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Pacer

Paramour

1 charted start at Plainridge, best mile 1:55.4.

The Record

Paramour appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across the 2004 season, with 1 start 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 1 occasion.

The fastest mile recorded here is 1:55.4, 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 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 Paramour was entered in run to NW200PS. 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 Paramour most often were Kevin P Switzer (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
Aug 3, 2004 3 3 2 1:55.4 2.30 Kevin P Switzer NW200PS

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Questions about this horse

What class did Paramour race in?

NW200PS. 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 Paramour?

The shortest price in the recovered charts is 2.30 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 Paramour go to the gate here?

The record shows 1 charted start for Paramour, 2004. Those fall across 1 race day. 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 Paramour ever win here?

Not in the charts recovered here. Paramour shows 1 start without a win, though there was 1 placing — 0 second and 1 third — in the first three.

What was Paramour's fastest mile?

1:55.4, on 2004-08-03. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 1:55.4 is 1 minute and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.

Which drivers sat behind Paramour?

Kevin P Switzer took every recorded drive — 1 start.

Was Paramour 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.