Uhler leads every step · New Orleans Race 5

The Race

Uhler emerges from the gates in front and holds first place at every recorded furlong. Waterhouse moves from fifth out of the gates to second during the opening furlong and stays there. Junaetta takes third from Acushla at the fifth furlong; the top three remain unchanged through the finish. Old Fox is fourth and Acushla fifth, followed by Colonel Eades, Mouzeltoff and Bright Night.

All eight starters finish. With Uhler added to the winners’ book, New Orleans Races 1–5 are complete in the Universal replay record.

Official Finish

The verified replay order. Times and margins are unavailable.

Place	Horse	Reported rider	Status
1	Uhler	H’shberger	FINISHED
2	Waterhouse	Wed’strand	FINISHED
3	Junaetta	A. Weber	FINISHED
4	Old Fox	Mitchell	FINISHED
5	Acushla	Dominick	FINISHED
6	Colonel Eades	Moody	FINISHED
7	Mouzeltoff	Landry	FINISHED
8	Bright Night	E. James	FINISHED

How the mile unfolded

Uhler stays first; the battle behind changes twice.

Furlong complete	First	Second	Third
1	Uhler	Waterhouse	Acushla
2	Uhler	Waterhouse	Acushla
3	Uhler	Waterhouse	Acushla
4	Uhler	Waterhouse	Acushla
5	Uhler	Waterhouse	Junaetta
6	Uhler	Waterhouse	Junaetta
7	Uhler	Waterhouse	Junaetta
8	Uhler	Waterhouse	Junaetta

Derived from the verified ASN replay checkpoints. These are replay positions, not historical running lines; elapsed times and winning margins are unavailable.

A place in the opening-day record

Frank McConnell opened the New Orleans card. Magic Light, Sunburst and Silver Coin followed; Uhler completes the five selected races. At Ellerslie, Jabber’s Glasgow Handicap is also retained. The Horse Racing archive now contains six official races and 51 recorded starts.

Completion applies to these selected races. Other races and meetings remain subject to research and replay; the Universal clock stays on January 1, 1900.

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Historical sources

Daily Racing Form, January 2, 1900, page 1, New Orleans January 1 chart 16258; race commentary continues on page 2. Eight starters. Names, carried weights, rider/owner labels and closing C-column odds transcribed from the original page image. Ages derived from the four-year-old eligibility heading; individual A cells blank. Junaetta owner first initial remains unclear.

Source chart 16258 supports the event and starter identities. Printed rider abbreviations are retained; their full historical identities remain unresolved.

Record provenance and audit

Original dice, operations, official declaration, result order and ticket settlement were independently replay-verified. The public evidence record retains the source hash; private ratings, dice and replay journals are excluded.

Engine: PLAAY at the Races 0.2.2. Game Desk: 0.4.8. Rules: ASN house rules · v1.

Horse identities remain provisional and scoped to the sourced event; unresolved jockey labels do not automatically merge into career totals.

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