The Record
You Only Live Once appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 2 seasons, 2003 to 2004, with 3 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 1 occasion altogether.
The fastest mile recorded here is 2:00.1, set on Monday, November 24, 2003. 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 reading one mile against another misleading.
The winner's line in the chart gives the breeding as LINDY LANE out of MEADOWBRANCH JUNE, herself by ROYAL PRESTIGE. 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 You Only Live Once was entered in run to OPEN, OPENHC. 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 You Only Live Once most often were Robert Tisbert (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
| Date | Rc | Fin | PP | Time | Odds | Driver | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2004 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2:01.4 | .90 | Robert Tisbert | OPEN |
| Dec 2, 2003 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2:05.1 | 4.90 | Robert Tisbert | OPEN |
| Nov 24, 2003 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2:00.1 | 3.60 | Robert Tisbert | OPENHC |
Questions about this horse
What were the odds on You Only Live Once?
The shortest price in the recovered charts is 0.90 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 You Only Live Once?
The record shows 3 charted starts for You Only Live Once, 2003 to 2004. Those fall across 3 race days. 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 You Only Live Once finish in these races?
Yes — 1 win from 3 starts, a strike rate of 33.3%. Adding 0 seconds and 0 thirds, You Only Live Once finished in the first three on 1 occasion.
What was You Only Live Once's fastest mile?
2:00.1, on 2003-11-24. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 2:00.1 is 2 minutes and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.
Which drivers sat behind You Only Live Once?
Robert Tisbert took every recorded drive — 3 starts.
Was You Only Live Once 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 You Only Live Once race in?
OPEN and OPENHC. Each code is a set of eligibility conditions rather than a grade — the class pages explain what each one admitted.