The Record
Immortal Beloved appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 2 seasons, 2003 to 2004, with 13 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 4 occasions.
The fastest mile recorded here is 1:58.2, 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 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 Immortal Beloved was entered in run to FMNW200PS, 2000CL, LADYPAT, 2000CL OP, FMNW205PS, 3000CL OP. 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 Immortal Beloved most often were Wayne J Mastro (5), Michael J Girouard (2), David J Marshall (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
Questions about this horse
Which drivers sat behind Immortal Beloved?
Wayne J Mastro (5), Michael J Girouard (2) and David J Marshall (2), plus 2 other drivers taking the remainder. The figure in brackets is the number of drives.
Was Immortal Beloved 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 Immortal Beloved race in?
FMNW200PS, 2000CL, LADYPAT and 2000CL OP, plus 2 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 Immortal Beloved?
The shortest price in the recovered charts is 4.50 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 Immortal Beloved go to the gate here?
The record shows 13 charted starts for Immortal Beloved, 2003 to 2004. The name appears on 23 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 Immortal Beloved ever win here?
Not in the charts recovered here. Immortal Beloved shows 13 starts without a win, though there were 4 placings — 1 second and 3 third — in the first three.
What was Immortal Beloved's fastest mile?
1:58.2, on 2004-08-07. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 1:58.2 is 1 minute and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.