The Record
Too Good For Us appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across the 2004 season, with 4 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 3 occasions altogether.
The fastest mile recorded here is 2:01.0, set on Monday, October 11, 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 an oval of five-eighths of a mile 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 SIR TAURUS out of WONDER'S IMAGE, herself by BALANCED IMAGE. 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 Too Good For Us was entered in run to NW400PS, 5000CL OP, CLMHC, NW2PMLT. 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 Too Good For Us most often were John L Mac Eachern (2), Craig N Fletcher (1), Yannick Gingras (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
| Date | Rc | Fin | PP | Time | Odds | Driver | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2004 | 9 | — | 6 | — | — | John L Mac Eachern | NW400PS |
| Oct 25, 2004 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2:01.2 | 4.70 | John L Mac Eachern | 5000CL OP |
| Oct 18, 2004 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2:02.4 | 11.10 | John L Mac Eachern | 5000CL OP |
| Oct 11, 2004 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2:01.0 | 1.70 | Yannick Gingras | 5000CL OP |
| Sep 13, 2004 | 5 | — | 5 | — | — | Fernand A Paquet | CLMHC |
| Aug 7, 2004 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2:03.3 | 3.30 | Craig N Fletcher | NW2PMLT |
Questions about this horse
Which drivers sat behind Too Good For Us?
John L Mac Eachern (2), Craig N Fletcher (1) and Yannick Gingras (1). The figure in brackets is the number of drives.
Was Too Good For Us 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.
What class did Too Good For Us race in?
NW400PS, 5000CL OP, CLMHC and NW2PMLT. 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 Too Good For Us?
The shortest price in the recovered charts is 1.70 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 Too Good For Us?
The record shows 4 charted starts for Too Good For Us, 2004. The name appears on 6 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 Too Good For Us finish in these races?
Yes — 1 win from 4 starts, a strike rate of 25%. Adding 2 seconds and 0 thirds, Too Good For Us finished in the first three on 3 occasions.
What was Too Good For Us's fastest mile?
2:01.0, on 2004-10-11. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 2:01.0 is 2 minutes and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.