Location | Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment East Rutherford, New Jersey U.S. |
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Inaugurated | 1977 |
Last run | 2012 |
Race type | Standardbred (Pace) |
Website | playmeadowlands |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (8.0 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | 2-Year-Olds |
Purse | $309,050 (2012) |
The Woodrow Wilson Pace was a harness racing major event for two-year-old Standardbred pacers run from 1977 through 2012 at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey.[1]
First run in 1977 for a purse of $280,000, by 1980 the purse was $2,011,000, making it the richest race of any breed in horse racing history.[2]