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Pacer

Nuker

2 charted starts at Plainridge, best mile 2:01.4.

The Record

Nuker appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 2 seasons, 2003 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 2:01.4, set on Tuesday, October 19, 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 classes Nuker was entered in run to 4000CL, 5000CL, NW250PS, 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 Nuker most often were Winston D Campbell (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
Nov 2, 2004 8 SCR - 4000CL
Oct 19, 2004 4 7 2 2:01.4 13.60 Winston D Campbell 5000CL
Nov 3, 2003 5 4 Shawn T Gray NW250PS
Sep 23, 2003 4 7 Shawn T Gray NW350PS
Sep 16, 2003 4 9 Shawn T Gray NW350PS

All horses in the record

Questions about this horse

Was Nuker 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 Nuker race in?

4000CL, 5000CL, NW250PS and NW350PS. 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 Nuker?

The shortest price in the recovered charts is 13.60 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 Nuker go to the gate here?

The record shows 2 charted starts for Nuker, 2003 to 2004. The name appears on 5 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 Nuker ever win here?

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

What was Nuker's fastest mile?

2:01.4, on 2004-10-19. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 2:01.4 is 2 minutes and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.

Which drivers sat behind Nuker?

Winston D Campbell took every recorded drive — 1 start.