Trainers in the Plainridge Record

The Index

Each name opens a full training record: every charted starter at this track, the driver engaged, the class the horse was placed in and the result it managed, together with any season in which the track itself published a leading-trainer table that named them among the principals of the meeting.

A training record is assembled from the entry side of the paperwork rather than the result side. The programs name a trainer for every horse declared, so a starter enters this index the moment it was entered, whether or not the chart of how that race finished came through with it.

The size of a Plainridge stable

270 of the 358 names in the training record carry a page, at two charted starters or one win. 140 of them saddled a winner here. The threshold is deliberately low, because a stable that sent out three horses across a season is still part of what the meeting was.

These are small stables. The median trainer in the index starts 3 different horses across the whole record, 47 appear with exactly one, and the largest string reaches 36. A regional meeting is supplied by owner-trainers with a handful of horses in work, rather than by the satellite strings of a large operation based somewhere else.

97 of these trainers also took the lines themselves, and James E Hardy did so 76 times, the most of anyone in the record. The trainer-driver is the ordinary arrangement at this level rather than any kind of exception, and one single combined licence is what covers both of those roles at once.

Not every trainer is a person. The charts name whoever was listed, and that is sometimes a partnership, a farm or a stable company, so those entries are reproduced exactly as printed rather than resolved to whoever stood behind them. Guessing at the individual would put a name to a claim.

270 entries listed of 358 names in the record, covering 3,579 charted starts. 140 have at least one win.

A11 trainers

47Allison H Mac Donald6 wins · 2003–2005 41Andrei V Guidette2 wins · 2001–2004 21Alfred J Broadbent2 wins · 2001–2005 14Arthur L Dufresne Jr2 wins · 2002–2004 13Archie Mc Neil3 wins · 2004–2005 9Amy L Lefebvre2 wins · 2004 6Alice Szpila0 wins · 2004–2005 5Alice D Szpila2 wins · 2002–2004 2Andrew J Sardella1 win · 2004 2Anthony J Tambolleo0 wins · 2004 2Arthur Dufresne Jr1 win · 2004

B9 trainers

20Bonnie J Rush3 wins · 2001–2005 9Brad D Irvine6 wins · 2005 8Brenda L Provost1 win · 2004 5Barrie R Farrar0 wins · 2003–2004 5Brewer Adams0 wins · 2004 3Bruce S Espinosa0 wins · 2003–2004 2Brian G Nelson0 wins · 2001 2Brian J Condon0 wins · 2005 2Bruce W Ranger1 win · 2004

C15 trainers

23Cornelius J Bonetti1 win · 2002–2005 7Charlene Brogan1 win · 2004 6Clifford J Bullock0 wins · 2001–2004 5Caliente Cab Stables LLC0 wins · 2004 5Cathy B Smith0 wins · 2003–2004 5Cheryl S Robinson0 wins · 2004 5Cynthia A Milano0 wins · 2004 4Carol D Vogel0 wins · 2002–2004 4Catherine Bouthillier0 wins · 2004 4Craig N Fletcher2 wins · 2004 3Calvin Jennings1 win · 2003 2Carl S Smith0 wins · 2003–2004 2Charles S Eaton III0 wins · 2003 2Chris R Lefebvre0 wins · 2003 1Craig Fletcher1 win · 2004

D27 trainers

203Dawn P Anderson23 wins · 2001–2005 61Derek S Bickford7 wins · 2003–2005 45David J Marshall3 wins · 2003–2005 38Daniel W Gill3 wins · 2003–2004 33Donald V Guidette Jr1 win · 2002–2005 27Danny D Russo1 win · 2001–2004 14Douglas L Gray0 wins · 2003–2004 12David J Crochere2 wins · 2002–2003 11Diane J Bryant1 win · 2001–2005 10David A Sawyer2 wins · 2003–2004 8Derryl E Niles Jr0 wins · 2002–2005 6David N Gulya0 wins · 2003–2005 6Domenic J Antonelli1 win · 2004 5D J Whittemore0 wins · 2004–2005 5Donald L Lemieux0 wins · 2003–2004 4Diane M Hellen0 wins · 2004 4Donald G Billingsley Jr0 wins · 2003–2004 3Danial R Septelka1 win · 2003 3David L Di Meo0 wins · 2004 3David R Slocomb1 win · 2004 3Denis Normandin0 wins · 2004 3Dennis J Durden0 wins · 2003–2004 3Domenic Antonelli0 wins · 2004 2Daniel R Tuccillo Jr0 wins · 2003 2Dawn Anderson0 wins · 2004 2Donald R Brown0 wins · 2003–2004 2Donald V Guidette0 wins · 2001

