PR Harness the record of the oval

Pacer

Cuzican

1 charted start at Plainridge, best mile 1:57.1.

The Record

Cuzican appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across the 2005 season, with 1 start 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 1:57.1, 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 comparison against the divisional marks misleading.

The classes Cuzican was entered in run to FMNW300PS. 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 Cuzican most often were James W Smallwood (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
May 9, 2005 9 3 3 1:57.1 13.00 James W Smallwood FMNW300PS

All horses in the record

Questions about this horse

Which drivers sat behind Cuzican?

James W Smallwood took every recorded drive — 1 start.

Was Cuzican 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 Cuzican race in?

FMNW300PS. 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 Cuzican?

The shortest price in the recovered charts is 13.00 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 Cuzican race at Plainridge?

The record shows 1 charted start for Cuzican, 2005. Those fall across 1 race day. 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 Cuzican's win record at Plainridge?

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

What was Cuzican's fastest mile?

1:57.1, on 2005-05-09. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 1:57.1 is 1 minute and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.