PR Harness the record of the oval

Race Day

Tuesday, November 4, 2003

12 races at Plainridge Racecourse, pace and trot, $32,600 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 on the board as the judges recorded them.

The fastest mile of the afternoon was 2:01.2. 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: FANCY BEAU, CORDIAL MARTINI, SORRY BOUT YR LUCK, LUVLIESTOVALL A, CHOOCH, JETIN' PURSUIT, POWAH FLO, CHIP'S NINO, JAY'S OK, WOODMERE TONDROP, SHIMIE'S SCORE, LU LU SPUR.

First Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,000 · 5 starters · Track FT · 2000CLHC

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR MS SWEENEY -
28.230.429.329.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.2 · 59.1 (30.4) · 1:28.4 (29.3) · 1:58.0 (29.1)

FANCY BEAU (FRANZ HANOVER – BEAUS CHARMER – SPRINGFIELD)

Second Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $4,500 · 6 starters · Track FT · OPEN

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
6/19 1 THOUSAND LIGHTS 2:01.2 13.90 John S Nason David A Sawyer
28.231.228.429.0
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.2 · 59.4 (31.2) · 1:28.3 (28.4) · 1:57.3 (29.0)

CORDIAL MARTINI (LINDY LANE – ARMBRO MARTINI – DREAM OF GLORY)

Third Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $3,500 · 6 starters · Track FT · NW5PMLT

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR MR DUPLITRON -
28.231.128.429.3
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.2 · 59.3 (31.1) · 1:28.2 (28.4) · 1:58.0 (29.3)

SORRY BOUT YR LUCK (REAL ARTIST – ALTERNATIVE INCOME – ON THE ROAD AGAIN)

Fourth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,400 · 7 starters · Track FT · FMNW250PS

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
7/24 6 I WANT TO WIN 2:01.3 35.30 Wallace R Watson Emile F Shaw
29.230.029.028.2
quarters · widest is slowest · last qtr was quickest

29.2 · 59.2 (30.0) · 1:28.2 (29.0) · 1:56.4 (28.2)

LUVLIESTOVALL A (THE UNICORN – DUSTY LYN – LYNDEN BYE BYE)

Fifth Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $1,800 · 8 starters · Track FT · NW250PS

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR SUGAR RAY HANOVER -
29.130.130.231.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

29.1 · 59.2 (30.1) · 1:29.4 (30.2) · 2:01.0 (31.1)

CHOOCH (MUSCLES YANKEE – STAR PROBE – PROBE)

Sixth Race

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

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/38 5 BALLISTIC HANNA 2:07.3 30.10 Andrei V Guidette Andrei V Guidette
28.130.330.031.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.1 · 58.4 (30.3) · 1:28.4 (30.0) · 2:00.0 (31.1)

JETIN' PURSUIT (LAAG – APRIL'S PRIDE – SUNDANCE SKIPPER)

Seventh Race

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

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR RED HAT -
28.230.329.129.4
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.2 · 59.0 (30.3) · 1:28.1 (29.1) · 1:58.0 (29.4)

POWAH FLO (ASSAULT WEAPON – ARNIES BABE – DIRECT SCOOTER)

Eighth Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $3,000 · 9 starters · Track FT · 5000CL OP

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
9/19 8 ORPHINE HANOVER 2:02.3 25.40 David J Marshall Joseph Flynn
28.330.329.330.0
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.3 · 59.1 (30.3) · 1:28.4 (29.3) · 1:58.4 (30.0)

CHIP'S NINO (PINE CHIP – CONSUELA LOBELL – MYSTIC PARK)

Ninth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,500 · 7 starters · Track FT · 2500

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR MINERVA'S PRIDE -
29.130.030.330.0
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

29.1 · 59.1 (30.0) · 1:29.4 (30.3) · 1:59.4 (30.0)

JAY'S OK (DAVID'S PASS – KRISTINA – GOALIE JEFF)

Tenth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $1,800 · 6 starters · Track FT · NW200PS

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR TURBO TIM -
27.329.429.130.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

27.3 · 57.2 (29.4) · 1:26.3 (29.1) · 1:56.4 (30.1)

WOODMERE TONDROP (DROP-OFF – TONDA HANOVER – WARM BREEZE)

Eleventh Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $4,000 · 7 starters · Track FT · 7500CL OP

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR JUST DO IT DARLIN' -
28.430.229.330.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.4 · 59.1 (30.2) · 1:28.4 (29.3) · 1:59.0 (30.1)

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

Twelfth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $3,500 · 7 starters · Track FT · FMNPO

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR GEMINI JENNY -
28.231.128.129.0
quarters · widest is slowest · 3rd qtr was quickest

28.2 · 59.3 (31.1) · 1:27.4 (28.1) · 1:56.4 (29.0)

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

Questions about this card

What was the total purse for the day?

$32,600 across the card. Purse is the money the race offered, split by finishing position.

Which class conditions were carded?

2000CLHC, OPEN, NW5PMLT, FMNW250PS and NW250PS, plus 6 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. 96 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 4 November 2003 sit in the season?

It was a Tuesday in November 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.