Breeders Crown Open Pace
{{Infobox horseraces
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| horse race = Breeders Crown Open Pace
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| location = North America
| inaugurated = 1985
| race type = Harness race for Standardbred pacers
| website = [http://www.hambletonian.com]
| distance = 1 mile
(1,609 metres or 8 furlongs)
| surface = Dirt
| qualification = 4-year-olds-and-up
| purse = $600,000 (2023)
| bonuses =
}}
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.[http://www.hambletonian.org/archive_breeders_crown_history.html The Hambletonian Society, Inc. - History of the Breeders Crown] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107134630/http://www.hambletonian.org/archive_breeders_crown_history.html |date=2012-11-07 }} Retrieved November 5, 2016
Historical race events
At the Meadowlands Racetrack in 2009, Won The West set the Open Pace record time of 1:47 flat which was the fastest pacing mile in the entire Breeders Crown series until 2023.[http://www.hambletonian.org/archive_breeders_crown_history.html Breeders Crown: 31 Years of Statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107134630/http://www.hambletonian.org/archive_breeders_crown_history.html |date=2012-11-07 }} Retrieved November 5, 2016
Bulldog Hanover, who had broken the record for the fastest ever mile time for a Standardbred previously in the season, broke the Breeders Crown record in the 2023 edition of the race. He went on to be the first unanimous Horse of the Year.
North American locations
=Track & Abbreviation -- State/Province -- times hosted=
- Meadowlands Racetrack (Mxx) New Jersey (14)
- Mohawk Raceway (Moh) Ontario (5)
- Woodbine Racetrack (Wdb) Ontario (4)
- Hoosier Park (HoP) Indiana (3)
- Pocono Downs (Pcd) Pennsylvania (2)
- Freehold Raceway (Fhl) New Jersey (2)
- The Meadows Racetrack (Mea) Pennsylvania (1)
- Pompano Park (Ppk) Florida (1)
- Scioto Downs (Scd) Ohio (1)
- Roosevelt Raceway (Rr) New York (1)
- Los Alamitos Race Course (Lrc) California (1)
- Freestate Raceway (Fsr) Maryland (1)
- Northfield Park (Nfl) Ohio (1)
Records
; Most wins by a driver:
- 5 – Michel Lachance (1985, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2000), John Campbell (1992, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2014)
; Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 – Robert McIntosh (1991, 1992, 1993, 2014)
; Stakes record:
- 1:46 4/5 – Bulldog Hanover (2023)
Winners of the Breeders Crown Open Pace
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| style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:30px" | Year ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:130px"| Winner ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:25px" | Age ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:140px"| Driver ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:140px"| Trainer ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:420px"| Owner ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:40px"| Time ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:40px"| Purse ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:40px"| Track |
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| 2023
|Bythemissal |4 |Ron Burke |Burke Racing Stable, Eric Good, Rich Lombardo Racing, Weaver Bruscemi |1:48 0/0 |$600,000 |HoP |
| 2022
|4 |Dexter Dunn |Jack Darling |Jack Darling Stables, Brad Grant |1:46 4/5 |$600,000 |Moh |
| 2021
|Ocean Rock |4 |Dan Noble |Christi Noble |Sandra S. Burnett |1:48 3/5 |$600,000 |Mxx |
| 2020
|Century Farroh |4 |Dr. Ian Moore |Century Springs Farms |1:49 0/0 |$500,000 |HoP |
