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Pacer

Kizema N

2 charted starts at Plainridge, best mile 1:56.0.

The Record

Kizema N appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 3 seasons, 2001 to 2004, 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 1:56.0, set on Tuesday, October 23, 2001. 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 five-eighths-mile oval 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 Kizema N was entered in run to CLM, 5000CLHC, 10000CLHC, MIDSUMMER, 10000CL, 8000CLHC. 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 Kizema N most often were Elmer L Smith (1), Michael L Cushing (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 4, 2004 6 8 Michael L Cushing CLM
Apr 6, 2004 12 7 1 1:58.4 8.10 Michael L Cushing 5000CLHC
Sep 16, 2003 10 4 Richard Pugliese 10000CLHC
Sep 2, 2003 2 1 Joseph R Therrien CLM
Aug 4, 2003 5 3 TBA MIDSUMMER
Jul 28, 2003 5 4 James E Hardy 10000CL
Oct 23, 2001 2 7 7 1:56.0 11.50 Elmer L Smith 8000CLHC

All horses in the record

Questions about this horse

Which conditions was Kizema N entered under?

CLM, 5000CLHC, 10000CLHC and MIDSUMMER, 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 Kizema N?

The shortest price in the recovered charts is 8.10 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 many times did Kizema N race at Plainridge?

The record shows 2 charted starts for Kizema N, 2001 to 2004. The name appears on 7 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.

What is Kizema N's win record at Plainridge?

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

What is the best time recorded for Kizema N?

1:56.0, on 2001-10-23. 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.

Who drove Kizema N?

Elmer L Smith (1) and Michael L Cushing (1). The figure in brackets is the number of drives.

Was Kizema N 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.