Metro Pace
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| Class | Grade 1 |
|---|---|
| Location | Campbellville, Ontario |
| 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 (2025) |
The Metro Pace is a Grade 1 harness race 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]
The 1990 Metro Pace winner, Artsplace, 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).[2]
Son of 2007 Metro Pace winner Somebeachsomewhere, Captaintreacherous captured the 2012 edition.
In 2024, Tony Alagna and Tim Tetrick became the first trainer/driver duo to win the race twice. They won with Fallout, a son of Captaintreacherous, whom they won with in 2012.