Ben Franklin Free-For-All Pace
| Location | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 2007 |
| Race type | Harness race for Standardbred pacers |
| Website | Mohegan Sun Pocono racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 mile (1609 metres or 8 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt, 5/8 mile oval |
| Track | Pocono Downs |
| Qualification | 4yo & up |
| Purse | $500,000 (2016) |
The Ben Franklin Free-For-All Pace is harness racing stakes race for older Standardbred pacers run annually since 2007 at Pocono Downs in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Boulder Creek set a new track record time of 1:48 3/5 in winning the 2007 inaugural race.
Sweet Lou, the 2011 winner of the Dan Patch Award for Two-Year-Old Male Pacer, won the 2013 Ben Franklin FFA Pace in which he set a new track and World Record for a 5/8 mile track with a time of 1:47 flat.
In 2016, Always B Miki equaled Sweet Lou's World Record time in winning the June 25, 2016 Ben Franklin FFA Pace elimination race. He came back to win the July 2 final in exactly the same World Record time.
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