The Record
Nancy Starbuck appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 3 seasons, 2002 to 2004, with 17 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 1:56.1, set on Monday, May 12, 2003. 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 Nancy Starbuck was entered in run to 2000CL, 2000CLHC, 3000CL, 3000CL OP, FM3000CLHC, 4000CL. 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 Nancy Starbuck most often were James E Hardy (12), Scott R Nichols (2), Greg D Bowden (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
Questions about this horse
What was Nancy Starbuck's fastest mile?
1:56.1, on 2003-05-12. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 1:56.1 is 1 minute and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.
Which drivers sat behind Nancy Starbuck?
James E Hardy (12), Scott R Nichols (2) and Greg D Bowden (1). The figure in brackets is the number of drives.
Was Nancy Starbuck 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 Nancy Starbuck race in?
2000CL, 2000CLHC, 3000CL and 3000CL OP, plus 12 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 Nancy Starbuck?
The shortest price in the recovered charts is 3.10 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 Nancy Starbuck go to the gate here?
The record shows 17 charted starts for Nancy Starbuck, 2002 to 2004. The name appears on 25 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 Nancy Starbuck ever win here?
Not in the charts recovered here. Nancy Starbuck shows 17 starts without a win, though there were 4 placings — 2 second and 2 third — in the first three.