Cane Pace

Cane Pace
Race information
Triple Crown race
Location	Meadowlands Racetrack, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
Inaugurated	1955
Race type	Harness race for standardbred pacers
Website	www.hambletonian.org/staking/cane_pace.html
Distance	1,609 meters (1 mile)
Surface	Dirt
Qualification	3yo
Purse	$319,400 (2015)

The Cane Pace is a harness horse race run annually since 1955. 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.

Drivers Stanley Dancer and John Campbell hold the record for the most Cane Pace wins with four each.

As of 2015, the Cane Pace is run at Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey. The 2015 edition of the race was run on August 8, 2015 as part of the undercard for the Hambletonian Stakes, the first leg of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters.

Locations

Triple Crowns of horse racing

United States

Thoroughbred Racing	Kentucky Derby Preakness Stakes Belmont Stakes

Harness Racing Pacers	Cane Pace Little Brown Jug Messenger Stakes

Harness Racing Trotters	Hambletonian Yonkers Trot Kentucky Futurity

Great Britain

Thoroughbred Racing	2000 Guineas Stakes Epsom Derby St Leger Stakes

Ireland

Thoroughbred Racing	Irish 2,000 Guineas Irish Derby Irish St. Leger

Canada

Thoroughbred Racing	Queen's Plate Prince of Wales Stakes Breeders' Stakes

Australia

Thoroughbred Racing	Randwick Guineas Rosehill Guineas Australian Derby