Editing Cane Pace

{{Infobox horseraces
| class         = [[Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers|Triple Crown]]
| horse race    = Cane Pace
| image         = 
| caption       = 
| location      = [[Meadowlands Racetrack|Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment]]<br /> [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]], [[New Jersey]]<br /> (since 2015)
| inaugurated   = {{start date and age|1955|p=y}}
| race type     = [[Standardbred]]
| website       = {{URL|https://www.hambletonian.com/upcomingstakes/canepace}}
| distance      = {{convert|1|mi|furlong}}
| surface       = Dirt
| track         = Left-handed
| qualification = 3-year-olds
| weight        = 
| purse         = $315,750 (2023)
| bonuses       = 
}}
The '''Cane Pace''' is a [[harness racing|harness horse race]] for [[standardbred]] [[Horse gait#Pace|pacers]] contested annually since [[1955 in sports|1955]]. The race was first run as the William H. Cane Futurity in 1955 at [[Yonkers Raceway]] in New York.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sHjRCAAAQBAJ&dq=Cane+Pace%2C+Quick+Chief&pg=PT54] ''Harness Racing in New York State: A History of Trotters, Tracks and Horsemen'' by Dean Hoffman published 2012 by The History Press (August 14, 2012) {{ISBN|978-1609496043}}</ref> In [[1956 in sports|1956]] the race joined with the [[Little Brown Jug (horse racing)|Little Brown Jug]] and the [[Messenger Stakes]] to become the first leg in the [[Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers]].

The Cane Pace of 2004 resulted in the only [[Dead heat (horse racing)|dead heat]] in the race's history and one where the two horses had the same trainer and owner.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hambletonian.org/resources/CanePaceHistory.pdf |title=Hambitonion.org Race History |access-date=2016-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407123050/http://www.hambletonian.org/resources/CanePaceHistory.pdf |archive-date=2016-04-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

As of 2023, the Cane Pace is held 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]].<ref>[http://www.drf.com/news/meadowlands-cane-pace-hambo-day-new-trainer-rules ''Daily Racing Form'' - October 31, 2014] Retrieved October 12, 2016</ref>

==Distances==
*2016–present: 1 1/8 miles (1810.5 metres, 9.5 furlongs) (If 12 horses start)
*1963–present : 1 mile (1609.3 metres, 8 furlongs) (If no more than 11 horses start)
*1955–1962 : 1 1/16 miles  (1709.9 metres, 8.5 furlongs)

==Locations==
*1955–1997 - [[Yonkers Raceway]]
*1998–2010 - [[Freehold Raceway]]
*2011 - [[Mohegan Sun Pocono|Pocono Downs (Originally scheduled for Tioga Downs but had to be moved due to flooding)]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://newsroom.mohegansunpoconodowns.com/?p=556 |title=Pocono Downs News |access-date=2016-10-12 |archive-date=2016-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012225720/http://newsroom.mohegansunpoconodowns.com/?p=556 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2012–2014 - [[Tioga Downs]]
*2015–present - [[Meadowlands Racetrack]]

==Records== 
; Most wins by a [[Driving (horse)|driver]]:
* 5 – [[John Campbell (harness racing)|John Campbell]] (1985, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2004)

; Most wins by a [[Horse trainer|trainer]]:
* 4 – [[Stanley Dancer]] (1970, 1971, 1973, 1976)

; Stakes record
*1:46 2/5. [[Legendary Hanover]] (2024)

