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Race Day

Saturday, June 21, 2003

8 races at Plainridge Racecourse, pace and trot, $15,000 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

Pace · Purse $2,000 · 2000CL

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 ROCK'S REACTOR Michael John Girouard 2:04.2H $2,000
2 GO SAMMIE GO Cornelius J Bonetti - B $2,000
3 FABULOUS FINALE James E Hardy 2:03.0H L $2,000
4 ALL FOR THE KIDS Brad D Irvine 2:03.2H $2,000
5 HOLLY HILL ANSWER Michael E Eaton 1:59.3F L $2,000
6 KNOCKOUT VON Michael John Girouard 1:59.0F L $2,000
7 SUCH A HURRY James E Hardy 2:04.4H B $2,000
8 SENOR JAMIE Michael D Rosenblatt 1:59.2F L $2,000

Second Race

Trot · Purse $1,800 · NW200PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 MARC MY SPEED James E Hardy - B
2 COCO MORGAN Michael E Eaton - L
3 B J STARLETT Scott R Nichols -
4 JUST GO Kevin P Switzer Q1:59.3M B
5 BEDFORD VALLEY Michael John Girouard 2:06.4H
6 MONSTER SAHBRA Michael L Cushing 2:04.0H $2,000
7 FUN MESSAGE Scott R Nichols Q2:01.0F L

Third Race

Pace · Purse $1,800 · NW205PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 PINE LANE BEN Robert A Kenney Q2:05.0H L
2 HOOZA CLEVA ERNIE Kevin P Switzer - L
3 WIN ONE Paul A Silva - B
4 ARIZONA LOVER James E Hardy 1:58.0F L
5 ONE LAST ALCHE Scott R Nichols - L
6 NUCLEAR THREAT James E Hardy - B
7 ALNJOES Daniel T Sumner - B
8 DIIZ John A Di Stefano -

Fourth Race

Pace · Purse $1,800 · FMNW200PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 ROSINE'S FUTURE Daniel T Sumner -
2 BONNIE'S HALO Todd M O'Dea - L
3 HARDCORE TROUBLE Michael E Eaton 1:59.1F L
4 PRECIOUS MADAM Brad D Irvine - B
5 IMMORTAL BELOVED Michael John Girouard - L
6 LITTLE MISS MAPLE James E Hardy - B
7 PRECIOUS CATERA Daniel T Sumner - B
8 CAMSTEADY Scott R Nichols -

Fifth Race

Trot · Purse $2,000 · NW2PMLT

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 RIVER WIND James E Hardy -
2 MISS HAP John A Di Stefano - L
3 SAN SEBASTIAN TBA -
4 MEMPHREMAGOG Donald V Guidette -
5 OSIRIS HANOVER Brian K Mattison 2:03.2H B
6 ABBY'S OVERSCORE Kevin P Switzer 2:06.4H
7 MY BLUE JEANS Markku J Vartiainen 2:00.2M
8 LINDENIUM Daniel T Sumner Q2:04.2S B

Sixth Race

Pace · Purse $2,000 · NW1PMLT

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 MATTABOY Jeffrey A Gulya -
2 KDK MANDALY BAY Kevin P Switzer 2:04.4H
3 STEADY STAR SAM James E Hardy - B
4 QUICK KICK Brian K Mattison -
5 GRACIE DAY John A Di Stefano - B
6 BARNEY Scott R Nichols Q2:03.1F
7 SORRY BOUT YR LUCK Elmer Louis Smith - L
8 SHADY'S LEGACY Bruce S Espinosa -

Seventh Race

Pace · Purse $1,800 · NW205PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 BEEMERS LUKE Michael John Girouard 2:00.2F L
2 RIVER GENE Daniel T Sumner - L
3 HORSE GRANT Gregory R Leone 2:01.4H L
4 SPORTIN T Michael John Girouard -
5 PLUNDER HANOVER Wayne J Mastro 2:05.2H L
6 HESPERUS HANOVER Brad D Irvine 1:59.2F B
7 BEECHBLUFF ETHAN Donald G Billingsley - B
8 LEGAL MATTER Brad D Irvine 1:59.0F L

Eighth Race

Pace · Purse $1,800 · FMNW200PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 I'M FIERY Peter A Sarnie 2:02.4H L
2 CANACO ROSANNE TBA 1:57.2F
3 CAR AL'S PRIDE Michael E Eaton 2:01.0H L
4 WINSOME SCOOTER Daniel T Sumner 2:00.0F L
5 HAPPY HEATNER James E Hardy - B
6 SERIOUS INTENT Michael L Cushing 1:58.0F B
7 HR'S PRINCESS LEAH Patsy Spinelli - L
8 MS SWEENEY Michael John Girouard 1:58.3F L

Questions about this card

How many races were on the card?

8 races, though none carries a full chart — what stands for this date is the entry sheet rather than the result. 63 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 Saturday 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.

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 2 at the trot. Mixed cards were the norm here.

What was the total purse for the day?

$15,000 across the card. Purse is the money the race offered, split by finishing position.

Which class conditions were carded?

2000CL, NW200PS, NW205PS, FMNW200PS and NW2PMLT, plus 1 other. Each one is a set of eligibility conditions rather than a grade.