PR Harness the record of the oval

Race Day

Monday, September 8, 2003

11 races at Plainridge Racecourse, pace and trot, $35,000 in purses.

The Card

The official chart survives for 11 of the 11 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 1:59.3. 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: T E'S COOL SPRING, PROXIE POWER, LADY SEMINOLE, WESTERN MISCHIEF, MARTY MARTY MARTY, MAXIMUM SPEED, FOX RIDGE JAMIE, SAMOOTS, ASHANTE MACHO, SHIMIE'S SCORE, MARCEL ARTS.

First Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,000 · 8 starters · Track FT · FMNW200PS

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/19 4 GE'S JUDY 2:02.1 25.90 Russell R Thomas Jr Russell R Thomas Jr
28.430.429.029.4
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.4 · 59.3 (30.4) · 1:28.3 (29.0) · 1:58.2 (29.4)

T E'S COOL SPRING (UXBRIDGE – ADRE ANN IS HERE – NUCLEAR LEGACY)

Second Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $2,500 · 8 starters · Track FT · NW1500L6

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/13Q X4 LUCKY NORMA 2:04.0 11.30 Bonnie J Rush Bonnie J Rush
30.129.231.230.2
quarters · widest is slowest · 2nd qtr was quickest

30.1 · 59.3 (29.2) · 1:31.0 (31.2) · 2:01.2 (30.2)

PROXIE POWER (OVERCOMER – MIGHTY PROXIE – MIGHTY CROWN)

Third Race

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

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/17Q 8 WOODMERE TOPPER 1:59.3 18.50 Brad D Irvine Michael E Perpall
27.429.229.229.3
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

27.4 · 57.1 (29.2) · 1:26.3 (29.2) · 1:56.1 (29.3)

LADY SEMINOLE (SIGNED 'N SEALED – CR SEMINOLE WIND – STORM DAMAGE)

Fifth Race

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

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/12T 6 THIS COULD B MAGIC 2:01.0 17.20 Ralph H Andersen Robert K Hetherman
27.430.130.329.4
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

27.4 · 58.0 (30.1) · 1:28.3 (30.3) · 1:58.2 (29.4)

WESTERN MISCHIEF (WESTERN HANOVER – AMERICAN MISCHIEF – SONSAM)

Sixth Race

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

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR MISSY MAY -
28.230.028.429.2
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.2 · 58.2 (30.0) · 1:27.1 (28.4) · 1:56.3 (29.2)

MARTY MARTY MARTY (SEALED N DELIVERED – OOMPA'S FANTASY – ARTSPLACE)

Seventh Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $5,000 · 7 starters · Track FT · OPEN

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR QUEPONCO MAGIC -
29.229.328.429.2
quarters · widest is slowest · 3rd qtr was quickest

29.2 · 59.0 (29.3) · 1:27.4 (28.4) · 1:57.1 (29.2)

MAXIMUM SPEED (PROGRAM SPEED – THAT'S MY DESIRE – VALLEY VICTORY)

Eighth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $3,000 · 8 starters · Track FT · NW4PMLT

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR MATTNESIUM -
29.430.128.328.2
quarters · widest is slowest · last qtr was quickest

29.4 · 1:00.0 (30.1) · 1:28.3 (28.3) · 1:57.0 (28.2)

FOX RIDGE JAMIE (LIFE SIGN – LADY JATE – JATE LOBELL)

Ninth Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $2,500 · 9 starters · Track FT · 3000CL OP

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
9/DIS X8 ON RAMP - 2.20 Robert Tisbert Markku J Vartiainen
28.429.430.131.0
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.4 · 58.3 (29.4) · 1:28.4 (30.1) · 1:59.4 (31.0)

SAMOOTS (CORLEONE – BRIAR BELLE – BRISCO HANOVER)

Tenth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $3,000 · 8 starters · Track FT · 4000CL OP

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/20H 5 BREEZEWOODBURGANDY 2:01.3 33.10 Scott R Nichols Larry L Venham
28.430.029.329.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.4 · 58.4 (30.0) · 1:28.2 (29.3) · 1:57.3 (29.1)

ASHANTE MACHO (NOBLELAND SAM – TALENT LINE – FALCON ALMAHURST)

Eleventh Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $4,500 · 9 starters · Track FT · 10000CL OP

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
9/27Q 7 WALLINGFORD 2:03.3 36.90 Richard E Robertson Jr Richard E Robertson Jr
28.430.029.230.0
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.4 · 58.4 (30.0) · 1:28.1 (29.2) · 1:58.1 (30.0)

SHIMIE'S SCORE (SCHIMITAR – SCORING FRIEND – FINAL SCORE)

Twelfth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $5,000 · 7 starters · Track FT · 3&4 YOS

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR QUICK KICK -
27.130.328.428.0
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

27.1 · 57.4 (30.3) · 1:26.3 (28.4) · 1:54.3 (28.0)

MARCEL ARTS (REAL ARTIST – MARCELLA HANOVER – ALBATROSS)

Questions about this card

What was the total purse for the day?

$35,000 across the card. Purse is the money the race offered, split by finishing position.

Which class conditions were carded?

FMNW200PS, NW1500L6, 3000CL OP, NW2PMLT and OPEN, plus 4 others. Each one is a set of eligibility conditions rather than a grade.

How many races were on the card?

11 races, of which 11 carry a full chart with finishing positions. 94 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 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 — 7 at the pace and 4 at the trot. Mixed cards were the norm here.