Confederation Cup Pace
| Location | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
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| Race type | Harness race for Standardbred pacers |
| Website | Great Canadian Gaming Corporation |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 mile (1,609 metres or 8 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt, ½ mile oval |
| Track | Flamboro Downs |
| Qualification | 4yos |
| Purse | $244,000 (216) |
The Confederation Cup Pace is a harness race for Standardbred pacers run annually at Flamboro Downs in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Set at a distance of one mile, it was first run in 1977 and through 2012 it was a race for three-year-olds. Placed on hiatus for 2013 and 2014, upon reinstatement in 2015, the Confederation Cup Pace was changed to an event for four-year-olds. The Confederation cup is the most important race for three-year-olds at Flamboro Downs. Over the years it has attracted the some of the very best horses in North America including U. S. and Canadian Hall of Fame horses Abercrombie, Cam Fella, Jate Lobell, On The Road Again, and Somebeachsomewhere.
In 1985 Armbro Dallas finished first in the final but was disqualified making runnerup What's Next the winner. As a result, the race time was not recorded as official. Apaches Fame's win in 1990 marked the first time an Ontario sired, bred, and owned horse won the Confederation Cup.
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