The Record
J K Jake appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 2 seasons, 2003 to 2004, with 10 starts for which the official chart records a finishing position. One of those produced a win, and the horse finished in the first three on 6 occasions altogether.
The fastest mile recorded here is 1:57.3, set on Saturday, September 11, 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 winner's line in the chart gives the breeding as ALBERT ALBERT out of BE MY DESIRE, herself by TYLER B. 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 J K Jake was entered in run to NW300PS, AMATEUR, NW200PS, NW250PS, NW260PS, NW350PS. 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 J K Jake most often were Jeffrey A Gulya (10). 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
| Date | Rc | Fin | PP | Time | Odds | Driver | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2004 | 8 | — | 1 | — | — | Jeffrey A Gulya | NW300PS |
| Oct 16, 2004 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2:00.0 | 3.20 | Jeffrey A Gulya | AMATEUR |
| Oct 9, 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1:59.2 | 1.10 | Jeffrey A Gulya | AMATEUR |
| Sep 25, 2004 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1:59.3 | 1.60 | Jeffrey A Gulya | AMATEUR |
| Sep 18, 2004 | 9 | — | 4 | — | — | Jeffrey A Gulya | AMATEUR |
| Sep 11, 2004 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1:57.3 | 5.60 | Jeffrey A Gulya | AMATEUR |
| Aug 7, 2004 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1:58.4 | 12.70 | Jeffrey A Gulya | AMATEUR |
| Apr 17, 2004 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1:59.0 | 102.60 | Jeffrey A Gulya | NW200PS |
| Apr 10, 2004 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2:00.3 | 14.30 | Jeffrey A Gulya | NW200PS |
| Dec 1, 2003 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2:01.1 | 14.80 | Jeffrey A Gulya | NW200PS |
| Nov 24, 2003 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1:59.1 | 4.50 | Jeffrey A Gulya | NW200PS |
| Nov 17, 2003 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2:00.1 | 94.20 | Jeffrey A Gulya | NW250PS |
| Nov 8, 2003 | 8 | — | 3 | — | — | Jeffrey A Gulya | NW260PS |
| Nov 3, 2003 | 5 | — | 8 | — | — | Jeffrey A Gulya | NW250PS |
| Sep 30, 2003 | 8 | — | 9 | — | — | David N Gulya | NW250PS |
| Sep 23, 2003 | 4 | — | 8 | — | — | Jeffrey A Gulya | NW350PS |
| Aug 4, 2003 | 11 | — | 5 | — | — | Brad D Irvine | NW250PS |
| Jul 28, 2003 | 6 | — | AE | — | — | Brad D Irvine | NW250PS |
Questions about this horse
What is the best time recorded for J K Jake?
1:57.3, on 2004-09-11. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 1:57.3 is 1 minute and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.
Who drove J K Jake?
Jeffrey A Gulya took every recorded drive — 10 starts.
Was J K Jake 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.
Which conditions was J K Jake entered under?
NW300PS, AMATEUR, NW200PS and NW250PS, 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 J K Jake?
The shortest price in the recovered charts is 1.10 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 J K Jake go to the gate here?
The record shows 10 charted starts for J K Jake, 2003 to 2004. The name appears on 18 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 J K Jake ever win here?
Yes — 1 win from 10 starts, a strike rate of 10%. Adding 3 seconds and 2 thirds, J K Jake finished in the first three on 6 occasions.