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See Spot Run

9 charted starts at Plainridge, 1 win, best mile 2:00.3.

The Record

See Spot Run appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 3 seasons, 2003 to 2005, with 9 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 2:00.3, set on Saturday, May 1, 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 T V YANKEE out of CARLISLE'S PEG, herself by CARLISLE. 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 See Spot Run was entered in run to NW200PS, 5000CL OP, AMATEUR, 12500CL, NW250PS, NW350PS. 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 See Spot Run most often were Michael L Cushing (6), Ronald L Cushing (2), RYAN A MACEDONIO (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
May 9, 2005 2 5 7 2:01.3 6.80 Michael L Cushing NW200PS
Oct 18, 2004 11 6 5 2:03.0 12.20 Michael L Cushing 5000CL OP
Oct 11, 2004 11 6 3 2:01.2 1.80 Michael L Cushing 5000CL OP
Sep 11, 2004 9 6 X6 2:01.0 7.40 RYAN A MACEDONIO AMATEUR
Aug 10, 2004 2 6 3 2:04.2 4.90 Ronald L Cushing 12500CL
May 1, 2004 6 1 4 2:00.3 1.30 Ronald L Cushing NW250PS
Apr 19, 2004 11 3 5 2:01.0 1.10 Michael L Cushing NW250PS
Nov 25, 2003 6 6 3 2:04.3 9.00 Michael L Cushing NW250PS
Nov 18, 2003 6 9 1XIHR 2:02.0 4.60 Michael L Cushing NW350PS

All horses in the record

Questions about this horse

Who drove See Spot Run?

Michael L Cushing (6), Ronald L Cushing (2) and RYAN A MACEDONIO (1). The figure in brackets is the number of drives.

Was See Spot Run a trotter or a pacer?

A trotter — every charted start is at the trot. 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 See Spot Run entered under?

NW200PS, 5000CL OP, AMATEUR and 12500CL, 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 See Spot Run?

The shortest price in the recovered charts is 1.10 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 starts does the record show for See Spot Run?

The record shows 9 charted starts for See Spot Run, 2003 to 2005. Those fall across 9 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.

How did See Spot Run finish in these races?

Yes — 1 win from 9 starts, a strike rate of 11.1%. Adding 0 seconds and 1 third, See Spot Run finished in the first three on 2 occasions.

What is the best time recorded for See Spot Run?

2:00.3, on 2004-05-01. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 2:00.3 is 2 minutes and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.