PR Harness the record of the oval

Race Day

Monday, September 29, 2003

12 races at Plainridge Racecourse, pace and trot, $33,100 in purses.

The Card

The official chart survives for 12 of the 12 races on this card. Every line carries the finishing position, the post position drawn, the winning time and the closing odds 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: XCARET, ZIPPA D JOGGER, T-BILL'S MEMORY, JUST DO IT DARLIN', DEAR JENNA, THIRTY STARS, DANDY DEXTER, ORPHINE HANOVER, BATTITUDE, SHIMIE'S SCORE, LU LU SPUR, ANNA MARIE.

First Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,500 · 4 starters · Track FT · MASSBREDS

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
4/35 1 LUCKY LEROY 2:09.2 25.50 Ralph H Andersen Elmer R Enos
30.232.230.329.0
quarters · widest is slowest · last qtr was quickest

30.2 · 1:02.4 (32.2) · 1:33.2 (30.3) · 2:02.2 (29.0)

XCARET (JURASSIC PARK – PRINCESS STEPHIE – ESCAPE ARTIST)

Second Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,500 · 5 starters · Track FT · MASSBREDS

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
5/DIS X3X DOYLE'S KATIE T - 5.10 Greg D Bowden John L Mac Eachern
29.131.230.030.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

29.1 · 1:00.3 (31.2) · 1:30.3 (30.0) · 2:00.4 (30.1)

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

Third Race

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

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/8H 1 CALL ME ROY N 2:00.3 20.60 Gregory J Annaloro Jennifer M Allen
28.030.229.430.4
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.0 · 58.2 (30.2) · 1:28.1 (29.4) · 1:59.0 (30.4)

T-BILL'S MEMORY (T-BILL – HYSTERIA – B.G'S BUNNY)

Fourth Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $2,500 · 8 starters · Track FT · NW1000L5

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/DIS 5 SASSY FILLY - 13.50 Greg D Bowden Dawn P Anderson
30.130.430.130.0
quarters · widest is slowest · last qtr was quickest

30.1 · 1:01.0 (30.4) · 1:31.1 (30.1) · 2:01.1 (30.0)

JUST DO IT DARLIN' (FLAK BAIT – ROLLOVER DARLIN' – SUPER JUAN)

Fifth Race

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

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/16T 7 TSM ELWOOD BEACH 2:00.2 4.80 Bruce W Ranger Mary B Beauregard
28.228.229.330.3
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.2 · 56.4 (28.2) · 1:26.2 (29.3) · 1:57.0 (30.3)

DEAR JENNA (JENNA'S BEACH BOY – DEAR ABERGAIL – ABERCROMBIE)

Sixth Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $2,500 · 8 starters · Track FT · NW3PMLT

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/DIS 5 CALYPSO KID - *1.60 Bonnie J Rush Bonnie J Rush
30.430.030.030.3
quarters · widest is slowest · 2nd qtr was quickest

30.4 · 1:00.4 (30.0) · 1:30.4 (30.0) · 2:01.2 (30.3)

THIRTY STARS (THIRTY TWO – STAR-OF-THE-NILE – ASTRO HILL)

Seventh Race

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

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/10Q 8 LEGAL MATTER 2:01.1 78.70 Michael E Eaton Michael E Eaton
28.429.330.430.0
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.4 · 58.2 (29.3) · 1:29.1 (30.4) · 1:59.1 (30.0)

DANDY DEXTER (PARIS DEXTER – DOT'S DANDY – A.C.S DANDY)

Eighth Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $3,000 · 9 starters · Track FT · NW2000L5

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR PROXIE POWER -
28.329.430.231.2
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.3 · 58.2 (29.4) · 1:28.4 (30.2) · 2:00.1 (31.2)

ORPHINE HANOVER (GIANT VICTORY – ORCHID HANOVER- – AYRES)

Ninth Race

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

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR RIPPIN REILLY -
29.129.429.031.0
quarters · widest is slowest · 3rd qtr was quickest

29.1 · 59.0 (29.4) · 1:28.0 (29.0) · 1:59.0 (31.0)

BATTITUDE (CAM'S MAGIC TRICK – HOMEWOODS PRIDE – CRACKERS)

Tenth Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $3,500 · 9 starters · Track FT · 7500CL OP

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
9/6H 9 PROUD RUDY 2:01.1 12.20 Gregory J Annaloro Linda J Murray
29.430.429.130.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 3rd qtr was quickest

29.4 · 1:00.3 (30.4) · 1:29.4 (29.1) · 2:00.0 (30.1)

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

Eleventh Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $6,000 · 8 starters · Track FT · FMOPEN

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR JUST JUSTINE -
28.228.428.229.2
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.2 · 57.1 (28.4) · 1:25.3 (28.2) · 1:55.0 (29.2)

LU LU SPUR (KENTUCKY SPUR – LUCE HANOVER – BIG TOWNER)

Twelfth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,000 · 9 starters · Track FT · FMNW200PS

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
9/17H 6 BREEZEWOODBURGANDY 2:00.2 19.20 Michael E Eaton Larry L Venham
27.428.429.330.4
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

27.4 · 56.3 (28.4) · 1:26.1 (29.3) · 1:57.0 (30.4)

ANNA MARIE (IN THE POCKET – ANNA CLARE – AIRLINER)

Questions about this card

Where does 29 September 2003 sit in the season?

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.

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.

Was this a trotting or a pacing card?

Mixed — 8 at the pace and 4 at the trot. Mixed cards were the norm here.

What was the total purse for the day?

$33,100 across the card. Purse is the money the race offered, split by finishing position.

Which class conditions were carded?

MASSBREDS, NW200PS, NW1000L5, NW2PMLT and NW3PMLT, plus 4 others. Each one is a set of eligibility conditions rather than a grade.

How many races were on the card?

12 races, of which 12 carry a full chart with finishing positions. 12 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.