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Pacer

C G Kathy Cam

5 charted starts at Plainridge, best mile 1:58.4.

The Record

C G Kathy Cam appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 2 seasons, 2003 to 2004, with 5 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 1:58.4, set on Saturday, August 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 classes C G Kathy Cam was entered in run to FMNW200PS, 2000CL, QUA, FMNW3PMLT, NW200PS. 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 C G Kathy Cam most often were D J Whittemore (2), Paul A Silva (1), Brad D Irvine (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
Nov 6, 2004 10 1 Ralph H Andersen FMNW200PS
Oct 16, 2004 11 5 2 2:00.2 45.00 Ralph H Andersen FMNW200PS
Sep 25, 2004 11 5 7 2:00.1 26.30 D J Whittemore FMNW200PS
Sep 18, 2004 7 6 D Jimmy Whittemore FMNW200PS
Sep 11, 2004 11 7 6 2:00.4 58.20 D J Whittemore FMNW200PS
Sep 4, 2004 4 7 7 2:00.2 11.90 Brad D Irvine 2000CL
Aug 7, 2004 7 5 5 1:58.4 65.10 Paul A Silva FMNW200PS
Jun 5, 2004 2 2 Paul A Silva QUA
Aug 4, 2003 8 4 Ralph H Andersen FMNW200PS
Jul 28, 2003 4 2 Ralph H Andersen FMNW200PS
Jul 19, 2003 7 8 Ralph H Andersen FMNW3PMLT
Jun 16, 2003 7 4 Ralph H Andersen NW200PS

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Questions about this horse

What were the odds on C G Kathy Cam?

The shortest price in the recovered charts is 11.90 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 many times did C G Kathy Cam race at Plainridge?

The record shows 5 charted starts for C G Kathy Cam, 2003 to 2004. The name appears on 12 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.

What is C G Kathy Cam's win record at Plainridge?

Not in the charts recovered here. C G Kathy Cam shows 5 starts without a win, though no placing inside the first three is recorded either.

What was C G Kathy Cam's fastest mile?

1:58.4, on 2004-08-07. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 1:58.4 is 1 minute and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.

Which drivers sat behind C G Kathy Cam?

D J Whittemore (2), Paul A Silva (1) and Brad D Irvine (1), plus 1 other driver taking the remainder. The figure in brackets is the number of drives.

Was C G Kathy Cam 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 C G Kathy Cam race in?

FMNW200PS, 2000CL, QUA and FMNW3PMLT, plus 1 other condition. Each code is a set of eligibility conditions rather than a grade — the class pages explain what each one admitted.