The Metro Pace is one of the premier

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events in

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for two-year-old

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pacers. First run in 1988 at

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, in several of the ensuing years it was hosted by

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where it has been run exclusively since 2005.

Historical race events

The 1990 Metro Pace winner,

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, was the first horse to ever win and sire a Metro Pace winner, his sons doing it twice in 1998 (Grinfromeartoear) and again in 1999 (The Firepan).Harnesslink.com September 15, 2005 article titled "Metro Pace Notes
Retrieved December 21, 2016 Son of 2007 Metro Pace winner Somebeachsomewhere, Captaintreacherous captured the 2012 edition.

Records

; Most wins by a driver: * 7 – John Campbell (1990, 1996, 1999, 2000) ; Most wins by a trainer: * 2 –

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(2012, 2014) ; Stakes record: * 1:49 2/5 – Sportswriter (2009) & Captaintreacherous (2012)

Winners of the Metro Pace

References

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