Location | Campbellville, Ontario |
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Inaugurated | 1988 |
Race type | Harness race for standardbred pacers |
Website | Official Site |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (1,609 metres or 8 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt, 7⁄8 mile oval |
Track | Mohawk Racetrack |
Qualification | 2 year olds |
Purse | $1,000,000 (2024) |
The Metro Pace is one of the premier harness racing events in North America for two-year-old Standardbred pacers. First run in 1988 at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, in several of the ensuing years it was hosted by Mohawk Raceway in Campbellville, Ontario where it has been run exclusively since 2005.[1]