The Record
Richard A Flanders sent out 12 charted starters at Plainridge across 3 seasons, 2003 to 2005, drawn from a string of 4 different horses. No win appears in the charts held here, though the record shows 2 placings.
On 9 of those starts Richard A Flanders 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 SIGNAL HILL IRIS (5), VALERIA MARVEL (4), SIGNAL HILL IVORY (2), BEST NIGHT MARE (1). A trainer who starts the same horse repeatedly at one track is usually placing it to a condition it can hold, which is the pattern worth reading in the table below.
Every Starter Held Here
Questions about this trainer
Did Richard A Flanders drive as well as train?
Yes — 9 starts show Richard A Flanders 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.
Which seasons is Richard A Flanders recorded in?
2003, 2004, 2005, from 2003-11-18 to 2005-05-09. Where a season is missing it is the surviving paperwork that is missing, not necessarily the stable.
How many starters did Richard A Flanders send out?
12 charted starters across 8 race days, 2003 to 2005.
How often did Richard A Flanders's horses win?
No win survives in these charts across 12 starters, though 2 runners finished in the first three.
Which horses did Richard A Flanders train?
Signal Hill Iris (5), Valeria Marvel (4) and Signal Hill Ivory (2), plus 1 other horse also sent out. Brackets give charted starts.
Which drivers did Richard A Flanders engage?
3 drivers, most often Richard A Flanders, Fernand A Paquet Jr and David J Marshall.