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Pacer

Southwind Mendham

1 charted start at Plainridge, best mile 2:01.4.

The Record

Southwind Mendham appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across the 2001 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 2:01.4, set on Tuesday, November 6, 2001. 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 Southwind Mendham was entered in run to WO2400L6. 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 Southwind Mendham most often were Michael E Eaton (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
Nov 6, 2001 5 7 3 2:01.4 12.70 Michael E Eaton WO2400L6

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Questions about this horse

Who drove Southwind Mendham?

Michael E Eaton took every recorded drive — 1 start.

Was Southwind Mendham 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 Southwind Mendham entered under?

WO2400L6. 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 Southwind Mendham?

The shortest price in the recovered charts is 12.70 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 Southwind Mendham?

The record shows 1 charted start for Southwind Mendham, 2001. Those fall across 1 race day. 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 Southwind Mendham finish in these races?

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

What is the best time recorded for Southwind Mendham?

2:01.4, on 2001-11-06. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 2:01.4 is 2 minutes and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.