Cane Pace

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. 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.

Cane Pace
Triple Crown race
LocationMeadowlands Racing & Entertainment
East Rutherford, New Jersey
(since 2015)
Inaugurated1955 (1955)
Race typeStandardbred
Websitewww.hambletonian.org/staking/cane_pace.html
Race information
Distance1+18 miles (9.0 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-year-olds
PurseUS$320,000

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.

As of 2015, the Cane Pace is run at the 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.

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