Cane Pace
| Triple Crown race | |
| Location | East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1955 |
| Race type | Harness race for standardbred pacers |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1/8 miles (1810.5 meters, 9.5 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt, 1 mile oval |
| Track | Meadowlands Racetrack |
| Qualification | 3yo |
| Purse | $320,000 (2016) |
The Cane Pace is a harness horse race for standardbred pacers run annually since 1955. The race was first run as the William H. Cane Futurity in 1955 at Yonkers Raceway in New York.[1] In 1956 the race joined with the Little Brown Jug and the Messenger Stakes to become the first leg in the 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 Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey as part of the undercard for the Hambletonian Stakes, the first leg of 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 – (2015) [5]
Cane Pace winners[]
| Year |
Winner |
Driver |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. |
Time |
Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | David Miller | Mark Silva | 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 | 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 | 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 | & Estate of Brian Monieson | 1 m | 1:50 4/5 | $325,000 |
| 2008 | Art Official | Joe Seekman | Sawgrass Farms | 1 m | 1:51 1/5 | $392,850 | |
| 2007 | Always A Virgin | Brian Sears | 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) |
Ronald Pierce | Perfect World Enterprises | 1 m | 1:52 3/5 | $334,975 | ||
| John Campbell | |||||||
| 2003 | David Miller | Peter Pan Stables Inc. (Robert Glazer) | 1 m | 1:53 3/5 | $331,000 | ||
| 2002 | 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 | Monte Gelrod | Newman Racing, Dodge A Bullet Sable, Sampson Street Stable | 1 m | 1:51 4/5 | $331,350 | |
| 1999 | Ronald Pierce | 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 | Jim Morrill, Jr. | William Robinson | 1 m | 1:51 2/5 | $432,800 | ||
| 1992 | Bill Fahy | Gene Riegle | George Segal | 1 m | 1:53 3/5 | $364,350 | |
| 1991 | Silky Stallone | Jack Moiseyev | Brett Pelling | 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 | 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 | Bill O'Donnell | Roy D. Davis & Barberry Farms | 1 m | 1:55 1/5 | $542,764 | ||
| 1985 | John Campbell | Samuel "Skip" Lewis | New Concept Stable (Louis P. Guida, et al.) | 1 m | 1:55 1/5 | $600,000 | |
| 1984 | Gordon & Illa Rumpel | 1 m | 1:56 4/5 | $600,000 | |||
| 1983 | Ralph Hanover | Ron Waples | Ron Waples, , 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. | 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 | Ted J. Zornow | 1 m | 2:02 2/5 | $100,000 | ||
| 1968 | 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 | Richard Downing | 1 m | 2:01 0/0 | $125,236 | |
| 1964 | Ralph Baldwin | Ralph Baldwin | Castleton Farm | 1 m | 2:01 4/5 | $123,191 | |
| 1963 | Meadow Skipper | Earle Avery | Earle Avery | 1 m | 1:58 4/5 | $163,187 | |
| 1962 | Ranger Knight | 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 | Delvin Miller | Delvin Miller | & Ted Armstrong & | 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 | Hugh Bell | Joe O'Brien | 1 1/16 m | 2:08 1/5 | $60,457 | ||
| 1957 | John F. Simpson, Sr. | John F. Simpson, Sr. | John F. Simpson, Sr. | 1 1/16 m | 2:09 1/5 | $66,952 | |
| 1956 | John F. Simpson, Sr. | John F. Simpson, Sr. | John F. Simpson, Sr. | 1 1/16 m | 2:09 2/5 | $71,570 | |
| 1955 | Billy Haughton | Billy Haughton | Farmsted Acres & John Froelich | 1 1/16 m | 2:11 1/5 | $71,040 |
References[]
- ^ [1] Harness Racing in New York State: A History of Trotters, Tracks and Horsemen by Dean Hoffman published 2012 by The History Press (August 14, 2012) 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"
Categories:
- Yonkers Raceway
- Meadowlands Racetrack
- Harness races in the United States
- Harness races for three-year-old pacers
- Recurring sporting events established in 1955
- Cane Pace winners
- United States Triple Crown of Harness Racing
- 1955 establishments in New York (state)