Windy City Pace
The Windy City Pace was a harness race for 3-year-old Standardbred pacing horses. It had been run annually from 1983 to 2015 at Maywood Park in Melrose Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
The race was originally run during Maywood's spring meet, but since 1991 the race was run during the fall meet. In past years, elimination heats were required to determine the finalists for the main race. The race was the top race of a program that also features Maywood's other top stakes, the Abe Lincoln, the Galt, and the Cinderella.
Among the notable runnings of the Windy City was the 1987 race, where Bomb Rickles won the final at odds of 190-1.
In 2015 the purse was $180,000,[1] Maywood park closed that year.
Windy City Pace winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Driver |
Time |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Trim the Tree | Dick Macomber | 1:57 1/5 |
1984 | Carl's Bird | 1:56 3/5 | |
1985 | Pinocchio | Neal Shapiro | 1:56 0/0 |
1986 | Incredible Finale | Tom Harmer | 1:53 3/5 |
1987 | Bomb Rickles | Neal Shapiro | 1:56 2/5 |
1988 | Wealthy Skipper | Walter Paisley | 1:55 0/0 |
1989 | Just the Ticket | Lavern Hostetler | 1:56 1/5 |
1990 | Jake and Elwood | Hervé Filion | 1:57 2/5 |
1991 | Precious Bunny | 1:57 0/0 | |
1992 | William Fahy | 1:55 0/0 | |
1993 | Jack Moiseyev | 1:54 2/5 | |
1994 | Pacific Rocket | Jack Moiseyev | 1:53 0/0 |
1995 | Village Connection | 1:53 4/5 | |
1996 | Oye Vay | 1:54 1/5 | |
1997 | Arturo | Dave Palone | 1:54 2/5 |
1998 | Take Down the Flag | 1:53 3/5 | |
1999 | Looking for Art | Eric Ledford | 1:54 2/5 |
2000 | Camotion | Dale Hiteman | 1:51 4/5 |
2001 | Rattle & Rock | Ryan Anderson | 1:51 4/5 |
2002 | Three Olives | John Campbell | 1:52 4/5 |
2003 | Allamerican Captor | 1:52 2/5 | |
2004 | Western Terror | Brian Sears | 1:53 4/5 |
2005 | Thin Blue Line | Michael Oosting | 1:52 3/5 |
2006 | Jereme's Jet | Dave Magee | 1:52 2/5 |
2007 | Booze Cruzin | Sam Widger | 1:51 3/5 |
2008 | Shadow Play | David Miller | 1:50 4/5 |
2009 | In Over My Head | Dale Hiteman | 1:52 2/5 |
2010 | Aracache Hanover | Doug McNair | 1:51 4/5 |
2011 | Betterthancheddar | George Brennan | 1:52 2/5 |
2012 | Pet Rock | Doug McNair | 1:51 4/5 |
2013 | Word Power | Scott Zeron | 1:51 4/5 |
2014 | Big Boy Dreams | Tim Tetrick | 1:51 0/0 |
References[]
- ^ "Balmoral/Maywood announce 2015 stakes". HarnessRacing.com. February 10, 2015. Retrieved Jul 18, 2021.
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- Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2015