortest price in the recovered charts is 6.80 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 often did Breezewoodburgandy go to the gate here?

The record shows 12 charted starts for Breezewoodburgandy, 2003 to 2004. The name appears on 20 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 Breezewoodburgandy ever win here?

Not in the charts recovered here. Breezewoodburgandy shows 12 starts without a win, though there was 1 placing — 0 second and 1 third — in the first three.

What is the best time recorded for Breezewoodburgandy?

1:56.1, on 2004-09-27. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 1:56.1 is 1 minute and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.

Who drove Breezewoodburgandy?

Michael E Eaton (3), Richard Pugliese (2) and Daniel T Sumner (2), plus 3 other drivers taking the remainder. The figure in brackets is the number of drives.

Was Breezewoodburgandy a trotter or a pacer?

Both gaits appear in this record: pace and trot. That is unusual and is worth reading as the chart wrote it rather than as a settled fact.