==Cane Pace winners==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:35px" | Year<br />
! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:145px"| Winner<br />
! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:140px"| Driver<br />
! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:140px"| Trainer<br />
! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:420px"| Owner<br />
! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:40px"| Dist.<br />
! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:45px"| Time<br />
! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:45px"| Purse<br />
|-
|2024
|Legendary Hanover
|James MacDonald
|Anthony Beaton
|Eric Good, West Wins Stable and Mark Dumain
|1 m
|1:46 1/5
|$248,000
|-
|2023
|Confederate
|Tim Tetrick
|Brett Pelling
|Diamond Creek Racing LLC
|1 m
|1:47 3/5
|$315,750
|-
|2022
|Beach Glass
|Yannick Gingras
|Brent MacGrath
|Schooner II Stable
|1 m
|1:49 0/0
|$258,300
|-
|2021
|Rockyroad Hanover
|Dexter Dunn
|Tony Alagna
|Riverview Racing LLC, B Grant, K Jacobs, and VJ Stable
|1 m	
|1:48 1/5
|$276,150
|-
|2020
|Tall Dark Stranger
|Yannick Gingras
|Nancy Takter
|Crawford Farms Racing, Marvin Katz, Caviart Farms & Howard Taylor
|1 m	
|1:47 1/5
|$273,125
|-
|2019
|Captain Crunch
|Scott Zeron
|Nancy Johansson
|3 Brothers Stables, C. Takter, Rojan Stables & Caviart Farms
|1 m	
|1:48 0/5
|$285,362
|-
|2018
|Stay Hungry
|Doug McNair
|Tony Alagna
|Bradley Grant & Irwin Samelman
|1 m	
|1:47 3/5
|$281,000
|-
|2017
|Huntsville
|Tim Tetrick
|Ray Schnittker
|Schnittker, Gewertz, Arnold & Crawford Farms
|1 1/8 m	
|2:03 0/0
|$334,325
|-
|2016	
|Control The Moment 	
|[[Brian Sears]]	
|Brad Maxwell	
|Control The Moment Stable	
|1 1/8 m	
|2:02 4/5	
|$320,000
|-
|2015	
|[[Dealt A Winner]]	
|[[David Miller (harness racing)|David Miller]]	
|Mark Silva	
|[[Jeffrey S. Snyder]]	
|1 m	
|1:47 3/5	
|$319,400
|-
|2014	
|Lyonssomewhere	
|[[Yannick Gingras]]	
|[[Jimmy Takter]]	
|Geoffrey Lyons Mound 	
|1 m	
|1:49 4/5	
|$437,325
|-
|2013	
|[[Captaintreacherous]]	
|[[Tim Tetrick]]	
|Tony Alagna	
|Captaintreacherous Racing Stable 	
|1 m	
|1:49 2/5	
|$360,211
|-
|2012	
|Dynamic Youth	
|George Brennan	
|Aaron Lambert	
|J and T Silva Stables	
|1 m	
|1:48 4/5	
|$322 716
|-
|2011	
|Betterthancheddar
|Yannick Gingras
|[[Casie Coleman]]
|Steve Calhoun & West Wins Stable
|1 m	
|1:49 2/5	
|$342,875
|-
|2010	
|One More Laugh	
|Tim Tetrick	
|[[Ray Schnittker]]	
|Mathias Meinzinger, Jerry Silva, R. Schnittker	
|1 m	
|1:50 3/5	
|$300,000
|-
|2009	
|Vintage Master	
|Daniel Dubé 	
|Jimmy Takter	
