Pacing Triple Crown

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The Pacing Triple Crown is a prestigious series of three major North American harness races for pacers, considered one of the sport’s highest achievements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Triple Crown
harness racing series
achievementType career achievement
awardedFor winning all three component races in the same season
componentRaceClass classic race
consistsOf Cane Pace
Little Brown Jug
Messenger Stakes
country United States of America
surface form: United States
discipline pacing
distanceType middle distance
eligibility three-year-old pacers
gait pace
genderEligibility colts and geldings
governingBody United States Trotting Association
hasCounterpart Trotting Triple Crown
surface form: U.S. Trotting Triple Crown
inceptionYear 1956
locationOfComponentRace Cane Pace at various U.S. tracks
Delaware County Fair
surface form: Little Brown Jug at Delaware County Fairgrounds, Ohio

Yonkers Raceway
surface form: Messenger Stakes at Yonkers Raceway
notableRace Cane Pace
Little Brown Jug
Messenger Stakes
notableVenue Delaware County Fairgrounds
Yonkers Raceway
numberOfRaces 3
participantSpecies Standardbred horse
raceCategory Grade I equivalent
raceFormat harness race behind a sulky
raceType standardbred race
rarity rarely achieved
region North America
reputation one of harness racing’s highest honors
similarTo Trotting Triple Crown
sport harness racing
sportCategory equestrian sport
status prestigious
surface dirt
trackType harness track

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Yonkers Raceway partOfSeries Pacing Triple Crown
Messenger Stakes partOf Pacing Triple Crown
Little Brown Jug harness race series Pacing Triple Crown
subject surface form: Little Brown Jug
this entity surface form: Triple Crown of Pacing
Little Brown Jug series Pacing Triple Crown
Little Brown Jug tripleCrownLeg Pacing Triple Crown
this entity surface form: Pacing Triple Crown of Harness Racing