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Pacer

Vic's Legacy

6 charted starts at Plainridge, best mile 1:58.0.

The Record

Vic's Legacy appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 3 seasons, 2003 to 2005, with 6 starts 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 1 occasion.

The fastest mile recorded here is 1:58.0, set on Monday, May 9, 2005. 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 Vic's Legacy was entered in run to BAYSTATE, 4000CL, NW350PS, 10000CLHC, CLM. 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 Vic's Legacy most often were Shawn T Gray (5). 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 7 5 8 1:58.0 32.10 Shawn T Gray BAYSTATE
Oct 19, 2004 5 2 3 1:58.3 1.60 Shawn T Gray 4000CL
Oct 12, 2004 4 8 7 1:59.1 1.60 Shawn T Gray 4000CL
Dec 1, 2003 3 SCR - NW350PS
Nov 24, 2003 11 8 5 1:58.2 2.60 Shawn T Gray 10000CLHC
Nov 17, 2003 11 4 1 1:58.2 3.00 Shawn T Gray 10000CLHC
Oct 14, 2003 3 5 Shawn T Gray 10000CLHC
Sep 23, 2003 10 8 Shawn T Gray CLM
Sep 16, 2003 10 7 Shawn T Gray 10000CLHC

All horses in the record

Questions about this horse

What were the odds on Vic's Legacy?

The shortest price in the recovered charts is 1.60 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 Vic's Legacy?

The record shows 6 charted starts for Vic's Legacy, 2003 to 2005. The name appears on 9 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 Vic's Legacy finish in these races?

Not in the charts recovered here. Vic's Legacy shows 6 starts without a win, though there was 1 placing — 1 second and 0 third — in the first three.

What is the best time recorded for Vic's Legacy?

1:58.0, on 2005-05-09. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 1:58.0 is 1 minute and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.

Who drove Vic's Legacy?

Shawn T Gray took every recorded drive — 5 starts.

Was Vic's Legacy 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 Vic's Legacy entered under?

BAYSTATE, 4000CL, NW350PS and 10000CLHC, plus 1 other condition. Each code is a set of eligibility conditions rather than a grade — the class pages explain what each one admitted.