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Pacer

Indiana Speed

2 charted starts at Plainridge, best mile 1:56.4.

The Record

Indiana Speed appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across the 2004 season, with 2 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 1:56.4, set on Tuesday, September 21, 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 comparison against the divisional marks misleading.

The classes Indiana Speed was entered in run to NW400PS, 7500CL. 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 Indiana Speed most often were Robert W 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
Sep 28, 2004 4 4 4 1:58.0 2.70 Robert W Sumner NW400PS
Sep 21, 2004 12 4 4 1:56.4 9.80 Robert W Sumner 7500CL

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Questions about this horse

Which conditions was Indiana Speed entered under?

NW400PS and 7500CL. 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 Indiana Speed?

The shortest price in the recovered charts is 2.70 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 Indiana Speed go to the gate here?

The record shows 2 charted starts for Indiana Speed, 2004. Those fall across 2 race days. 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 Indiana Speed ever win here?

Not in the charts recovered here. Indiana Speed shows 2 starts without a win, though no placing inside the first three is recorded either.

What is the best time recorded for Indiana Speed?

1:56.4, on 2004-09-21. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 1:56.4 is 1 minute and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.

Who drove Indiana Speed?

Robert W Sumner took every recorded drive — 2 starts.

Was Indiana Speed 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.