PR Harness the record of the oval

Race Day

Tuesday, November 11, 2003

11 races at Plainridge Racecourse, pace and trot, $33,500 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 1:59.4. 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: LANGCREST FANTASIA, NICKELS WAY, MOVING BY PASSER, WESTERN MISCHIEF, CUMMIN HOME DUKE, MATTABOY, CALYPSO KID, PARADISE CLYDEHIRT, BUSTING FORWARD, BENVECK N, INCOMING CALL.

First Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $1,800 · 8 starters · Track FT · 2000CL OP

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/19 8 CAMSTEADY 1:59.4 22.30 David J Marshall Wayne J Marshall
27.230.029.029.3
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

27.2 · 57.2 (30.0) · 1:26.2 (29.0) · 1:56.0 (29.3)

LANGCREST FANTASIA (SUPREME JADE – WITSENDS TANYA – BIG TOWNER)

Second Race

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

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/12Q 5 THAT RAIN BABY 2:01.0 16.40 Graham Lewis Graham Lewis
29.030.229.030.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

29.0 · 59.2 (30.2) · 1:28.2 (29.0) · 1:58.3 (30.1)

NICKELS WAY (RACY LIGHT – GABBY – ISLE OF WIGHT)

Third Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $4,000 · 7 starters · Track FT · NW500PS

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
7/5T 1 DOYLE'S MISSY 2:00.4 3.90 Greg D Bowden Dawn P Anderson
29.130.229.230.3
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

29.1 · 59.3 (30.2) · 1:29.0 (29.2) · 1:59.3 (30.3)

MOVING BY PASSER (MOVING FORWARD – COLD VALENTINE – COLD COMFORT)

Fourth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,400 · 6 starters · Track FT · 3000CL OP

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR STRIKETASTIC — - — — —
28.129.429.430.2
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.1 · 58.0 (29.4) · 1:27.4 (29.4) · 1:58.1 (30.2)

WESTERN MISCHIEF (WESTERN HANOVER – AMERICAN MISCHIEF – SONSAM)

Fifth Race

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

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
9/DIS 8 BEST WAY - 30.10 Shawn T Gray Shawn T Gray
29.031.329.330.4
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

29.0 · 1:00.3 (31.3) · 1:30.1 (29.3) · 2:01.0 (30.4)

CUMMIN HOME DUKE (CUMIN – KEYSTONE VELVET – HICKORY PRIDE)

Sixth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,000 · 8 starters · Track FT · NW2PMLT

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR CAJAN — - — — —
28.230.030.331.3
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.2 · 58.2 (30.0) · 1:29.0 (30.3) · 2:00.3 (31.3)

MATTABOY (MATT'S SCOOTER – SWEET TODDY – GREAT NERO)

Seventh Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $3,500 · 7 starters · Track FT · 5000CL OP

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR THOUSAND LIGHTS — - — — —
29.330.430.031.0
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

29.3 · 1:00.2 (30.4) · 1:30.2 (30.0) · 2:01.2 (31.0)

CALYPSO KID (LINDY LANE – MARGARITA MISS – CROWNING POINT)

Eighth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $3,500 · 9 starters · Track FT · NW5PMLT

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
9/17T 7 SPINCITY 2:01.3 72.70 John S Nason John S Nason
28.130.428.430.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.1 · 59.0 (30.4) · 1:27.4 (28.4) · 1:58.0 (30.1)

PARADISE CLYDEHIRT (SEALED N DELIVERED – FILLY SIMMS – NO NUKES)

Ninth Race

Trot · 1 Mile · Purse $4,000 · 8 starters · Track FT · 7500CL OP

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/DIS 4 SINGLE N SASSY - 11.50 John Hogan John Hogan
29.031.229.230.2
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

29.0 · 1:00.2 (31.2) · 1:29.4 (29.2) · 2:00.1 (30.2)

BUSTING FORWARD (MOVING FORWARD – DIAMOND SUNRISE – DIAMOND EXCHANGE)

Tenth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $3,500 · 9 starters · Track GD · FMNPO

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
9/DIS 8 T E'S COOL SPRING - 33.80 James E Hardy Joel H Wheeler
29.331.228.229.3
quarters · widest is slowest · 3rd qtr was quickest

29.3 · 1:01.0 (31.2) · 1:29.2 (28.2) · 1:59.0 (29.3)

BENVECK N (IL VICOLO – BERI'S VICKI – SMOOTH FELLA)

Eleventh Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $4,500 · 7 starters · Track GD · FMOPENHC

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR B C S ANALAAG — - — — —
28.329.328.430.2
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.3 · 58.1 (29.3) · 1:27.0 (28.4) · 1:57.2 (30.2)

INCOMING CALL (STORM DAMAGE – ALTERNATIVE INCOME – ON THE ROAD AGAIN)

Questions about this card

How many races were on the card?

11 races, of which 11 carry a full chart with finishing positions. 91 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 11 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 — 7 at the pace and 4 at the trot. Mixed cards were the norm here.

What was the total purse for the day?

$33,500 across the card. Purse is the money the race offered, split by finishing position.

Which class conditions were carded?

2000CL OP, FMNW200PS, NW500PS, 3000CL OP and NW2PMLT, plus 5 others. Each one is a set of eligibility conditions rather than a grade.