The Record
Southwind Night appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 6 seasons, 2003 to 2010, with 12 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 1:54.4, set on Tuesday, August 3, 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 comparison against the divisional marks misleading.
The winner's line in the chart gives the breeding as MAGICAL MIKE out of NICOLE ALMAHURST, herself by ABERCROMBIE. 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 Southwind Night was entered in run to NW200PS, 3000CL, 5000CLHC, 4000CL, 15000CLHC, 15000CL. 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 Night most often were John Hogan (10), 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
How many starts does the record show for Southwind Night?
The record shows 12 charted starts for Southwind Night, 2003 to 2010. The name appears on 25 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.
How did Southwind Night finish in these races?
Yes — 3 wins from 12 starts, a strike rate of 25%. Adding 2 seconds and 2 thirds, Southwind Night finished in the first three on 7 occasions.
What is the best time recorded for Southwind Night?
1:54.4, on 2004-08-03. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 1:54.4 is 1 minute and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.
Who drove Southwind Night?
John Hogan (10) and Brad D Irvine (1). The figure in brackets is the number of drives.
Was Southwind Night 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 Night entered under?
NW200PS, 3000CL, 5000CLHC and 4000CL, 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 Southwind Night?
The shortest price in the recovered charts is 0.30 to one. Odds are the closing figures printed on the chart, so they reflect what the pool decided at the off, not a forecast.