E11 trainers

33Eugene D'Alessandro1 win · 2003–2004 25Edward A Blash4 wins · 2003–2005 15Elisha A Lafreniere1 win · 2002–2005 13Elmer L Smith2 wins · 2001–2004 13Emile F Shaw3 wins · 2003–2004 10Eric P Bickmore2 wins · 2001–2005 9Edwin G Mc Lellan2 wins · 2003–2004 9Elmer R Enos0 wins · 2003–2005 4Elmer N Ballard0 wins · 2004 2Edward Gilman0 wins · 2004 2Elroy A Gebhardt Jr0 wins · 2003

F7 trainers

16Frank H Pike III3 wins · 2003–2004 14Frederick H Ward Jr3 wins · 2003–2004 11Francis J Silva2 wins · 2002–2005 11Frank N Aridano1 win · 2003–2005 6Frank Aridano0 wins · 2004 4Francis J Tambolleo1 win · 2002–2004 2Frank Pike III0 wins · 2004

G11 trainers

53Graham Lewis4 wins · 2003–2004 22George G Ducharme8 wins · 2002–2005 18Greg D Bowden1 win · 2001–2004 15Gregory J Annaloro0 wins · 2003–2004 3Gary Hall0 wins · 2003 3George D Coblentz III0 wins · 2003 3George Ducharme0 wins · 2004 2Gary L Messenger0 wins · 2004 2George D Merton Jr0 wins · 2002 2Gerald L Smith0 wins · 2002–2005 2Gregory C White0 wins · 2005

H4 trainers

5Heidi E Rohr1 win · 2004–2005 3Heath R Campbell0 wins · 2004 3Herman A Wahl0 wins · 2004 2Harold Reddick Jr0 wins · 2004

I2 trainers

11Ivan J Davies2 wins · 2001–2004 3Ian Moore1 win · 2004

J41 trainers

83James E Hardy9 wins · 2001–2005 76Joel H Wheeler13 wins · 2003–2005 40John Hogan6 wins · 2002–2005 26Joseph Alongi2 wins · 2002–2005 24John S Nason3 wins · 2003–2004 20Joseph Flynn2 wins · 2001–2005 19John E Mc Assey Jr2 wins · 2002–2004 18Jeffrey A Gulya1 win · 2003–2005 18John A Di Stefano1 win · 2002–2004 16John E Ferrero0 wins · 2003–2005 16John H Dunleavy Jr2 wins · 2002–2004 15James C Smith2 wins · 2003–2005 15John L Mac Eachern0 wins · 2003–2005 14Jamie P Gerard0 wins · 2003–2005 14Jennifer M Allen2 wins · 2003–2005 13Joseph R Therrien0 wins · 2002–2004 12Justin R Merton3 wins · 2002–2004 11John C Bertrand1 win · 2003–2004 8Jean C Jobidon1 win · 2003–2004 8Jerald L Wheeler0 wins · 2003–2004 8Joseph C Nassimos2 wins · 2004 7James C Davis3 wins · 2004 7Joseph W Marshall Jr1 win · 2004 6James P Moran1 win · 2003–2004 6Jean P Hamel0 wins · 2004 6John Mac Eachern2 wins · 2004–2005 6Joseph S Di Stefano1 win · 2004 5Joel Wheeler1 win · 2004 5John G Sears0 wins · 2004 5John S Hanning1 win · 2001–2004 4James A Campbell0 wins · 2003–2004 4James Davis2 wins · 2004 4Jefra L Parker1 win · 2003–2004 4Joseph G Rankin0 wins · 2003–2004 4Joseph J Mc Carthy0 wins · 2004 3Jean Jobidon2 wins · 2004 2John Mc Assey Jr0 wins · 2004 2John W Stark Jr0 wins · 2004 2Jon L Anderson0 wins · 2005 2Joseph E Moeykens0 wins · 2004 1John L Cannone1 win · 2004