|[[Brittany Farms]] & Estate of Brian Monieson	
|1 m	
|1:50 4/5	
|$325,000
|-
|2008
|Art Official
|[[Ronald Pierce (harness racing)|Ronald Pierce]]
|Joe Seekman	
|Sawgrass Farms 	
|1 m	
|1:51 1/5	
|$392,850
|-
|2007	
|Always A Virgin
|[[Brian Sears]]
|[[Joe Holloway]]
|Bluestone Farms, et al.	
|1 m	
|1:51 1/5	
|$297,500
|-
|2006	
|Total Truth	
|Ronald Pierce	
|George Teague, Jr.	
|Only Money Inc., Teague Inc.	
|1 m	
|1:51 3/5	
|$301,587
|-
|2005	
|Royal Flush Shark	
|Eric Ledford	
|Seldon Ledford	
|D'Elegance Stable, Royal Flush Stable, C. Iannacone, G. Giamarino	
|1 m	
|1:52 4/5	
|$346,000
|-
|rowspan=2|2004	<BR>([[Dead heat (horse racing)|DH]])	
|[[Timesareachanging]] 
|Ronald Pierce	
|rowspan=2|[[Brett Pelling]]	
|rowspan=2|Perfect World Enterprises	
|rowspan=2|1 m	
|rowspan=2|1:52 3/5	
|rowspan=2|$334,975
|-
|[[Western Terror]]
|[[John Campbell (harness racing)|John Campbell]]	
|-
|2003	
|[[No Pan Intended]]	
|David Miller	
|[[Ivan Sugg]]	
|Peter Pan Stables Inc. (Robert Glazer)	
|1 m	
|1:53 3/5	
|$331,000
|-
|2002	
|[[Art Major]]	
|John Campbell	
|Monte Gelrod	
|Deena Frost, Thomas & Louis Pontone, Lou & Debora Domiano	
|1 m	
|1:53 1/5	
|$369,188
|-
|2001	
|Four Starzzz Shark	
|David Miller	
|Edward Hart	
|Four Starzzz Shark Stable (Jeff Cohen & Mike Sudaley)	
|1 m	
|1:53 3/5	
|$345,694
|-
|2000	
|Powerful Toy	
|[[Luc Ouellette]]	
|Monte Gelrod	
|Newman Racing, Dodge A Bullet Sable, Sampson Street Stable	
|1 m	
|1:51 4/5	
|$331,350
|-
|1999	
|[[Blissfull Hall]]	
|Ronald Pierce	
|[[Benjamin Wallace (horse trainer)|Benjamin Wallace]]	
|Daniel Plouffe	
|1 m	
|1:51 4/5	
|$377,934
|-
|1998	
|[[Shady Character]]	
|[[Michel Lachance (harness racing)|Michel Lachance]]	
|Brett Pelling	
|Sanford & Corinne Goldfarb
|1 m	
|1:53 2/5	
|$379,941
|-
|1997	
|[[Western Dreamer]]	
|Michel Lachance	
|William Robinson	
|Matthew J., Patrick J. Jr. & Daniel J. Daly	
|1 m	
|1:53 2/5	
|$318,141
|-
|1996	
|Scoot To Power	
|[[Catello Manzi]]	
|Jonas Stutzman	
|Jim R. Miller, et al.	
|1 m	
|1:55 1/5	
|$326,429
|-
|1995	
|Mattgilla Gorilla	
|David Ingraham	
|William Andrews	
|Edmund & David Smith, Alan Foster	
|1 m	
|1:54 2/5	
|$384,375
|-
|1994	
|Falcons Future	
|Ken Holliday	
|Lonnie McIntosh 	
|Elden & Mary Ann Combs	
|1 m	
|1:53 2/5	
|$391,780
|-
|1993	
|[[Riyadh (horse)|Riyadh]]	
|Jim Morrill, Jr.	
|William Robinson   	
|[[R. Peter Heffering]]	
|1 m	
|1:51 2/5	
|$432,800
|-
|1992	
|[[Western Hanover]]	
|Bill Fahy	
|[[Gene Riegle]]	
|George Segal	
|1 m	
|1:53 3/5	
|$364,350
|-
|1991	
|Silky Stallone	
|Jack Moiseyev	
|Brett Pelling	
