Breeders Crown Open Pace

The Breeders Crown Open Pace is a harness racing event for Standardbred pacers. It is one part of the Breeders Crown annual series of twelve races for both Standardbred pacers and trotters. The Open Pace for horses age four and older was first run in 1985. It is contested over a distance of one mile. Race organizers have awarded the event to various racetracks across North America.

Historical race events
At the Meadowlands Racetrack in 2009, Won The West set the Open Pace record time of 1:47 flat which was the fastest pacing mile in the entire Breeders Crown series until 2023.

Bulldog Hanover, who had broken the record for the fastest ever mile time for a Standardbred previously in the season, broke the Breeders Crown record in the 2023 edition of the race. He went on to be the first unanimous Horse of the Year.

Track & Abbreviation -- State/Province -- times hosted

 * Meadowlands Racetrack (Mxx) New Jersey (14)
 * Mohawk Raceway (Moh) Ontario (5)
 * Woodbine Racetrack (Wdb) Ontario (4)
 * Hoosier Park (HoP) Indiana (3)
 * Pocono Downs (Pcd) Pennsylvania (2)
 * Freehold Raceway (Fhl) New Jersey (2)
 * The Meadows Racetrack (Mea) Pennsylvania (1)
 * Pompano Park (Ppk) Florida (1)
 * Scioto Downs (Scd) Ohio (1)
 * Roosevelt Raceway (Rr) New York (1)
 * Los Alamitos Race Course (Lrc) California (1)
 * Freestate Raceway (Fsr) Maryland (1)
 * Northfield Park (Nfl) Ohio (1)

Records

 * Most wins by a driver:
 * 5 – Michel Lachance (1985, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2000), John Campbell (1992, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2014)


 * Most wins by a trainer:
 * 4 – Robert McIntosh (1991, 1992, 1993, 2014)


 * Stakes record:
 * 1:46 4/5 – Bulldog Hanover (2023)