Breeders Crown Open Pace
Location | United States & Canada |
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Inaugurated | 1985 |
Race type | Harness race for Standardbred pacers |
Website | Hambletonian Society, Inc. |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (1,609 metres or 8 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | various |
Qualification | 4yo & older |
Purse | $500,000 |
The Breeders Crown Open Pace is a harness racing event for Standardbred pacers. It is one part of the Breeders Crown annual series of twelve races for both Standardbred pacers and trotters. The Open Pace for horses age four and older was first run in 1985. It is contested over a distance of one mile. Race organizers have awarded the event to various racetracks across North America.[1] The 2017 race will be held at Hoosier Park in Anderson, Indiana, United States.[2]
Historical race events[]
In 2010, Pocono Downs became the first venue to host all 12 events on a single night.
At the Meadowlands Racetrack in 2009, set the Open Pace record time of 1:47 flat which was then, and remains so through 2016, the fastest pacing mile in the entire Breeders Crown series.[3]
North American Locations[]
Track & Abbreviation -- State/Province -- times hosted[]
- Meadowlands Racetrack (Mxx) New Jersey (13)
- Woodbine Racetrack (Wdb) Ontario (4)
- Mohawk Raceway (Moh) Ontario (4)
- Hoosier Park (Hp) Indiana (2)
- Pocono Downs (Pcd) Pennsylvania (2)
- Freehold Raceway (Fhl) New Jersey (2)
- The Meadows Racetrack (Mea) Pennsylvania (1)
- Pompano Park (Ppk) Florida (1)
- Scioto Downs (Scd) Ohio (1)
- Roosevelt Raceway (Rr) New York (1)
- Los Alamitos Race Course (Lrc) California (1)
- Freestate Raceway (Fsr) Maryland (1)
- Northfield Park (Nfl) Ohio (1)
Records[]
- Most wins by a driver
- 5 – Michel Lachance (1985, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2000) & John Campbell (1992, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2014)
- Most wins by a trainer
- 8 – (1991, 1992, 1993, 2014)
- Stakes record
- 1:47 0/0 – Won The West (2009)
Winners of the Breeders Crown Open Pace[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Driver |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
Purse |
Track |
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2020 | TBD | TBA | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBA | Hp |
2019 | American History | 5 | Brittany Farms, Marvin Katz, American History Racing | 1:48 1/3 | $500,000 | Wdb | ||
2018 | McWicked | 4 | Brian Sears | S S G Stable | 1:49 1/3 | $530,000 | Pcd | |
2017 | Split The House | 5 | Crawford Farms Racing | 1:48 1/1 | $421,000 | Hp | ||
2016 | Always B Miki | 5 | David Miller | Jimmy Takter | Bluewood Stable, Roll The Dice Stable, Christina Takter | 1:49 0/0 | $500,000 | Mxx |
2015 | Always B Miki | 4 | David Miller | Jimmy Takter | Bluewood Stable, Roll The Dice Stable, Christina Takter | 1:49 3/5 | $518,960 | Wdb |
2014 | Thinking Out Loud | 5 | John Campbell | R McIntosh Stables, CSX Stables, Al McIntosh Holdings | 1:48 3/5 | $400,000 | Mxx | |
2013 | Foiled Again | 9 | Yannick Gingras | Burke Racing Stable,JJK Stable, Wever-Bruscemi | 1:49 2/5 | $500,000 | Pcd | |
2012 | 8 | David Miller | Thomas Cancelliere | John Cancelliere | 1:49 1/5 | $500,000 | Wdb | |