K7 trainers

19Kim M Heard1 win · 2002–2004 15Kevin P Switzer2 wins · 2004–2005 10Kerry M Pratt2 wins · 2002–2003 10Kevin Lare1 win · 2002–2004 4K W Krikorian1 win · 2004 3Karen A Garland0 wins · 2004 1Kenneth Andersen1 win · 2004

L19 trainers

36Linda J Nelson1 win · 2001–2004 33Lawrence L Nichols3 wins · 2002–2005 28Leonard J Le Blanc1 win · 2004–2005 23Larry L Venham2 wins · 2002–2004 16Linda J Murray3 wins · 2003–2005 15Linda Keiran Harrod1 win · 2003–2004 14Lawrence Nichols2 wins · 2004 12Loyal S Pratt2 wins · 2004 10Lisa A Holloway1 win · 2003–2004 8Lester C Dancer0 wins · 2004 5Laura L Searway1 win · 2001–2004 5Lisa M Saindon0 wins · 2003–2005 5Lyle R Bedell0 wins · 2003–2004 4Leonard Le Blanc1 win · 2004 4Linwood Perkins1 win · 2003–2004 4Lisa M La Chance0 wins · 2004 3Lisa M Gosselin0 wins · 2003–2004 3Lonnie D Lefebvre0 wins · 2001–2003 2Linda Nelson0 wins · 2004

M14 trainers

209Mary B Beauregard26 wins · 2001–2005 102Matthew A Medeiros14 wins · 2002–2005 77Michael E Perpall17 wins · 2002–2004 61Michael J Girouard7 wins · 2002–2005 52Michael E Eaton3 wins · 2002–2005 6Melissa F Rico0 wins · 2004–2005 6Michael D Rosenblatt0 wins · 2003–2004 5Marilyn J Branagan0 wins · 2003–2004 5Mark R Cianchette1 win · 2003 5Mary Beauregard0 wins · 2004 4Michael J Timmons0 wins · 2004 4Morgan S Mc Innis0 wins · 2004 3Markku J Vartiainen0 wins · 2003 2Mark A Harris0 wins · 2004

N5 trainers

25Nancy J Longobardi1 win · 2004–2005 13Noel J Bouthillier0 wins · 2003–2004 8Norman C Letendre Sr0 wins · 2001–2004 8Norman L Tisbert0 wins · 2003–2004 2Neville W Ryan0 wins · 2004

O3 trainers

19Orrin Phipps3 wins · 2002–2005 3Osvaldo R Formia0 wins · 2002 3Owen L Davies0 wins · 2004

P12 trainers

27Paul A Silva2 wins · 2002–2005 19Peter A Sarnie1 win · 2001–2003 17Paul H Magan4 wins · 2002–2004 8PAUL K MCHUGH0 wins · 2004 8Philip H Derusha Jr0 wins · 2003–2004 7Philip S Lyons2 wins · 2003–2004 4Patricia J Switzer1 win · 2003–2005 3Patricia N Sumner0 wins · 2003 3Patsy Spinelli Jr0 wins · 2003–2004 3Peter T Stratton0 wins · 2002–2004 2Peter J Doucette0 wins · 2003 2Phillip J Fluet0 wins · 2004

