Ben Franklin Free-For-All Pace

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Ben Franklin Free-For-All Pace
LocationWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Inaugurated2007
Race typeHarness race for Standardbred pacers
WebsiteMohegan Sun Pocono racing
Race information
Distance1 mile
(1609 metres or 8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt, 5/8 mile oval
TrackPocono Downs
Qualification4yo & up
Purse$500,000 (2016)

The Ben Franklin Free-For-All Pace is harness racing stakes race for older Standardbred pacers run annually since 2007 at Pocono Downs in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[1]

Historical race events[]

set a new track record time of 1:48 3/5 in winning the 2007 inaugural race. [2]

Sweet Lou, the 2011 winner of the , won the 2013 Ben Franklin FFA Pace in which he set a new track and World Record for a 5/8 mile track with a time of 1:47 flat.[3]

In 2016, Always B Miki equaled Sweet Lou's World Record time in winning the June 25, 2016 Ben Franklin FFA Pace elimination race. He came back to win the July 2 final in exactly the same World Record time.[4]

Records[]

Most wins by a driver
Most wins by a trainer
Stakes record
  • 1:47 0/0 – Sweet Lou (2014) - new World Record
  • 1:47 0/0 – Always B Miki (2016) - equaled World Record

Ben Franklin Free-For-All Pace winners[]

Year
 Winner
 Age
Driver
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
Purse
2016 Always B Miki 5 David Miller Jimmy Takter Bluewood Stable, Roll The Dice Stable, Christina E. Takter 1:47 0/0 $500,000
2015 Luck Be Withyou 4 George Napolitano, Jr. Chris Oakes John Craig 1:49 0/0 $500,000
2014 Sweet Lou 5 Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Lawrence Karr, Phillip Collura 1:47 0/0 $500,000
2013 9 Yannick Gingras Ron Burke Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Lawrence Karr, Phillip Collura 1:49 2/5 $500,000
2012 Betterthancheddar 4 Steve Calhoun & West Wins Stable 1:48 0/0 $500,000
2011 We Will See 4 Ron Pierce Sam DePinto Shannon DePinto, Earl Smith, Jerry Silva 1:48 4/5 $500,000
2010 Vintage Master 4 Tim Tetrick Jimmy Takter & Brian Monieson Trust 1:49 0/0 $500,000
2009 Mister Big 6 Brian Sears Virgil Morgan, Jr. Joseph Muscara, Sr. 1:48 0/0 $500,000
2008 Artistic Fella 5 Tim Tetrick Steve Elliott Joseph Alborano 1:48 0/0 $500,000
2007 7 Tim Tetrick Mark Silva Clifford Siegel, Lee Wasserman, John Fodera 1:48 3/5 $300,000

References[]

  1. ^ USTA Harness Racing Newsroom July 20, 2007 article titled "Field set for Ben Franklin Pace" Retrieved October 11, 2016
  2. ^ USTA July 22, 2007 article titled Boulder Creek nips Lis Mara in Ben Franklin Retrieved October 11, 2016
  3. ^ 2016 Woodlands Stud profile of Sweet Lou Retrieved October 15, 2016
  4. ^ Standardbred Canada July 2, 2016 article titled Always Be Miki Equals World Record November 27, 2016

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