|[[Louis P. Guida]]	
|1 m	
|1:53 3/5	
|$523,190
|-
|1990	
|Jake And Elwood	
|John Campbell	
|Ken Seeber	
|Louis P. Guida	
|1 m	
|1:55 1/5	
|$486,550
|-
|1989	
|Flexetariat	
|John Campbell	
|Ken Seeber	
|Louis P. Guida	
|1 m	
|1:56 2/5	
|$621,210
|-
|1988	
|[[Runnymede Lobell]]	
|[[Yves Filion]]	
|Yves Filion	
|Yves Filion & Normand Mondoux 	
|1 m	
|1:55 2/5	
|$583,790
|-
|1987	
|Righteous Bucks	
|Michel Lachance	
|Richard Marine 	
|Fred Borman, et al.	
|1 m	
|1:56 0/0	
|$581,540
|-
|1986	
|[[Barberry Spur]]	
|[[Bill O'Donnell (harness race driver)|Bill O'Donnell]]	
|[[Richard Stillings]]	
|Roy D. Davis & Barberry Farms	
|1 m	
|1:55 1/5	
|$542,764
|-
|1985	
|[[Chairmanoftheboard]]	
|John Campbell	
|Samuel "Skip" Lewis	
|New Concept Stable (Louis P. Guida, et al.)	
|1 m	
|1:55 1/5	
|$600,000
|-
|1984	
|[[On The Road Again (horse)|On The Road Again]]
|[[Buddy Gilmour|William "Buddy" Gilmour]]
|[[Harry J. Poulton]]
|Gordon & Illa Rumpel	
|1 m	
|1:56 4/5	
|$600,000
|-
|1983	
|[[Ralph Hanover]]	
|[[Ron Waples]]	
|[[Stewart Firlotte]]	
|Ron Waples, [[Pointsetta Stables (Stewart Firlotte)|Pointsetta Stables]], Grants Direct Stables	
|1 m	
|1:57 0/0	
|$559,230
|-
|1982	
|[[Cam Fella]]	
|Pat Crowe	
|Pat Crowe	
|Norman Clements & Norman Faulkner
|1 m	
|1:57 3/5	
|$513,300
|-
|1981	
|Wildwood Jeb	
|Jimmy Marohn	
|Larry Rolla 	
|Joel Weinberg	
|1 m	
|1:58 1/5	
|$373,850
|-
|1980	
|[[Niatross]]	
|[[Clint Galbraith]]	
|Clint Galbraith	
|Niatross Syndicate	
|1 m	
|1:57 3/5	
|$321,365
|-
|1979	
|Happy Motoring	
|Bill Popfinger	
|Bill Popfinger	
|Steve Ransom, et al.	
|1 m	
|1:57 3/5	
|$336,420
|-
|1978	
|Armbro Tiger	
|[[Hervé Filion]]	
|Louis Meittinis	
|Louis Meittinis & Julius Weiss	
|1 m	
|1:58 1/5	
|$307,594
|-
|1977	
|Jate Prince	
|[[Jack Kopas]]	
|Jack Kopas	
|C. Edwin Armstrong	
|1 m	
|1:58 2/5	
|$286,500
|-
|1976	
|[[Keystone Ore]]	
|[[Stanley Dancer]]	
|Stanley Dancer	
|Perry, Jones, Dancer, Dancer & Hild	
|1 m	
|1:57 1/5	
|$200,000
|-
|1975	
|[[Nero (horse)|Nero]]	
|[[Joe O'Brien (harness racing)|Joe O'Brien]] 	
|James Crane	
|[[Stoner Creek Stud#|Standardbred breeding]]
|1 m	
|1:58 4/5	
|$200,000
|-
|1974	
|Boyden Hanover	
|William Herman	
|Sandy Levy 	
|George Sholty, Mr. & Mrs. Frank Allecia, Mr. & Mrs. James Picciano	
|1 m	
|1:59 4/5	
|$121,822
|-
|1973	
|Smog	
|Vernon Dancer	
|Stanley Dancer	
|Alfred M. Cuddy	
|1 m	
|1:58 4/5	
|$100,000
|-
|1972	
|Hilarious Way	
|John F. Simpson, Jr.	
|[[John F. Simpson, Sr.]]	
|[[Gainesway Farm]] 	
|1 m	
|2:02 2/5	
|$107,097
|-
|1971	
|[[Albatross (horse)|Albatross]]	
|Stanley Dancer	
