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Pacer

Seafood Diet

2 charted starts at Plainridge, best mile 1:58.0.

The Record

Seafood Diet appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across the 2004 season, 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 1 occasion.

The fastest mile recorded here is 1:58.0, set on Monday, April 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 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 classes Seafood Diet was entered in run to FMNW3LT, 5000CL. 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 Seafood Diet most often were Robert W Sumner (2). 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
Apr 19, 2004 1 3 4 1:58.0 1.40 Robert W Sumner FMNW3LT
Apr 5, 2004 12 5 2 2:02.2 13.10 Robert W Sumner 5000CL

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Questions about this horse

Was Seafood Diet 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 Seafood Diet entered under?

FMNW3LT and 5000CL. 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 Seafood Diet?

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 times did Seafood Diet race at Plainridge?

The record shows 2 charted starts for Seafood Diet, 2004. Those fall across 2 race days. 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 Seafood Diet's win record at Plainridge?

Not in the charts recovered here. Seafood Diet shows 2 starts without a win, though there was 1 placing — 0 second and 1 third — in the first three.

What is the best time recorded for Seafood Diet?

1:58.0, on 2004-04-19. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 1:58.0 is 1 minute and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.

Who drove Seafood Diet?

Robert W Sumner took every recorded drive — 2 starts.