| Horse Race: | Meadowlands Pace |
| Location: | Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment, East Rutherford, New Jersey |
| Race Type: | Standardbred (Pace) |
| Distance: | 1miles |
| Surface: | Dirt |
| Track: | Left-handed |
| Qualification: | 3-year-olds |
| Purse: | $650,000 (2024) |
The Meadowlands Pace is a harness race for three-year-old pacers, held at the Meadowlands Racetrack, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Along with the Hambletonian Stakes for trotters, the Meadowlands Pace is considered to be one of the track's signature three-year-old events.[1]
| Year | Winner | Driver | Trainer | Owner | Time | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Legendary Hanover | James MacDonald | Anthony Beaton | Eric Good, West Wins Stable, Mark Dumain | 1:46 3/5 | $650,000 |
| 2023 | Confederate | Tim Tetrick | Brett Pelling | Diamond Creek Racing LLC | 1:47 0/0 | $668,000 |
| 2022 | Beach Glass | Yannick Gingras | Brent MacGrath | Schooner II Stables | 1:47 2/5 | $600,000 |
| 2021 | Lawless Shadow | Mark MacDonald | Dr. Ian Moore | Dr. Ian Moore, RG McGroup Ltd., Serge Savard, Frank Cannon | 1:48 3/5 | $700,000 |
| 2020 | Tall Dark Stranger | Yannick Gingras | Nancy Takter | Crawford Farms Racing, Marvin Katz, Caviart Farms, Howard Taylor | 1:47 2/5 | $636,650 |
| 2019 | Captain Crunch | Brian Sears | Linda Toscano | Richard P. Young, Joanne Young | 1:48 0/0 | $682,650 |
| 2018 | Courtly Choice | David Miller | Blake Macintosh | Hutt Racing Stable, Mac & Heim Stables, Daniel Plouffe, Touch Stone Farms | 1:47 1/5 | $701,830 |
| 2017 | Huntsville | Tim Tetrick | Ray Schnittker | Raymond W. Schnittker, Theodore Gewertz, Steven Arnold | 1:47 4/5 | $738,550 |
| 2016 | Control The Moment | Brian Sears | Brad Maxwell | Control The Moment Stable | 1:48 2/5 | $732,050 |
| 2015 | Wiggle It Jiggleit | Montrell Teague | Clyde Francis | George Teague, Jr. | 1:47 4/5 | $706,000 |
| 2014 | Tim Tetrick | David Menary | Menary Racing, Brad Gray, Michael Guerriero, Muscara Racing Trust | 1:46 4/5 | $776,000 | |
| 2013 | Captaintreacherous | Tim Tetrick | Tony Alagna | Captaintreacherous Racing Stable | 1:48 1/5 | $635,750 |
| 2012 | A Rocknroll Dance | Yannick Gingras | Jim Mulinix | Jim Mulinix, Denny Miller, Diamond Creek Farm, Jerry & Teresa Silva Stable | 1:48 1/5 | $1,000,000 |
| 2011 | Roll with Joe | Ronald Pierce | Edward Hart | Blue Chip, Steven Demeter, Not to Worry Stable, Winbak Farm | 1:48 2/5 | $1,000,000 |
| 2010 | One More Laugh | Tim Tetrick | Ray Schnittker | Schnittker, Silva, Meinzinger | 1:47 4/5 | $1,000,000 |
| 2009 | Well Said | Ronald Pierce | Jeffrey S. Snyder & Lothlorien Equestrian | 1:47 3/5 | $1,000,000 | |
| 2008 | Art Official | Ronald Pierce | Joe Seekman | Sawgrass Farms | 1:47 0/0 | $1,000,000 |