|Stanley Dancer	
|Amicable Stable	
|1 m	
|2:00 0/0	
|$106,795
|-
|1970	
|[[Most Happy Fella]]	
|Stanley Dancer	
|Stanley Dancer	
|[[Stanley Dancer|Egyptian Acres Stable]]	
|1 m	
|1:58 3/5	
|$102,770
|-
|1969	
|Kat Byrd	
|[[Eldon G. Harner]]
||[[Levi B. Harner]]
|Ted J. Zornow 	
|1 m	
|2:02 2/5	
|$100,000
|-
|1968	
|[[Rum Customer]]	
|[[Billy Haughton]]	
|Billy Haughton	
|Louis & Connie Manucuso & Kennilworth Farm	
|1 m	
|1:59 4/5	
|$150,000
|-
|1967	
|Meadow Paige	
|Billy Haughton	
|Billy Haughton	
|Jack Stahl	
|1 m	
|2:03 0/0	
|$150,000
|-
|1966	
|[[Romeo Hanover]]	
|William Myer	
|Jerry Silverman	
|Lucky Star Stables & Morton Finder	
|1 m	
|1:59 4/5	
|$126,915
|-
|1965	
|[[Bret Hanover]]	
|[[Frank Ervin]]	
|Frank Ervin	
|Richard Downing	
|1 m	
|2:01 0/0	
|$125,236
|-
|1964	
|[[Race Time]]	
|[[Ralph Baldwin]]	
|Ralph Baldwin	
|[[Castleton Lyons|Castleton Farm]]	
|1 m	
|2:01 4/5	
|$123,191
|-
|1963	
|[[Meadow Skipper]]	
|[[Earle Avery]]	
|[[Earle Avery]]	
|[[Norman S. Woolworth]]	
|1 m	
|1:58 4/5	
|$163,187
|-
|1962	
|Ranger Knight	
|[[Clint Hodgins]]	
|Eugene Minniear	
|Eugene Minniear & Dr. V. T. Scroggin	
|1 1/16 m	
|2:13 1/5	
|$117,542
|-
|1961	
|Cold Front	
|Clint Hodgins	
|Clint Hodgins	
|Stoneybrook Stable	
|1 1/16 m	
|2:08 3/5	
|$110,950
|-
|1960	
|[[Countess Adios]]	
|[[Delvin Miller]]	
|Delvin Miller	
|[[J. Elgin Armstrong|J. Elgin]] & Ted Armstrong  & [[Hugh A. Grant, Sr.]]	
|1 1/16 m	
|2:08 0/0	
|$65,245
|-
|1959	
|[[Adios Butler]]	
|Clint Hodgins	
|Clint Hodgins	
|Paige West & Angelo Pellillo	
|1 1/16 m	
|2:09 0/0	
|$64,457
|-
|1958	
|[[Raider Frost]]	
|Hugh Bell	
|Joe O'Brien	
|[[S. A. Camp Farms]]	
|1 1/16 m	
|2:08 1/5	
|$60,457
|-
|1957	
||[[Torpid (horse)|Torpid]]	
|John F. Simpson, Sr.	
|John F. Simpson, Sr.	
|John F. Simpson, Sr.	
|1 1/16 m	
|2:09 1/5	
|$66,952
|-
|1956	
|[[Noble Adios]]	
|John F. Simpson, Sr.	
|John F. Simpson, Sr.	
|John F. Simpson, Sr.	
|1 1/16 m	
|2:09 2/5	
|$71,570
|-
|1955	
|[[Quick Chief]]	
|Billy Haughton	
|Billy Haughton	
|Farmsted Acres & John Froelich	
|1 1/16 m	
|2:11 1/5	
|$71,040
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Triple Crown of Horse Racing}}
{{Meadowlands Sports Complex|state=autocollapse}}

[[Category:Yonkers Raceway]]
[[Category:Meadowlands Racetrack]]
[[Category:Harness races in the United States]]
[[Category:Harness races for three-year-old pacers]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1955]]
[[Category:Cane Pace winners]]
[[Category:United States Triple Crown of Harness Racing]]
[[Category:1955 establishments in New York (state)]]