PR Harness the record of the oval

Race Day

Saturday, September 6, 2003

10 races at Plainridge Racecourse, pace and trot, $18,800 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 2:00.2. 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.

Winners on the day: HOLLY HILL ANSWER, CALYPSO KID, ZIPPA D JOGGER, WINSOME SCOOTER, SIR LANCE ALOT, SIGNAL HILL IRIS, HEYDUKE, SALISBURY TED, HAWAIIAN SHARK, HAPPY HEATNER.

First Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,000 · 7 starters · Track FT · 2000CL

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR ALL FOR THE KIDS -
29.030.229.429.4
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

29.0 · 59.2 (30.2) · 1:29.1 (29.4) · 1:59.0 (29.4)

HOLLY HILL ANSWER (BOLD HOPE – CHRISTINE POWER – NO NUKES)

Second Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $1,800 · 9 starters · Track FT · NW1PMLT

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
9/DIS X8X LEE HOT TOES - 87.50 Joseph P Ruggeri Dominic W Ruggeri
30.031.030.230.2
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

30.0 · 1:01.0 (31.0) · 1:31.2 (30.2) · 2:01.4 (30.2)

CALYPSO KID (LINDY LANE – MARGARITA MISS – CROWNING POINT)

Third Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,000 · 7 starters · Track FT · NW1PMLT

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR HIGHER CALLING -
29.030.330.331.0
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

29.0 · 59.3 (30.3) · 1:30.1 (30.3) · 2:01.1 (31.0)

ZIPPA D JOGGER (ZIP YER LIP – J D JOGGER – CHAIRMANOFTHEBOARD)

Fourth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $1,800 · 8 starters · Track FT · FMNW200PS

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/12 8 CELINE DIJON 2:03.0 4.20 Wallace R Watson Wallace R Watson
28.429.430.431.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.4 · 58.3 (29.4) · 1:29.2 (30.4) · 2:00.3 (31.1)

WINSOME SCOOTER (DIRECT SCOOTER – LINDWOOD LIL – COLT FORTYSIX)

Fifth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $1,800 · 7 starters · Track FT · NW200PS

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
7/30 7 GENERATION NEXT 2:04.0 4.10 Scott R Nichols John E Mc Assey Jr
28.129.330.030.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.1 · 57.4 (29.3) · 1:27.4 (30.0) · 1:58.0 (30.1)

SIR LANCE ALOT (CURRAGH – ANDY'S ETERNITY – JOLLY ROGER)

Sixth Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $1,800 · 9 starters · Track FT · NW200PS

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
9/DIS 3 BEAUTE NOIRE - 3.30 Michael E Eaton Dawn P Anderson
28.330.230.331.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.3 · 59.0 (30.2) · 1:29.3 (30.3) · 2:00.4 (31.1)

SIGNAL HILL IRIS (CAMELOT ERNST – SIGNAL HILL DAISY – KEYSTONE EDGAR)

Seventh Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,000 · 7 starters · Track FT · NW1PMLT

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
7/DIS 5 MY CASINO FUNDS - 11.10 Michael E Eaton Peter A Sarnie
29.330.330.030.2
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

29.3 · 1:00.1 (30.3) · 1:30.1 (30.0) · 2:00.3 (30.2)

HEYDUKE (LIFE SIGN – TRINI HANOVER – BIG TOWNER)

Eighth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,000 · 7 starters · Track FT · 2000CL

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
7/29T 4 LINDONS COUNT ME N 2:03.3 19.60 John Hogan Philip H Derusha Jr
27.430.029.330.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

27.4 · 57.4 (30.0) · 1:27.2 (29.3) · 1:57.3 (30.1)

SALISBURY TED (GOALIE JEFF – APRIL'S PRIDE – SUNDANCE SKIPPER)

Ninth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $1,800 · 7 starters · Track FT · NW200PS

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
7/6 2 JETIN' PURSUIT 2:00.2 25.90 Russell F Lawson Russell F Lawson
29.129.430.030.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

29.1 · 59.0 (29.4) · 1:29.0 (30.0) · 1:59.1 (30.1)

HAWAIIAN SHARK (CAM'S CARD SHARK – TANTALIZE HANOVER – ALBATROSS)

Tenth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $1,800 · 8 starters · Track FT · FMNW200PS

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR ROSINE'S FUTURE -
28.230.429.430.3
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.2 · 59.1 (30.4) · 1:29.0 (29.4) · 1:59.3 (30.3)

HAPPY HEATNER (YOUNGPHILADELPHIAN – CAST A SPELL – WALTON HANOVER)

Questions about this card

What was the total purse for the day?

$18,800 across the card. Purse is the money the race offered, split by finishing position.

Which class conditions were carded?

2000CL, NW1PMLT, FMNW200PS and NW200PS. 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 Saturday in September 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 — 8 at the pace and 2 at the trot. Mixed cards were the norm here.