The Record
Fox Valley Fox appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 3 seasons, 2003 to 2005, with 13 starts for which the official chart records a finishing position. 2 of those produced wins, and the horse finished in the first three on 2 occasions altogether.
The fastest mile recorded here is 1:56.0, set on Monday, September 26, 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 INCREDIBLE FINALE out of FOXIE FAYNE, herself by SHEALBAT RAINBOW. 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 Fox Valley Fox was entered in run to 5000CL, QUA, NW400PS, NW300PS, NW350PS, BAYSTATE. 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 Fox Valley Fox most often were James E Hardy (11), Winston D Campbell (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
Questions about this horse
What class did Fox Valley Fox race in?
5000CL, QUA, NW400PS and NW300PS, 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 Fox Valley Fox?
The shortest price in the recovered charts is 2.40 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 Fox Valley Fox?
The record shows 13 charted starts for Fox Valley Fox, 2003 to 2005. The name appears on 21 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 Fox Valley Fox finish in these races?
Yes — 2 wins from 13 starts, a strike rate of 15.4%. Adding 0 seconds and 0 thirds, Fox Valley Fox finished in the first three on 2 occasions.
What was Fox Valley Fox's fastest mile?
1:56.0, on 2005-09-26. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 1:56.0 is 1 minute and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.
Which drivers sat behind Fox Valley Fox?
James E Hardy (11) and Winston D Campbell (1). The figure in brackets is the number of drives.
Was Fox Valley Fox 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.