| 2019
|American History |5 |Brittany Farms, Marvin Katz, American History Racing |1:48 1/3 |$500,000 |Wdb |
| 2018
|McWicked |4 |S S G Stable |1:49 1/3 |$530,000 |Pcd |
| 2017
|Split The House |5 |Crawford Farms Racing |1:48 1/1 |$421,000 |HoP |
| 2016
|5 |David Miller |Bluewood Stable, Roll The Dice Stable, Christina Takter |1:49 0/0 |$500,000 |Mxx |
| 2015
|Always B Miki |4 |David Miller |Jimmy Takter |Bluewood Stable, Roll The Dice Stable, Christina Takter |1:49 3/5 |$518,960 |Wdb |
| 2014
|Thinking Out Loud |5 |R McIntosh Stables, CSX Stables, Al McIntosh Holdings |1:48 3/5 |$400,000 |Mxx |
| 2013
|Foiled Again |9 |Yannick Gingras |Burke Racing Stable,JJK Stable, Wever-Bruscemi |1:49 2/5 |$500,000 |Pcd |
| 2012
|8 |David Miller |Thomas Cancelliere |John Cancelliere |1:49 1/5 |$500,000 |Wdb |
| 2011
|Bettor Sweet |7 |John Campbell |Thomas Cancelliere |John Cancelliere |1:48 4/5 |$501,950 |Wdb |
| 2010
|6 |Jim Morrill Jr. |Ron Burke |Strollin Stable, William Robinson, James Koehler |1:49 0/0 |$500,000 |Pcd |
| 2009
|Won The West |5 |Jim Morrill Jr. |Ron Burke |Strollin Stable, William Robinson, James Koehler |1:47 0/0 |$500,000 |Mxx |
| 2008
|Mister Big |5 |Virgil Morgan, Jr. |Joseph Muscara, Sr. |1:50 0/0 |$532,150 |Moh |
| 2007
|Artistic Fella |4 |Steve Elliott |Joseph Alborano |1:49 2/5 |$540,000 |Mxx |
| 2006
|Lis Mara |4 |Brian Sears |MJG RAcing Stables & Louis Willinger |1:47 3/5 |$500,000 |Mxx |
| 2005
|Boulder Creek |5 |Brian Sears |Mark Silva |Clifford D. Siegel, Lee S. Wasserman, John A. Fodera |1:49 1/5 |$605,000 |Moh |
| 2004
|Boulder Creek |4 |Mark Silva |Clifford D. Siegel, Lee S. Wasserman, John A. Fodera |1:48 1/5 |$552,500 |Mxx |
| 2003
|Art Major |4 |John Campbell |William Robinson |(Lessee) Blue Chip Bloodstock Inc., James Simpson, Art Major Stable |1:49 4/5 |$729,730 |Wdb |
| 2002
|4 |John Campbell |Brittany Farms, R. Burgess, K. Olsson Burgess, Perretti Farms |1:48 3/5 |$500,000 |Mxx |
| 2001
|Goliath Bayama |5 |Ecuries NDG |1:48 4/5 |$500,000 |Mxx |
| 2000
|Western Ideal |5 |Brittany Farms |1:48 0/0 |$440,000 |Mxx |
| 1999
|Red Bow Tie |5 |Monte Gelrod |Cliff Siegel of TLP Stables, et al. |1:50 0/0 |$380,000 |Mxx |
| 1998
|Red Bow Tie |4 |Luc Ouellette |Monte Gelrod |Cliff Siegel of TLP Stables, et al. |1:50 1/5 |$340,000 |Mxx |
| 1997
|4 |Michel Lachance |David McDuffee & Tom Walsh |1:50 3/5 |$300,000 |Mxx |
| 1996
|4 |William Fahy |L & L DeVisser Partnership |1:48 4/5 |$300,000 |Mxx |
| 1995
|Thatll Be Me |4 |Roger Mayotte |Robert Young |Robert Young |1:52 4/5 |$300,000 |Nfl |
| 1994
|Village Jiffy |4 |Paul MacDonell |W. Wellwood, H. Charles Armstrong, AFJ Stable, Fred Brunner |1:52 2/5 |$334,000 |Fhl |
| 1993
|4 |Robert McIntosh |Robert Hamather |1:51 1/5 |$396,810 |Moh |
| 1992
|4 |John Campbell |Robert McIntosh |George Segal & Brian Monieson |1:52 0/0 |$368,100 |Moh |
| 1991
|Camluck |4 |Michel Lachance |Robert McIntosh |New Destiny & Al McIntosh |1:52 1/5 |$463,000 |Mea |
| 1990
|Bays Fella |5 |Paul MacDonell |Mike DeMenno |Par-Birdie Stable |1:52 1/5 |$273,458 |Ppk |
| 1989
|4 |Michel Lachance |Gordon & Illa Rumpel, Charles Juravinski |1:53 2/5 |$278,238 |Fhl |
| 1988
|Call For Rain |4 |Clint Galbraith |Clint & Barbara Galbraith |1:53 2/5 |$316,256 |Scd |
| 1987
|Armbro Emerson |4 |Walter Whelan |Brian Burton |Ed Weisz, Light/Heavyweight Stable |1:54 1/5 |$359,794 |Rr |
| 1986
|4 |Lucien Fontaine |Lucien Fontaine |Forrest Bartlett |1:53 4/5 |$301,350 |Lrc |
| 1985
|Division Street |4 |Michel Lachance |Vinnie Aurigemma |Lachance, Denim, M.E.K. Stable, KLR Stable |1:52 3/5 |$309,553 |Fsr |
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