| 2007 | Southwind Lynx | Tim Tetrick | George Teague, Jr. | K&R Racing & Teague Inc. | 1:49 1/5 | $1,000,000 |
| 2006 | Artistic Fella | Steve Elliott | Joseph Alborano | 1:48 4/5 | $1,000,000 | |
| 2005 | Brian Sears | Jeffrey S. Snyder & Lothlorien Equestrian Center | 1:48 3/5 | $1,000,000 | ||
| 2004 | Holborn Hanover | Jim Morrill, Jr. | Mark Harder | John Fielding & Canamerica Capital Corp. | 1:49 0/0 | $1,000,000 |
| 2003 | Allamerican Theory | Michel Lachance | Des Tackoor | John Levy Racing Ltd. & Mark Scholes | 1:49 3/5 | $1,000,000 |
| 2002 | Monte Gelrod | Joseph V. Muscara | 1:49 0/0 | $1,000,000 | ||
| 2001 | Real Desire | John Campbell | Brittany Farms & Karin Olssen-Burgess, Perretti Farms, Robert Burgess | 1:49 3/5 | $1,000,000 | |
| 2000 | Daniel Dubé | Martin Scharf | 1:50 4/5 | $1,150,000 | ||
| 1999 | The Panderosa | John Campbell | Brett Pelling | Peter Pan Stables Inc. (Robert Glazer) | 1:49 3/5 | $1,000,000 |
| 1998 | Day In A Life | Monte Gelrod | R. Peter Heffering & Schoor Racing Stable | 1:51 1/5 | $1,000,000 | |
| 1997 | Dream Away | Ronald Pierce | Brett Pelling | Katz, Goldband & Libfeld | 1:50 2/5 | $1,000,000 |
| 1996 | Hot Lead | George Brennan | Brian Magie | White Birch Farm | 1:51 4/5 | $1,000,000 |
| 1995 | John Campbell | Brett Pelling | RJS Stable | 1:50 4/5 | $1,000,000 | |
| 1994 | John Campbell | William Robinson | Jeffrey S. Snyder | 1:50 0/0 | $1,000,000 | |
| 1993 | Jack Moiseyev | William Robinson | Antonio Chiaravalle | 1:50 0/0 | $1,000,000 | |
| 1992 | Carlsbad Cam | Rod Allen | Carl & Rod Allen Stb. & Loren Houston | 1:51 0/0 | $1,000,000 | |
| 1991 | Jack Moiseyev | William Robinson | R. Peter Heffering | 1:49 4/5 | $1,000,000 | |
| 1990 | Ray Remmen | Uptown Stable | 1:52 3/5 | $1,153,500 | ||
| 1989 | Dexter Nukes | John Campbell | George Gilmour | Thomas Dexter | 1:51 3/5 | $852,000 |
| 1988 | Michel Lachance | 1:52 1/5 | $1,039,000 | |||
| 1987 | Frugal Gourmet | Blair Burgess | Excellent Stb. of Toronto | 1:52 0/0 | $902,500 | |
| 1986 | Laughs | Charles Sylvester | Friends Stable | 1:52 1/5 | $1,025,500 | |
| 1985 | Bill O'Donnell | Wall St./Nihilator Syndicate | 1:50 3/5 | $1,018,000 | ||
| 1984 | Buddy Gilmour | Harry J. Poulton | Gordon & Illa Rumpel | 1:53 3/5 | $1,293,000 | |
| 1983 | Ron Waples, Pointsetta Stables, Grants Direct Stables | 1:54 1/5 | $1,251,000 | |||
| 1982 | Hilarion | John Campbell | Jerry Silverman | Star Stables | 1:54 1/5 | $1,000,000 |
| 1981 | Conquered | John Hayes, Jr. | John Hayes, Jr. | Beejay Stables & C. Juravinski | 1:53 4/5 | $1,000,000 |
| 1980 | Niatross Stable, Niagra Acres & Clint Galbraith | 1:53 1/5 | $1,101,000 | |||
| 1979 | Sonsam | Sonsam Stable | 1:53 2/5 | $750,000 | ||
| 1978 | Falcon Almahurst | Hill Farms | 1:55 1/5 | $280,000 | ||
| 1977 | Escort | Carl LeCause | Carl LeCause | Bernard & Rosalind Mann | 1:54 4/5 | $212,500 |