Cane Pace
Triple Crown race | |
| Location | Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment East Rutherford, New Jersey (since 2015) |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1955 |
| Race type | Standardbred |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9.0 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 3-year-olds |
| Purse | US$320,000 |
The Cane Pace is a
Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers
.
The Cane Pace of 2004 resulted in the only
dead heat in the race's history and one where the two horses had the same trainer and owner.[2]
As of 2015, the Cane Pace is run at the
Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters.[3]
Distances
- 2016–present: 1 1/8 miles (1810.5 metres, 9.5 furlongs) (If 12 horses start)
- 1963–present : 1 mile (1609.3 metres, 8 furlongs) (If no more than 11 horses start)
- 1955–1962 : 1 1/16 miles (1709.9 metres, 8.5 furlongs)
Locations
- 1955–1997 - Yonkers Raceway
- 1998–2010 - Freehold Raceway
- 2011 - Pocono Downs (Originally scheduled for Tioga Downs but had to be moved due to flooding)[4]
- 2012–2014 - Tioga Downs
- 2015–present - Meadowlands Racetrack
Records
- Most wins by a driver
- 5 – John Campbell (1985, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2004)
- Most wins by a trainer
- 4 – Stanley Dancer (1970, 1971, 1973, 1976)
- Stakes record
- 1:47 3/5 – Dealt A Winner (2015) [5]
Cane Pace winners
| Year |
Winner |
Driver |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. |
Time |
Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Rockyroad Hanover | Dexter Dunn | Tony Alagna | Riverview Racing LLC, B Grant, K Jacobs, and VJ Stable | 1 m | 1:48 1/5 | $276,150 |
| 2020 | Tall Dark Stranger | Yannick Gingras | Nancy Takter | Crawford Farms Racing, Marvin Katz, Caviart Farms & Howard Taylor | 1 m | 1:47 1/5 | $273,125 |
| 2019 | Captain Crunch | Scott Zeron | Nancy Johansson | 3 Brothers Stables, C. Takter, Rojan Stables & Caviart Farms | 1 m | 1:48 0/5 | $285,362 |
| 2018 | Stay Hungry | Doug McNair | Tony Alagna | Bradley Grant & Irwin Samelman | 1 m | 1:47 3/5 | $281,000 |
| 2017 | Huntsville | Tim Tetrick | Ray Schnittker | Schnittker, Gewertz, Arnold & Crawford Farms | 1 1/8 m | 2:03 0/0 | $334,325 |
| 2016 | Control The Moment | Brian Sears | Brad Maxwell | Control The Moment Stable | 1 1/8 m | 2:02 4/5 | $320,000 |
| 2015 | Dealt A Winner | David Miller | Mark Silva | Jeffrey S. Snyder | 1 m | 1:47 3/5 | $319,400 |
| 2014 | Lyonssomewhere | Yannick Gingras | Jimmy Takter | Geoffrey Lyons Mound | 1 m | 1:49 4/5 | $437,325 |
| 2013 | Captaintreacherous | Tim Tetrick | Tony Alagna | Captaintreacherous Racing Stable | 1 m | 1:49 2/5 | $360,211 |
| 2012 | Dynamic Youth | George Brennan | Aaron Lambert | J and T Silva Stables | 1 m | 1:48 4/5 | $322 716 |
| 2011 | Betterthancheddar | Yannick Gingras | Casie Coleman | Steve Calhoun & West Wins Stable | 1 m | 1:49 2/5 | $342,875 |
| 2010 | One More Laugh | Tim Tetrick | Ray Schnittker | Mathias Meinzinger, Jerry Silva, R. Schnittker | 1 m | 1:50 3/5 | $300,000 |
| 2009 | Vintage Master | Daniel Dubé | Jimmy Takter | Brittany Farms & Estate of Brian Monieson
|
1 m | 1:50 4/5 | $325,000 |
| 2008 | Art Official | Ronald Pierce | Joe Seekman | Sawgrass Farms | 1 m | 1:51 1/5 | $392,850 |
