PR Harness the record of the oval

Race Day

Monday, June 9, 2003

10 races at Plainridge Racecourse, pace and trot, $33,300 in purses.

The Card

The official chart survives for 10 of the 10 races on this card. Every line carries the finishing position, the post position drawn, the winning time and the closing odds on the board as the judges recorded them.

The fastest mile of the afternoon was 1:57.4. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths rather than hundredths, so that trailing digit is a fifth of a second — the notation the sport kept long after other codes moved to decimals.

First Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $3,000 · 6 starters · Track FT · NW4PMLT

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
6/11Q 4 GENERATION NEXT 1:58.2 11.60 John Hogan John E Mc Assey Jr
28.129.329.428.3
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.1 · 57.4 (29.3) · 1:27.3 (29.4) · 1:56.1 (28.3)

Second Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $4,000 · 8 starters · Track FT · 7500CL OP

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/DIS 3 CUSTOM DESIGN - 15.80 Ralph H Andersen Ralph H Andersen
28.330.030.430.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.3 · 58.3 (30.0) · 1:29.2 (30.4) · 1:59.3 (30.1)

Third Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $4,000 · 2 starters · Track FT · BRAGNRIGHT

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
2/3H 1 SENT FROM ABOVE 1:57.4 0.70 John Hogan Ralph H Fenno
28.031.129.128.4
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.0 · 59.1 (31.1) · 1:28.2 (29.1) · 1:57.1 (28.4)

Fourth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,500 · 8 starters · Track FT · NW2PMLT

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/10T 2 AQUITTAL 1:59.0 40.00 James E Hardy Andrei V Guidette
27.429.429.429.2
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

27.4 · 57.3 (29.4) · 1:27.2 (29.4) · 1:56.4 (29.2)

Fifth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $5,000 · 9 starters · Track FT · 3FORMONEY

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
DNF 5 MANJESTIC - 6.30 Brad D Irvine Michael E Perpall
27.330.229.330.2
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

27.3 · 58.0 (30.2) · 1:27.3 (29.3) · 1:58.0 (30.2)

Sixth Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $2,500 · 8 starters · Track FT · NW1500

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR JUST GO -
27.331.029.431.3
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

27.3 · 58.3 (31.0) · 1:28.2 (29.4) · 2:00.0 (31.3)

Seventh Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $1,800 · 8 starters · Track FT · NW200PS

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR HR'S PRINCESS LEAH -
27.030.328.429.4
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

27.0 · 57.3 (30.3) · 1:26.2 (28.4) · 1:56.1 (29.4)

Ninth Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $3,000 · 9 starters · Track FT · NW2200

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
9/6H 6 FRED PICKLE 2:01.4 *2.60 John Hogan John Hogan
29.030.130.231.0
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

29.0 · 59.1 (30.1) · 1:29.3 (30.2) · 2:00.3 (31.0)

Tenth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,500 · 8 starters · Track FT · 3000CL

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/13H 8 SILKY SAKRA 2:00.1 35.30 Gregory J Annaloro Norman C Letendre Sr
27.031.229.229.4
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

27.0 · 58.2 (31.2) · 1:27.4 (29.2) · 1:57.3 (29.4)

Eleventh Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $5,000 · 6 starters · Track FT · 4YOS

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
6/21 2 SANDOVAL 1:58.4 13.20 James E Hardy Andrei V Guidette
27.030.128.229.0
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

27.0 · 57.1 (30.1) · 1:25.3 (28.2) · 1:54.3 (29.0)

Questions about this card

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.

Was this a trotting or a pacing card?

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

What was the total purse for the day?

$33,300 across the card. Purse is the money the race offered, split by finishing position.

Which class conditions were carded?

NW4PMLT, 7500CL OP, BRAGNRIGHT, NW2PMLT and 3FORMONEY, plus 5 others. Each one is a set of eligibility conditions rather than a grade.

How many races were on the card?

10 races, of which 10 carry a full chart with finishing positions. 10 horses appear across the card.

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 June 2003. The meeting ran from spring into autumn rather than year-round, so a season reads as a scatter of afternoons and evenings — the 2003 index shows which other dates survive around this one.