The Record
Michael J Girouard sent out 61 charted starters at Plainridge across 4 seasons, 2002 to 2005, drawn from a string of 26 different horses. Those runners produced 7 wins together with 17 further placings.
On 20 of those starts Michael J Girouard also held the lines. The trainer-driver is the ordinary case at a regional meeting rather than the exception, and it is one reason form at a track like this reads differently from a circuit where catch-drivers dominate.
The horses that appeared most often for this stable were UNBREAKABLE HEART (8), FLICKERS LIKE GOLD (7), TOLEDO RED (7), WE KNOW MISS BO (4). A trainer who starts the same horse repeatedly at one track is usually placing it to an eligibility band it can hold, which is the pattern worth reading in the table below.
Every Starter Held Here
Questions about this trainer
Which seasons is Michael J Girouard recorded in?
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, from 2002-07-09 to 2005-09-26. Where a season is missing it is the surviving paperwork that is missing, not necessarily the stable.
How many horses did Michael J Girouard start at Plainridge?
61 charted starters across 34 race days, 2002 to 2005.
What is Michael J Girouard's win record?
7 wins from 61 starters, 11.5%, plus 6 seconds and 11 thirds — 24 finishs inside the first three.
What was in Michael J Girouard's stable here?
Unbreakable Heart (8), Flickers Like Gold (7) and Toledo Red (7), plus 3 other horses also sent out. Brackets give charted starts.
Which drivers did Michael J Girouard engage?
5 drivers, most often Brad D Irvine, Michael J Girouard and Greg D Bowden.
Did Michael J Girouard drive as well as train?
Yes — 20 starts show Michael J Girouard in the sulky behind a horse from the same stable. Training and driving the same horse is ordinary practice in harness racing rather than an exception.