The Record
Ryan's Future appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 3 seasons, 2002 to 2004, with 13 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 1:57.3, set on Saturday, September 11, 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 an oval of five-eighths of a mile 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 Ryan's Future was entered in run to NW300PS, AMATEUR, NW200PS, NW250PS, 4000CL, NW1000. 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 Ryan's Future most often were Michael J Girouard (5), Thomas R Pye (5), 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 is the best time recorded for Ryan's Future?
1:57.3, on 2004-09-11. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 1:57.3 is 1 minute and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.
Who drove Ryan's Future?
Michael J Girouard (5), Thomas R Pye (5) and Greg D Bowden (1), plus 2 other drivers taking the remainder. The figure in brackets is the number of drives.
Was Ryan's Future 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.
Which conditions was Ryan's Future entered under?
NW300PS, AMATEUR, NW200PS and NW250PS, 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 Ryan's Future?
The shortest price in the recovered charts is 1.70 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 Ryan's Future race at Plainridge?
The record shows 13 charted starts for Ryan's Future, 2002 to 2004. The name appears on 23 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 Ryan's Future's win record at Plainridge?
Not in the charts recovered here. Ryan's Future shows 13 starts without a win, though there were 4 placings — 0 second and 4 third — in the first three.