R29 trainers

50Richard E Robertson Jr5 wins · 2001–2004 38Ralph H Andersen3 wins · 2003–2005 34Randy L Bickmore5 wins · 2001–2005 25Ralph H Fenno7 wins · 2003–2004 21Russell F Lawson0 wins · 2001–2004 19Roderick L Cushing4 wins · 2004–2005 18Ronald L Cushing6 wins · 2004–2005 17Richard N Bartlett4 wins · 2003–2005 16Roland J Sears III0 wins · 2002–2005 15Ronald L Alexander1 win · 2003–2004 15Ronald P Merton3 wins · 2004 12Richard A Flanders0 wins · 2003–2005 11Robert K Hetherman0 wins · 2001–2004 10Roy E Dinges2 wins · 2004 7Robert J Grady0 wins · 2002–2005 7Roy Dinges2 wins · 2004 6Randal R Smith0 wins · 2002–2005 5Richard Mason1 win · 2003–2004 4Ronald L Stratton1 win · 2003–2004 4Russell R Thomas Jr2 wins · 2003–2004 3Richard Flanders0 wins · 2004 3Russell L Pratt0 wins · 2003 2Richard K Durden0 wins · 2004 2Richard W Harju0 wins · 2001–2003 2Robert E Brouillet0 wins · 2001–2002 2Roger B Plante Jr0 wins · 2003 2Russell G Goodwin Sr0 wins · 2001–2003 1Robert E Moran1 win · 2005 1Ronald W Dinsmore1 win · 2004

S18 trainers

44Shawn T Gray6 wins · 2002–2005 18Scott R Nichols3 wins · 2003–2004 17Shawn P Answeeney0 wins · 2001–2004 12Stephen De Vincent1 win · 2004–2005 12Stephen M De Vincent1 win · 2001–2004 6Sean Campbell0 wins · 2004 6Sean M Campbell2 wins · 2003–2004 6Stacey J Lord1 win · 2003–2004 5Sarita Mosher4 wins · 2004 4Stephen F Quinn0 wins · 2001–2002 4Stephen J Reid0 wins · 2003–2004 3Sally J Le Blanc0 wins · 2003–2004 3Steven P Mc Cormack1 win · 2003–2004 2Sally Le Blanc0 wins · 2004 2Samuel V Tallarino0 wins · 2005 2Sandra Beaulieu0 wins · 2004 2Scott J Renz0 wins · 2004 2Shawn A Thayer0 wins · 2003

T12 trainers

59Todd M O'Dea7 wins · 2002–2004 12Thomas E Carlstrom0 wins · 2001–2005 12Thomas R Pye0 wins · 2003–2004 12Todd M Kolbe1 win · 2004–2005 11Thomas R Eaton3 wins · 2003–2005 4Todd E Dubois0 wins · 2001–2004 3Thomas M Beckwith0 wins · 2004 3Timothy A Hudson1 win · 2004 3Todd D Smith1 win · 2003–2005 2Thomas G Milici0 wins · 2004 2Tracey L Whittemore0 wins · 2004 2Tracey Whittemore0 wins · 2004

W13 trainers

48Wallace R Watson4 wins · 2003–2004 14William J Berube3 wins · 2003–2004 12William A Dubois2 wins · 2002–2004 10Wendy A Ireland0 wins · 2001–2004 8Wilrose Letendre0 wins · 2001–2004 8Winston D Campbell1 win · 2003–2004 7Wayne J Marshall0 wins · 2003 5William J Hathaway2 wins · 2003–2004 3Whitney B Goodblood0 wins · 2002 2William Berube0 wins · 2004 2William Dubois0 wins · 2004 2William H Childs0 wins · 2004 2William V Kapinos0 wins · 2001

Where the training record stops

Training attribution shares the driving record's window. The 2001 to 2005 charts print a trainer for each starter; the documents that survive from later seasons give results without one. A trainer who was active here in 2010 can therefore be missing from this index entirely, while the race day pages for that same season carry on without them.

Six trainers carry a leading-trainer table published by the track. Those tables rank a season's principals by wins, and they are the only ranking here that the meeting made of itself. Everywhere else the order on these pages comes from counting the charts, which is a different kind of statement.

Inside each letter the order is by charted starters, so the stables that supplied the meeting most heavily sit at the head of their letter. A trainer with one charted starter carries no page, but that starter is still listed in full on the race day page for the card it ran on.

The letters that appear are only the letters the record actually holds, so a gap in the alphabet means no trainer in these documents had a surname starting that way. Within each letter the figures given are charted starters, wins and the span of seasons in which the stable appeared.

A training record names the driver engaged for each starter and the horse sent out, and both open records of their own. Read against the driver index, it shows which stables used which drivers, and how often a trainer preferred to keep the drive rather than hand it to somebody else.

Questions about the trainer index