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Pacer

Shopping Queen

1 charted start at Plainridge, best mile 2:02.0.

The Record

Shopping Queen appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across the 2004 season, with 1 start 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 0 occasions.

The fastest mile recorded here is 2:02.0, set on Tuesday, September 7, 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 direct comparison of raw times misleading.

The classes Shopping Queen was entered in run to FMNW400PS, 10000CL OP. 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 Shopping Queen most often were Joseph C Nassimos (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
Sep 13, 2004 12 4 Joseph C Nassimos FMNW400PS
Sep 7, 2004 2 7 3 2:02.0 9.40 Joseph C Nassimos 10000CL OP

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Questions about this horse

How often did Shopping Queen go to the gate here?

The record shows 1 charted start for Shopping Queen, 2004. The name appears on 2 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 Shopping Queen ever win here?

Not in the charts recovered here. Shopping Queen shows 1 start without a win, though no placing inside the first three is recorded either.

What was Shopping Queen's fastest mile?

2:02.0, on 2004-09-07. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 2:02.0 is 2 minutes and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.

Which drivers sat behind Shopping Queen?

Joseph C Nassimos took every recorded drive — 1 start.

Was Shopping Queen 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 Shopping Queen race in?

FMNW400PS and 10000CL OP. 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 Shopping Queen?

The shortest price in the recovered charts is 9.40 to one. Odds are the closing figures printed on the chart, so they reflect what the pool decided at the off, not a forecast.