2011 | Bettor Sweet | 7 | John Campbell | Thomas Cancelliere | John Cancelliere | 1:48 4/5 | $501,950 | Wdb |
2010 | 6 | David Miller | Ron Burke | Strollin Stable, William Robinson, James Koehler | 1:49 0/0 | $500,000 | Pcd | |
2009 | Won The West | 5 | Jim Morrill, Jr. | Strollin Stable, William Robinson, James Koehler | 1:47 0/0 | $500,000 | Mxx | |
2008 | Mister Big | 5 | Brian Sears | Virgil Morgan, Jr. | Joseph Muscara, Sr. | 1:50 0/0 | $532,150 | Moh |
2007 | Artistic Fella | 4 | Tim Tetrick | Steve Elliott | Joseph Alborano | 1:49 2/5 | $540,000 | Mxx |
2006 | Lis Mara | 4 | Brian Sears | MJG RAcing Stables & Louis Willinger | 1:47 3/5 | $500,000 | Mxx | |
2005 | Boulder Creek | 5 | Brian Sears | Mark Silva | Clifford D. Siegel, Lee S. Wasserman, John A. Fodera | 1:49 1/5 | $605,000 | Moh |
2004 | Boulder Creek | 4 | Mark Silva | Clifford D. Siegel, Lee S. Wasserman, John A. Fodera | 1:48 1/5 | $552,500 | Mxx | |
2003 | Art Major | 4 | John Campbell | William Robinson | (Lessee) Blue Chip Bloodstock Inc., James Simpson, Art Major Stable | 1:49 4/5 | $729,730 | Wdb |
2002 | 4 | John Campbell | Blair Burgess | , R. Burgess, K. Olsson Burgess, Perretti Farms | 1:48 3/5 | $500,000 | Mxx | |
2001 | Goliath Bayama | 5 | Ecuries NDG | 1:48 4/5 | $500,000 | Mxx | ||
2000 | Western Ideal | 5 | Michel Lachance | Brittany Farms | 1:48 0/0 | $440,000 | Mxx | |
1999 | Red Bow Tie | 5 | Monte Gelrod | Cliff Siegel of TLP Stables, et al. | 1:50 0/0 | $380,000 | Mxx | |
1998 | Red Bow Tie | 4 | Luc Ouellette | Monte Gelrod | Cliff Siegel of TLP Stables, et al. | 1:50 1/5 | $340,000 | Mxx |
1997 | 4 | Michel Lachance | David McDuffee & Tom Walsh | 1:50 3/5 | $300,000 | Mxx | ||
1996 | 4 | William Fahy | L & L DeVisser Partnership | 1:48 4/5 | $300,000 | Mxx | ||
1995 | Thatll Be Me | 4 | Roger Mayotte | Robert Young | Robert Young | 1:52 4/5 | $300,000 | Nfl |
1994 | Village Jiffy | 4 | Paul MacDonell | W. Wellwood, , AFJ Stable, Fred Brunner | 1:52 2/5 | $334,000 | Fhl | |
1993 | 4 | Bill O'Donnell | Robert McIntosh | Robert Hamather | 1:51 1/5 | $396,810 | Moh | |
1992 | Artsplace | 4 | John Campbell | Robert McIntosh | & Brian Monieson | 1:52 0/0 | $368,100 | Moh |
1991 | Camluck | 4 | Michel Lachance | Robert McIntosh | New Destiny & Al McIntosh | 1:52 1/5 | $463,000 | Mea |
1990 | Bays Fella | 5 | Paul MacDonell | Mike DeMenno | Par-Birdie Stable | 1:52 1/5 | $273,458 | Ppk |
1989 | Matts Scooter | 4 | Michel Lachance | Gordon & Illa Rumpel, Charles Juravinski | 1:53 2/5 | $278,238 | Fhl | |
1988 | Call For Rain | 4 | Clint Galbraith | Clint & Barbara Galbraith | 1:53 2/5 | $316,256 | Scd | |
1987 | Armbro Emerson | 4 | Walter Whelan | Brian Burton | Ed Weisz, Light/Heavyweight Stable | 1:54 1/5 | $359,794 | Rr |
1986 | 4 | Lucien Fontaine | Lucien Fontaine | Forrest Bartlett | 1:53 4/5 | $301,350 | Lrc | |
1985 | Division Street | 4 | Michel Lachance | Vinnie Aurigemma | Lachance, Denim, M.E.K. Stable, KLR Stable | 1:52 3/5 | $309,553 | Fsr |
References[]
- ^ The Hambletonian Society, Inc. - History of the Breeders Crown Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 5, 2016
- ^ Hoosier Park article titled "2017 Breeders Crown Dates Set For Hoosier Park" Retrieved November 7, 2016
- ^ Breeders Crown: 31 Years of Statistics Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 5, 2016
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