Metro Pace

Metro Pace
LocationCampbellville, Ontario
Inaugurated1988
Race typeHarness race for standardbred pacers
WebsiteOfficial Site
Race information
Distance1 mile (1,609 metres or 8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt, 78 mile oval
TrackMohawk Racetrack
Qualification2 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]

  1. ^ Standardbred Canada Metro Pace articles Retrieved December 21, 2016