The Record
Secured Alibi appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 5 seasons, 2003 to 2008, with 13 starts for which the official chart records a finishing position. 3 of those produced wins, and the horse finished in the first three on 7 occasions altogether.
The fastest mile recorded here is 1:55.4, set on Tuesday, November 2, 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 comparison against the divisional marks misleading.
The winner's line in the chart gives the breeding as MAGICAL MIKE out of TRUSTYOURINSTINCTS, herself by PRAISED DIGNITY. 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 Secured Alibi was entered in run to NW200PS, NW500PS, 3000CL, 15000CL, 5000CL, 4000CL. 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 Secured Alibi most often were Ralph H Andersen (10), Fernand A Paquet Jr (2), Brad D Irvine (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
Which drivers sat behind Secured Alibi?
Ralph H Andersen (10), Fernand A Paquet Jr (2) and Brad D Irvine (1). The figure in brackets is the number of drives.
Was Secured Alibi 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 Secured Alibi race in?
NW200PS, NW500PS, 3000CL and 15000CL, plus 10 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 Secured Alibi?
The shortest price in the recovered charts is 0.50 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 Secured Alibi go to the gate here?
The record shows 13 charted starts for Secured Alibi, 2003 to 2008. 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.
Did Secured Alibi ever win here?
Yes — 3 wins from 13 starts, a strike rate of 23.1%. Adding 2 seconds and 2 thirds, Secured Alibi finished in the first three on 7 occasions.
What was Secured Alibi's fastest mile?
1:55.4, on 2004-11-02. 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.