| 2007 | Always A Virgin | Brian Sears | Joe Holloway | Bluestone Farms, et al. | 1 m | 1:51 1/5 | $297,500 |
| 2006 | Total Truth | Ronald Pierce | George Teague, Jr. | Only Money Inc., Teague Inc. | 1 m | 1:51 3/5 | $301,587 |
| 2005 | Royal Flush Shark | Eric Ledford | Seldon Ledford | D'Elegance Stable, Royal Flush Stable, C. Iannacone, G. Giamarino | 1 m | 1:52 4/5 | $346,000 |
| 2004 ( DH )
|
Timesareachanging | Ronald Pierce | Brett Pelling
|
Perfect World Enterprises | 1 m | 1:52 3/5 | $334,975 |
Western Terror
|
John Campbell | ||||||
| 2003 | No Pan Intended | David Miller | Ivan Sugg | Peter Pan Stables Inc. (Robert Glazer) | 1 m | 1:53 3/5 | $331,000 |
| 2002 | Art Major | John Campbell | Monte Gelrod | Deena Frost, Thomas & Louis Pontone, Lou & Debora Domiano | 1 m | 1:53 1/5 | $369,188 |
| 2001 | Four Starzzz Shark | David Miller | Edward Hart | Four Starzzz Shark Stable (Jeff Cohen & Mike Sudaley) | 1 m | 1:53 3/5 | $345,694 |
| 2000 | Powerful Toy | Luc Ouellette | Monte Gelrod | Newman Racing, Dodge A Bullet Sable, Sampson Street Stable | 1 m | 1:51 4/5 | $331,350 |
| 1999 | Blissfull Hall | Ronald Pierce | Benjamin Wallace | Daniel Plouffe | 1 m | 1:51 4/5 | $377,934 |
| 1998 | Shady Character | Michel Lachance | Brett Pelling | Sanford & Corinne Goldfarb | 1 m | 1:53 2/5 | $379,941 |
| 1997 | Western Dreamer | Michel Lachance | William Robinson | Matthew J., Patrick J. Jr. & Daniel J. Daly | 1 m | 1:53 2/5 | $318,141 |
| 1996 | Scoot To Power | Catello Manzi | Jonas Stutzman | Jim R. Miller, et al. | 1 m | 1:55 1/5 | $326,429 |
| 1995 | Mattgilla Gorilla | David Ingraham | William Andrews | Edmund & David Smith, Alan Foster | 1 m | 1:54 2/5 | $384,375 |
| 1994 | Falcons Future | Ken Holliday | Lonnie McIntosh | Elden & Mary Ann Combs | 1 m | 1:53 2/5 | $391,780 |
| 1993 | Riyadh | Jim Morrill, Jr. | William Robinson | R. Peter Heffering | 1 m | 1:51 2/5 | $432,800 |
| 1992 | Western Hanover | Bill Fahy | Gene Riegle | George Segal | 1 m | 1:53 3/5 | $364,350 |
| 1991 | Silky Stallone | Jack Moiseyev | Brett Pelling | Louis P. Guida | 1 m | 1:53 3/5 | $523,190 |
| 1990 | Jake And Elwood | John Campbell | Ken Seeber | Louis P. Guida | 1 m | 1:55 1/5 | $486,550 |
| 1989 | Flexetariat | John Campbell | Ken Seeber | Louis P. Guida | 1 m | 1:56 2/5 | $621,210 |
| 1988 | Runnymede Lobell | Yves Filion | Yves Filion | Yves Filion & Normand Mondoux | 1 m | 1:55 2/5 | $583,790 |
| 1987 | Righteous Bucks | Michel Lachance | Richard Marine | Fred Borman, et al. | 1 m | 1:56 0/0 | $581,540 |
| 1986 | Barberry Spur | Bill O'Donnell | Richard Stillings | Roy D. Davis & Barberry Farms | 1 m | 1:55 1/5 | $542,764 |
| 1985 | Chairmanoftheboard | John Campbell | Samuel "Skip" Lewis | New Concept Stable (Louis P. Guida, et al.) | 1 m | 1:55 1/5 | $600,000 |
| 1984 | On The Road Again | William "Buddy" Gilmour | Harry J. Poulton | Gordon & Illa Rumpel | 1 m | 1:56 4/5 | $600,000 |
| 1983 | Ralph Hanover | Ron Waples | Stewart Firlotte | Ron Waples, Pointsetta Stables, Grants Direct Stables | 1 m | 1:57 0/0 | $559,230 |
| 1982 | Cam Fella | Pat Crowe | Pat Crowe | Norman Clements & Norman Faulkner | 1 m | 1:57 3/5 | $513,300 |
| 1981 | Wildwood Jeb | Jimmy Marohn | Larry Rolla | Joel Weinberg | 1 m | 1:58 1/5 | $373,850 |
