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Race Day

Saturday, October 11, 2003

11 races at Plainridge Racecourse, pace and trot, $22,200 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 $2,500 · MASSBREDS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 CAPTAIN BLAKE John A Di Stefano -
2 HARRY GEORGE John Hogan 2:07.1H
3 LUCKY LEROY Ralph H Andersen Q2:15.1H B
4 JJF'S CHATTERBOX Gregory J Annaloro 2:03.1H B
5 XCARET Kevin P Switzer 1:54.3M

Second Race

Pace · Purse $2,500 · MASSBREDS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 ANNIES FRANNIE TBA -
2 SHAKIRA PARK Kevin P Switzer -
3 GRACIE DAY John Hogan 2:02.1F
4 ZIPPA D JOGGER Ralph H Andersen 2:00.4F L
5 DOYLE'S PAT Gregory J Annaloro - B
6 DOYLE'S KATIE T John L Mac Eachern Q2:07.2F B

Third Race

Trot · Purse $2,000 · NW2PMLT

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 TEN TEN TWO TWENTY Ralph H Andersen - B
2 MISS HAP Ralph H Andersen - L
3 MAC N ACTION Bruce S Espinosa - B
4 J D'S BAMBINO John A Di Stefano 2:06.2H
5 RC FOCUS Ralph H Andersen Q2:03.4F B
6 SUGAR RAY HANOVER John Hogan 2:06.1F
7 CRAIGER Gary Hall Q2:08.2H
8 MAGIC VALKYRIE Jason W Mac Dougall -
9 MEMPHREMAGOG William H Grass 2:02.0F

Fourth Race

Pace · Purse $2,000 · CLM

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 ANOTHER APPEAL Ivan J Davies 2:00.4F B $2,000
2 SF BLACK MAGIC Michael John Girouard Q2:01.1F L $2,000
3 COMPANIA KING Michael L Cushing 2:04.3H $2,000
4 SPORTS VIC John Hogan 1:59.0H $2,000
5 HOLLY HILL ANSWER Michael E Eaton 1:56.1F L $2,000
6 KNOCKOUT VON Ralph H Andersen 1:59.0F L $2,000
7 TUCSON FUN TIME Jason W Mac Dougall 2:00.2H B $2,000

Fifth Race

Pace · Purse $2,000 · FMCLM

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 MS HARLEY D Gregory J Annaloro 1:58.2F L $2,000
2 JEAN'S NIGHT Graham Lewis Q2:00.0M B $2,000
3 ROSE RUN DAQUIRI John Hogan 1:58.4H B $2,000
4 SERIOUS INTENT Michael L Cushing 1:58.0F B $2,000
5 FANCY BEAU TBA 1:57.0F B $2,000
6 LITTLE MISS MAPLE TBA 2:00.2F B $2,000
7 CONCHITA A Roland J Sears 1:59.4F B $2,000
8 CAMSTEADY David J Marshall 1:57.4F L $2,000
9 SHARP REWARD Michael John Girouard 1:57.2F L $2,000

Sixth Race

Trot · Purse $1,800 · NW200PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 CRACKERJAC TBA -
2 MARC MY SPEED Cornelius J Bonetti - L
3 B J STARLETT David J Marshall - L
4 FACE YO STARS Ralph H Andersen -
5 ROCK'N'RYE RUSS Michael E Eaton -
6 CROWN YOU John H Dunleavy 2:14.0H B
7 WILDFIRE SAHBRA Joseph R Therrien 2:00.2F L
8 NERVE Gregory J Annaloro 2:02.4M L
9 J G'S DIAMOND Russell F Lawson 2:24.0H
AE OLLIE'S QUICK Kevin P Switzer 2:01.4F B

