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Race Day

Saturday, September 27, 2003

10 races at Plainridge Racecourse, pace and trot, $18,800 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

Pace · Purse $2,000 · CLM

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 ANOTHER APPEAL TBA 2:00.4F B $2,000
2 KNOCKOUT VON TBA 1:59.0F L $2,000
3 CRYPTIC James E Hardy 1:58.1F B $2,000
4 TORQUE LOBELL N Gregory J Annaloro 1:56.1F L $2,000
5 SHINE ON SAM Gregory J Annaloro 2:00.2F B $2,000
6 SALISBURY TED Ralph H Andersen 1:57.3F L $2,000
7 HOLLY HILL ANSWER Michael E Eaton 1:56.1F L $2,000

Second Race

Pace · Purse $2,000 · NW1PMLT

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 SHADY'S LEGACY John Hogan - B
2 RADIANT DUKE Gregory J Annaloro Q2:01.4F
3 HIGHER CALLING Gregory J Annaloro - L
4 DOYLE'S PAT TBA - B
5 A PATCH OF RED Ivan J Davies -
6 SARAH BERRA Graham Lewis -
7 SWEET ZIPPER BELL John Hogan -

Third Race

Trot · Purse $2,000 · NW1PMLT

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 MISS HAP Ralph H Andersen - L
2 LADYINFOCUS Ivan J Davies Q2:05.3H
3 RIVER WIND James E Hardy -
4 SUGAR RAY HANOVER TBA -
5 MAC N ACTION Bruce S Espinosa - B
6 GREASE LIGHTNING Joseph R Roy -
7 SIGNAL HILL IVORY Richard A Flanders -
8 MEMPHREMAGOG William H Grass 2:02.0F

Fourth Race

Pace · Purse $1,800 · NW200PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 EVIL GRIN Gregory J Annaloro 2:02.0H
2 WIN ONE Paul A Silva - B
3 TAKEN CARE TBA - L
4 GRAY RIDGE David J Marshall - L
5 GO SAMMIE GO Cornelius J Bonetti - B
6 PINE LANE BEN Ralph H Andersen 2:04.2H L
7 ALNJOES Ralph H Andersen 2:01.1H B

Fifth Race

Pace · Purse $2,000 · FMCLM

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 CAMSTEADY David J Marshall 1:57.4F L $2,000
2 JEAN'S NIGHT David J Marshall Q2:00.0M B $2,000
3 WOODMERE TOPPER Brad D Irvine 1:58.0F L $2,000
4 SHARP REWARD Michael John Girouard 1:57.2F L $2,000
5 SEARCH SASSY CASSY James E Hardy 2:00.1F B $2,000
6 ROSE RUN DAQUIRI John Hogan 1:58.4H L $2,000
7 CONCHITA A Roland J Sears 1:59.4F B $2,000

Sixth Race

Trot · Purse $1,800 · NW200PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 BONEFIDE STAR Ralph H Andersen - L
2 DAMIEN DEVILLE Michael E Eaton -
3 ABBY'S OVERSCORE Gregory J Annaloro 2:01.3F B
4 SIGNAL HILL IRIS Richard A Flanders 2:00.4F
5 PASTA BOYS Gregory J Annaloro 1:59.0F B
6 J R COOLSHOES Joseph R Roy 2:08.4H
7 WALLINGFORD Richard E Robertson 2:00.3F B

Seventh Race

Pace · Purse $1,800 · FMNW200PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 WHISKER'S SISTER Brad D Irvine - L
2 MS HARLEY D TBA 1:59.3F L
3 TASSELS RASCAL Michael E Eaton 2:02.3H
4 FAIRYFAST Gregory J Annaloro 2:01.4H B
5 PANSY Ivan J Davies 2:02.1H
6 JBB LITTLE GIRL Gregory J Annaloro 2:00.1F B
7 HR'S PRINCESS LEAH Patsy Spinelli 1:59.1F L
8 CANVASBACK CABARET David J Marshall - L

Eighth Race

Trot · Purse $1,800 · NW200PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 B J STARLETT David J Marshall - L
2 J D'S BAMBINO John A Di Stefano 2:06.2H
3 MARC MY SPEED Cornelius J Bonetti - L
4 FEDERAL EXPRESSION Michael John Girouard Q2:04.1F B
5 BEDFORD VALLEY Ralph H Andersen 2:06.4H
6 WILDFIRE SAHBRA Ralph H Andersen 2:00.2F
7 ONE ON ONE David N Cochrane 2:04.4H
8 LEVITY'S LADYBELL Ivan J Davies -

Ninth Race

Pace · Purse $1,800 · NW200PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 NUCLEAR THREAT James E Hardy 1:58.2F B
2 BEECHBLUFF ETHAN Donald V Guidette Q1:59.1M L
3 SENOR JAMIE Michael D Rosenblatt 1:59.2F L
4 MATTABOY Jeffrey A Gulya 1:59.4F B
5 BEEMERS LUKE Ralph H Andersen 1:58.3F L
6 TOLEDO RED Peter A Sarnie - L
7 PATCH OF GRAY David J Marshall 2:02.2H L
8 TEAMWORKER Willard F Beckwith Q1:59.1F L

Tenth Race

Pace · Purse $1,800 · FMNW200PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 IMMORTAL BELOVED Michael John Girouard 2:00.2F L
2 THIS COULD B MAGIC Ralph H Andersen - B
3 LITTLE MISS MAPLE James E Hardy - B
4 WINSOME SCOOTER TBA 2:00.0F L
5 DOCS FLOWER James E Hardy -
6 DON'T TEASE ME Paul W Battis 2:01.2H
7 BORDER MUSIC Graham Lewis - L
8 LIKE MAGIC Gregory J Annaloro - B

Questions about this card

Was this a trotting or a pacing card?

Mixed — 7 at the pace and 3 at the trot. Mixed cards were the norm here.

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?

CLM, NW1PMLT, NW200PS, FMCLM and FMNW200PS. 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. 75 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.

Where does 27 September 2003 sit in the season?

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.

Why do some dates show entries and others show results?

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.