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Qualifying Card

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

4 races at Plainridge Racecourse, trot and pace.

The Card

This is a qualifying card rather than a betting card. A qualifier carries no purse and no wagering: a horse simply has to complete the mile inside a set time standard, and without breaking stride, before it is allowed to start for money. Purses therefore read as zero throughout, which is correct.

First Race

Trot · Purse $0 · QUA

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 UP AND DOWN Bruce S Espinosa -
2 HASTI HAZEL Greg D Bowden -
3 ENJOY LA VIE Robert Tisbert Q2:12.0F
4 DIANNA TOO John A Di Stefano -
5 B J ROSEY Bonnie J Rush -
6 JARVIS Todd D Smith Q2:03.2F B

Second Race

Pace · Purse $0 · QUA

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 EXOTIC TRADE James W Smallwood -
2 LADDIE HANOVER Scott R Nichols - L
3 KILKERRAN URBAN TBA 1:56.3F L
4 MULLER Michael John Girouard - L
5 VILLAGE SURFER Robert W Sumner 1:55.1M
6 REAL SPARKS Todd M Kolbe Q2:00.0F

Third Race

Trot · Purse $0 · QUA

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 SAMI'S COMET John A Di Stefano -
2 RAY OF JOY John A Di Stefano -
3 KINETIC KID Robert J Naginewicz -
4 NORTHEAST PHILLY Todd M Kolbe Q2:05.0F
5 ICY SPARKS Michael E Eaton - L
6 EILEAN DONON Robert W Sumner Q1:57.4S
7 DAWNS ANGEL James E Hardy 1:59.1F L

Fourth Race

Pace · Purse $0 · QUA

PPHorseDriverTrainerBestMedClm
1 JJF'S LUCKY STAR Dawn P Anderson -
2 JET STREAM PLAYBOY James W Smallwood -
3 GEMSTONE STAR Theodore L Higgins -
4 NANCY'S LAST CALL Thomas E Carlstrom -
5 GOOD LUCK CHARM John A Di Stefano -
6 FAR RIGHT James Marohn 1:58.1F L
7 LESTER HANOVER Brad D Irvine - B

Questions about this card

Which class conditions were carded?

QUA. Each one is a set of eligibility conditions rather than a grade.

How many races were on the card?

4 races, though none carries a full chart — what stands for this date is the entry sheet rather than the result. 26 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 Tuesday in August 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.

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 — 2 at the trot and 2 at the pace. Mixed cards were the norm here.