Seventh Race

Pace · Purse $2,000 · FMNW200PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 ROSINE'S FUTURE Michael E Eaton 2:00.0F B
2 MAKE MINE MAGIC Gregory J Annaloro 2:00.0F B
3 WHISKER'S SISTER Richard A Flanders - L
4 FLICKERS LIKE GOLD Gregory J Annaloro 1:59.2F B
5 POOH Randy L Bickmore 1:59.2H
6 SILKY SAKRA Michael John Girouard 1:58.3F B
7 SEARCH SASSY CASSY TBA 2:00.1F B
8 HAPPY HEATNER TBA 1:58.4F B
9 SHES SO PSYCHO John Hogan 2:03.3F B

Eighth Race

Pace · Purse $1,800 · FMNW200PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 TRIXIE David J Marshall 2:02.1H L
2 TARANTUM ROAD Russell F Lawson -
3 LIKE MAGIC Gregory J Annaloro - B
4 I'M FIERY Gregory J Annaloro 2:02.4H L
5 PRECIOUS CATERA Shawn T Gray -
6 HR'S PRINCESS LEAH Patsy Spinelli 1:59.1F L
7 BORDER MUSIC Graham Lewis - L
8 MICHELLE JORDAN Gary Hall 2:03.2H
9 PONDSIDE ROSE Gregory J Annaloro -
AE FAIRYFAST TBA 2:01.4H B
AE THIS COULD B MAGIC John Hogan - B

Ninth Race

Trot · Purse $1,800 · NW200PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 J R COOLSHOES Joseph R Roy 2:08.4H
2 FEDERAL EXPRESSION Michael John Girouard Q2:04.1F B
3 BEDFORD VALLEY Ralph H Andersen 2:06.4H
4 BONEFIDE STAR Ralph H Andersen - L
5 SASSY FILLY Gregory J Annaloro 2:06.2H L
6 MONSTER SAHBRA Michael John Girouard 2:04.0H L
7 WALLINGFORD Richard E Robertson 2:00.3F B
8 DAMIEN DEVILLE Michael E Eaton - L
9 ROYAL ROGUE Clyde G Burgess 2:06.2H

Tenth Race

Pace · Purse $2,000 · NW200PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 MATTABOY Jeffrey A Gulya 1:59.4F B
2 ROBOMAC Jason W Mac Dougall 1:59.2H
3 PATRICK HENRY Chris R Lefebvre 2:02.2H L
4 MR MARVELOUS Kevin P Switzer 2:00.0H
5 ALNJOES Michael E Eaton 2:01.1H B
6 PINE LANE BEN Ralph H Andersen 2:04.2H L
7 WIN ONE Paul A Silva 1:59.4F B
8 CUSTOMER VC TBA 2:02.3H
9 BEECHBLUFF ETHAN Donald V Guidette Q1:59.1M L
AE MAC AUBURN NUKES John Hogan 2:01.1H
AE PATCH OF GRAY Graham Lewis 2:02.2H L

Eleventh Race

Pace · Purse $1,800 · NW200PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 TOLEDO RED Gregory J Annaloro - L
2 GO SAMMIE GO Cornelius J Bonetti - B
3 BEEMERS LUKE Ralph H Andersen 1:58.3F L
4 TSM LIGHTING STORM Kenneth R Cross -
5 TS HIGH TIDE Kevin P Switzer 1:57.1F
6 WESTBURN MAGIC N Michael L Cushing Q2:04.3H
7 STIR FIRE FRED Shawn T Gray 2:01.4H
8 FANCY CREEK LUKE Gary Hall 2:04.4H
9 MAGICAL BY NATURE John Hogan 1:59.1H
AE SENOR JAMIE Michael D Rosenblatt 1:59.2F L
AE TAKEN CARE Joseph Alongi - L

Questions about this card

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

What was the total purse for the day?

$22,200 across the card. Purse is the money the race offered, split by finishing position.

Which class conditions were carded?

MASSBREDS, NW2PMLT, CLM, FMCLM and NW200PS, plus 1 other. Each one is a set of eligibility conditions rather than a grade.

How many races were on the card?

11 races, though none carries a full chart — what stands for this date is the entry sheet rather than the result. 97 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 October 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.