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Race Day

Monday, April 4, 2005

10 races at Plainridge Racecourse, pace and trot, $24,100 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 · GASBARRO

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 WILD RED REED David J Marshall -
2 NIACROMBIE Shawn T Gray - L
3 SPECIAL DELIVERY Loyal Stanley Pratt -
4 COMPANIA KING Michael L Cushing -
5 SNOOPY N RED BARON Fernand A Paquet - L
6 MASTER STERLING Shawn T Gray -
7 MULLER Michael John Girouard - L

Second Race

Trot · Purse $1,800 · NW200PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 RC FOCUS Richard E Robertson Q2:00.0M
2 MARC MY SPEED Cornelius J Bonetti - B
3 ROSE RUN FOURTY Scott R Nichols -
4 PROUD RUDY Michael E Eaton - B
5 CUMMIN HOME DUKE TBA - B
6 O GOLLY MRS MOLLY Michael L Cushing -
7 BOMB STRIKE Winston D Campbell -
8 MOVE OVER BABY Lloyd Alex MacDonald - L

Third Race

Pace · Purse $2,500 · GASBARRO

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 TRIM RAIDER Shawn T Gray Q1:59.4F
2 DOYLE'S BLACKHAWK James E Hardy -
3 SECRET AGENT PAN Joseph Alongi - L
4 PACHECO Scott R Nichols -
5 SIRCHAS ABERCROMBE Fernand A Paquet -
6 LANCELOT Brad D Irvine 2:06.4H
7 CANACO PURSER Michael E Eaton -

Fourth Race

Pace · Purse $3,000 · NW5PMLT

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 BACHELOROFTHEBEACH Brad D Irvine -
2 LACY ASSET Winston D Campbell Q2:02.0F
3 BROWN BRIM Lloyd Alex MacDonald Q2:02.3F B
4 CINNAMON ROAD Richard A Flanders 2:02.4H
5 COMPLETED PASS Brian D Allen 1:59.1H
6 LIFE ON THE MOVE Fernand A Paquet 1:58.2H
7 STAND SHARP BJ Fernand A Paquet 2:00.3H

Fifth Race

Pace · Purse $2,500 · GASBARRO

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 CC BAG A LUCK Winston D Campbell -
2 BARBS CLOUD DANCER Fernand A Paquet -
3 DRUMNADROCHIT N Michael L Cushing -
4 PAPER AND FORTUNE Lloyd Alex MacDonald Q2:00.3F L
5 RIGHT ON GOALIE Louis A Gasbarro -
6 TACT ANVIL N Michael E Eaton 2:01.4H
7 EICARLS RAMROD Ronald L Cushing Q2:04.4H

Sixth Race

Pace · Purse $1,800 · NW200PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 BEACH BUNNY BANDIT TBA - B
2 KILKERRAN URBAN Fernand A Paquet -
3 CANACO MEMPHIS James W Smallwood -
4 BOOMAWOKAWOK Loyal Stanley Pratt 2:05.4H
5 MACHTHREE DREAM Michael E Eaton - L
6 HEZA KNIT WITT Winston D Campbell -
7 TAKEN CARE David J Marshall -
8 FLOW CONTROL Brad D Irvine Q2:03.3F L
9 HESPERUS HANOVER Brad D Irvine -

Seventh Race

Pace · Purse $2,500 · GASBARRO

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 NEW REGIME N Scott R Nichols Q2:00.1F L
2 TREE HUGGER Brad D Irvine 1:57.4H
3 SLAM THE DOOR SAM Michael L Cushing -
4 DA BONE MAN Brad D Irvine -
5 HARLEY DAVID Fernand A Paquet 2:01.1H
6 RAMBLING CROSS Ronald L Cushing 1:59.3H
7 BENJACOB A Todd M O'Dea - L
8 SUPERMAN CAN Winston D Campbell - L

Eighth Race

Pace · Purse $2,400 · NW300PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 RICHMOND KNIGHT Shawn T Gray -
2 P T'S EASY Winston D Campbell Q2:05.4H
3 KEHMMY Paul A Silva - L
4 BIG MOTION Todd M Kolbe -
5 MAKATI JEEPNEY N Brad D Irvine -
6 EVERYTHINGS OK N Scott R Nichols -
7 HURRICANE'S FURY Michael John Girouard -
8 ZERO VISABILITY James E Hardy -

Ninth Race

Pace · Purse $2,400 · NW300PS

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 KELLYTUCK CHANCE Michael E Eaton - L
2 WOODMERE QUIKROUTE James E Hardy - L
3 OUR PROMISES TBA -
4 COUNTRY BOY CHARM Winston D Campbell -
5 KEY LARGO GATOR Fernand A Paquet - L
6 WHATTA BUBBA TBA Q2:02.1H
7 FRANCO CROUPIER N Brad D Irvine -
8 KARALTA SHINE A Scott R Nichols -

Tenth Race

Pace · Purse $2,700 · CLM

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 FRED E CB Ronald L Cushing 2:00.3H $4,000
2 TOLEDO RED Michael John Girouard - L $4,000
3 PLAYBOY GOLD Lloyd Alex MacDonald - $4,000
4 FODEN HOLMES N Brad D Irvine - $4,000
5 ARMBRO RAPTOR Shawn T Gray 2:02.1H $4,000
6 TSM THUNDER RIDGE Winston D Campbell Q2:03.2H $4,000
7 J SAKIC Michael E Eaton - B $4,000

Questions about this card

What was the total purse for the day?

$24,100 across the card. Purse is the money the race offered, split by finishing position.

Which class conditions were carded?

GASBARRO, NW200PS, NW5PMLT, NW300PS and CLM. 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. 76 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 April 2005 sit in the season?

It was a Monday in April 2005. The meeting ran from spring into autumn rather than year-round, so a season reads as a scatter of afternoons and evenings — the 2005 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 — 9 at the pace and 1 at the trot. Mixed cards were the norm here.