PR Harness the record of the oval

Race Day

Monday, May 27, 2002

10 races at Plainridge Racecourse, trot and pace, $28,800 in purses.

The Card

This date survives as the entry sheet rather than the official chart, so the lines below show the field as it was drawn: post position, driver, trainer and the best mile each horse had recorded that season.

First Race

Trot · Purse $3,500 · NW350PS

Second Race

Pace · Purse $1,800 · NW150PS

Third Race

Trot · Purse $3,500 · NW350PS

Fourth Race

Pace · Purse $2,300 · NW200PS

Fifth Race

Trot · Purse $3,000 · NW250PS

Sixth Race

Pace · Purse $2,400 · NW3PMLT

Seventh Race

Pace · Purse $3,000 · NW300PS

Eighth Race

Trot · Purse $2,300 · NW150PS

Ninth Race

Pace · Purse $3,000 · MW300PS

Tenth Race

Pace · Purse $4,000 · NW400PS

Questions about this card

Was this a trotting or a pacing card?

Mixed — 4 at the trot and 6 at the pace. Mixed cards were the norm here.

What was the total purse for the day?

$28,800 across the card. Purse is the money the race offered, split by finishing position.

Which class conditions were carded?

NW350PS, NW150PS, NW200PS, NW250PS and NW3PMLT, plus 3 others. Each one is a set of eligibility conditions rather than a grade.

How many races were on the card?

10 races, though none carries a full chart — what stands for this date is the entry sheet rather than the result.

Are the payout figures available for this date?

No. Mutuel sheets were printed without a year on them, so a sheet is only attached to a card when at least three horse names match a date of the same month and day. Nothing matched here, and no price is guessed at.

When in the year was this card run?

It was a Monday in May 2002. The meeting ran from spring into autumn rather than year-round, so a season reads as a scatter of afternoons and evenings — the 2002 index shows which other dates survive around this one.

What is the difference between the entries and the chart?

An entry sheet is printed before the race and lists the field as drawn, with post positions and the driver named at the time. A chart is written afterwards and fixes what happened: the order of finish, the beaten margins, the quarter fractions and the time. Scratches and driver changes fall between the two, so where both stand for one date they do not always agree.