The Record
Move Over Baby appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 3 seasons, 2002 to 2005, with 7 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 3 occasions altogether.
The fastest mile recorded here is 1:58.2, set on Tuesday, August 3, 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 five-eighths-mile oval 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 winner's line in the chart gives the breeding as CARRY THE MESSAGE out of SCORING ACTION, herself by SPEED IN ACTION. 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 Move Over Baby was entered in run to NW200PS, 7500CL OP, 10000CL OP, NW500PS, 4000CL OP, 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 Move Over Baby most often were Lloyd A MacDonald (6), Parker R Boschen (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
| Date | Rc | Fin | PP | Time | Odds | Driver | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2005 | 2 | — | 8 | — | — | Lloyd Alex MacDonald | NW200PS |
| Oct 25, 2004 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2:01.3 | 4.30 | Lloyd A MacDonald | 7500CL OP |
| Oct 18, 2004 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2:00.4 | 6.30 | Lloyd A MacDonald | 10000CL OP |
| Oct 11, 2004 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2:03.0 | 9.20 | Lloyd A MacDonald | 7500CL OP |
| Sep 25, 2004 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1:59.3 | 1.40 | Lloyd A MacDonald | NW200PS |
| Aug 10, 2004 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2:00.4 | 5.00 | Lloyd A MacDonald | NW500PS |
| Aug 3, 2004 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1:58.2 | 7.20 | Lloyd A MacDonald | 4000CL OP |
| Oct 5, 2002 | 8 | 9 | 7X | - | 31.40 | Parker R Boschen | 3000CL OP |
Questions about this horse
How did Move Over Baby finish in these races?
Yes — 1 win from 7 starts, a strike rate of 14.3%. Adding 1 second and 1 third, Move Over Baby finished in the first three on 3 occasions.
What was Move Over Baby's fastest mile?
1:58.2, on 2004-08-03. 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.
Which drivers sat behind Move Over Baby?
Lloyd A MacDonald (6) and Parker R Boschen (1). The figure in brackets is the number of drives.
Was Move Over Baby a trotter or a pacer?
A trotter — every charted start is at the trot. 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 Move Over Baby race in?
NW200PS, 7500CL OP, 10000CL OP and NW500PS, 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 Move Over Baby?
The shortest price in the recovered charts is 1.40 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 Move Over Baby?
The record shows 7 charted starts for Move Over Baby, 2002 to 2005. The name appears on 8 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.