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Pacer

Secret Agent Pan

11 charted starts at Plainridge, 1 win, best mile 1:57.3.

The Record

Secret Agent Pan appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 3 seasons, 2003 to 2005, with 11 starts for which the official chart records a finishing position. One of those produced a win, and the horse finished in the first three on 2 occasions altogether.

The fastest mile recorded here is 1:57.3, set on Tuesday, October 12, 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 reading one mile against another misleading.

The winner's line in the chart gives the breeding as PRECIOUS BUNNY out of BARDOT LOBELL, herself by NERO. Harness pedigrees are quoted in that order — sire, dam, then the dam's own sire — because the maternal grandsire carries much of the weight in judging a standardbred family.

The classes Secret Agent Pan was entered in run to GASBARRO, 4000CL, NW200PS, NW300PS, QUA, CLMHC. 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 Secret Agent Pan most often were Brad D Irvine (3), Joseph Alongi (2), Michael E Eaton (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 4, 2005 3 3 Joseph Alongi GASBARRO
Nov 2, 2004 8 8 5 1:59.2 4.50 Brad D Irvine 4000CL
Oct 19, 2004 5 SCR - 4000CL
Oct 12, 2004 5 2 3 1:57.3 4.60 Brad D Irvine 4000CL
Sep 28, 2004 1 1 6 1:58.2 4.00 Brad D Irvine NW200PS
Sep 21, 2004 1 6 7 1:57.4 12.40 Michael E Eaton NW300PS
Sep 14, 2004 11 4 7 1:58.1 37.60 Michael E Eaton 4000CL
Jul 10, 2004 2 6 Joseph Alongi QUA
May 4, 2004 10 5 Joseph Alongi CLMHC
Apr 20, 2004 5 1 1:59.2 4.70 Joseph Alongi 5000CLHC
Apr 13, 2004 3 SCR - NW350PS
Apr 6, 2004 11 7 3 2:01.0 20.80 Joseph Alongi NW350PS
Nov 3, 2003 8 1 Joseph Alongi NW350PS
Oct 14, 2003 9 4 Joseph Alongi 7500CL
Sep 30, 2003 9 7 Brad D Irvine NW5PMLT
Sep 23, 2003 9 3 Michael E Eaton CLM
Sep 16, 2003 10 3 Michael E Eaton 10000CLHC
Jul 28, 2003 5 5 Michael E Eaton 10000CL
Jul 21, 2003 10 8 Michael E Eaton 10000CL
Jun 10, 2003 5 SCR - 12500CLHC
May 6, 2003 8 SCR - 20000CLHC

All horses in the record

Questions about this horse

Which conditions was Secret Agent Pan entered under?

GASBARRO, 4000CL, NW200PS and NW300PS, plus 11 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 Secret Agent Pan?

The shortest price in the recovered charts is 4.00 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 Secret Agent Pan race at Plainridge?

The record shows 11 charted starts for Secret Agent Pan, 2003 to 2005. The name appears on 21 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 Secret Agent Pan's win record at Plainridge?

Yes — 1 win from 11 starts, a strike rate of 9.1%. Adding 1 second and 0 thirds, Secret Agent Pan finished in the first three on 2 occasions.

What is the best time recorded for Secret Agent Pan?

1:57.3, on 2004-10-12. 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 Secret Agent Pan?

Brad D Irvine (3), Joseph Alongi (2) and Michael E Eaton (2). The figure in brackets is the number of drives.

Was Secret Agent Pan 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.