| 1980 | Niatross | Clint Galbraith | Clint Galbraith | Niatross Syndicate | 1 m | 1:57 3/5 | $321,365 |
| 1979 | Happy Motoring | Bill Popfinger | Bill Popfinger | Steve Ransom, et al. | 1 m | 1:57 3/5 | $336,420 |
| 1978 | Armbro Tiger | Hervé Filion | Louis Meittinis | Louis Meittinis & Julius Weiss | 1 m | 1:58 1/5 | $307,594 |
| 1977 | Jate Prince | Jack Kopas | Jack Kopas | C. Edwin Armstrong | 1 m | 1:58 2/5 | $286,500 |
| 1976 | Keystone Ore | Stanley Dancer | Stanley Dancer | Perry, Jones, Dancer, Dancer & Hild | 1 m | 1:57 1/5 | $200,000 |
| 1975 | Nero | Joe O'Brien | James Crane | Standardbred breeding | 1 m | 1:58 4/5 | $200,000 |
| 1974 | Boyden Hanover | William Herman | Sandy Levy | George Sholty, Mr. & Mrs. Frank Allecia, Mr. & Mrs. James Picciano | 1 m | 1:59 4/5 | $121,822 |
| 1973 | Smog | Vernon Dancer | Stanley Dancer | Alfred M. Cuddy | 1 m | 1:58 4/5 | $100,000 |
| 1972 | Hilarious Way | John F. Simpson, Jr. | John F. Simpson, Sr. | Gainesway Farm | 1 m | 2:02 2/5 | $107,097 |
| 1971 | Albatross | Stanley Dancer | Stanley Dancer | Amicable Stable | 1 m | 2:00 0/0 | $106,795 |
| 1970 | Most Happy Fella | Stanley Dancer | Stanley Dancer | Egyptian Acres Stable | 1 m | 1:58 3/5 | $102,770 |
| 1969 | Kat Byrd | Eldon G. Harner | Levi B. Harner | Ted J. Zornow | 1 m | 2:02 2/5 | $100,000 |
| 1968 | Rum Customer | Billy Haughton | Billy Haughton | Louis & Connie Manucuso & Kennilworth Farm | 1 m | 1:59 4/5 | $150,000 |
| 1967 | Meadow Paige | Billy Haughton | Billy Haughton | Jack Stahl | 1 m | 2:03 0/0 | $150,000 |
| 1966 | Romeo Hanover | William Myer | Jerry Silverman | Lucky Star Stables & Morton Finder | 1 m | 1:59 4/5 | $126,915 |
| 1965 | Bret Hanover | Frank Ervin | Frank Ervin | Richard Downing | 1 m | 2:01 0/0 | $125,236 |
| 1964 | Race Time | Ralph Baldwin
|
Ralph Baldwin | Castleton Farm | 1 m | 2:01 4/5 | $123,191 |
| 1963 | Meadow Skipper | Earle Avery | Earle Avery | Norman S. Woolworth | 1 m | 1:58 4/5 | $163,187 |
| 1962 | Ranger Knight | Clint Hodgins | Eugene Minniear | Eugene Minniear & Dr. V. T. Scroggin | 1 1/16 m | 2:13 1/5 | $117,542 |
| 1961 | Cold Front | Clint Hodgins | Clint Hodgins | Stoneybrook Stable | 1 1/16 m | 2:08 3/5 | $110,950 |
| 1960 | Countess Adios | Delvin Miller | Delvin Miller | J. Elgin & Ted Armstrong & Hugh A. Grant, Sr. | 1 1/16 m | 2:08 0/0 | $65,245 |
| 1959 | Adios Butler | Clint Hodgins | Clint Hodgins | Paige West & Angelo Pellillo | 1 1/16 m | 2:09 0/0 | $64,457 |
| 1958 | Raider Frost | Hugh Bell | Joe O'Brien | S. A. Camp Farms | 1 1/16 m | 2:08 1/5 | $60,457 |
| 1957 | Torpid | John F. Simpson, Sr. | John F. Simpson, Sr. | John F. Simpson, Sr. | 1 1/16 m | 2:09 1/5 | $66,952 |
| 1956 | Noble Adios | John F. Simpson, Sr. | John F. Simpson, Sr. | John F. Simpson, Sr. | 1 1/16 m | 2:09 2/5 | $71,570 |
| 1955 | Quick Chief | Billy Haughton | Billy Haughton | Farmsted Acres & John Froelich | 1 1/16 m | 2:11 1/5 | $71,040 |
References
- ISBN 978-1609496043
- ^ "Hambitonion.org Race History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
- ^ Daily Racing Form - October 31, 2014 Retrieved October 12, 2016
- ^ "Pocono Downs News". Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
- ^ Harnessracing.com August 8, 2015 article titled "Dealt A Winner upsets Cane Pace in 1:47.3"