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Windy Hill

3 charted starts at Plainridge, best mile 2:05.2.

The Record

Windy Hill appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 2 seasons, 2004 to 2005, with 3 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 0 occasions.

The fastest mile recorded here is 2:05.2, set on Saturday, September 25, 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 comparison against the divisional marks misleading.

The classes Windy Hill was entered in run to QUA, NW1PMLT, 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 Windy Hill most often were Robert J Naginewicz (3). 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
Aug 30, 2005 3 5 Robert J Naginewicz QUA
Oct 16, 2004 5 7 5 2:06.3 13.50 Robert J Naginewicz NW1PMLT
Oct 9, 2004 5 9 5X - 38.90 Robert J Naginewicz NW1PMLT
Sep 25, 2004 3 5 3 2:05.2 87.00 Robert J Naginewicz NW2PMLT
Sep 18, 2004 4 1 Robert J Naginewicz NW1PMLT
Jul 31, 2004 1 4 Robert J Naginewicz QUA
Jun 5, 2004 1 2 Robert J Naginewicz QUA

All horses in the record

Questions about this horse

Was Windy Hill 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 Windy Hill race in?

QUA, NW1PMLT 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 Windy Hill?

The shortest price in the recovered charts is 13.50 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 often did Windy Hill go to the gate here?

The record shows 3 charted starts for Windy Hill, 2004 to 2005. The name appears on 7 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 Windy Hill ever win here?

Not in the charts recovered here. Windy Hill shows 3 starts without a win, though no placing inside the first three is recorded either.

What was Windy Hill's fastest mile?

2:05.2, on 2004-09-25. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 2:05.2 is 2 minutes and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.

Which drivers sat behind Windy Hill?

Robert J Naginewicz took every recorded drive — 3 starts.