Location United States & Canada Surface Dirt | Inaugurated 1985 | |
Race type Harness race for Standardbred pacers Website Hambletonian Society, Inc. Distance 1 mile
(1,609 metres or 8 furlongs) | ||
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. The 2017 race will be held at Hoosier Park in Anderson, Indiana, United States.
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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, Won The West 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.
Track & Abbreviation -- State/Province -- times hosted
Records
References
Breeders Crown Open Pace Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA