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.USTA Harness Racing Newsroom July 20, 2007 article titled "Field set for Ben Franklin Pace" Retrieved October 11, 2016
Historical race events Boulder Creek set a new track record time of 1:48 3/5 in winning the 2007 inaugural race. USTA July 22, 2007 article titled Boulder Creek nips Lis Mara in Ben Franklin Retrieved October 11, 2016
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. 2016 Woodlands Stud profile of Sweet Lou Retrieved October 15, 2016
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.Standardbred Canada July 2, 2016 article titled Always Be Miki Equals World Record November 27, 2016
Records Most wins by a driver 3 – Tim Tetrick (2007, 2008, 2010)
Most wins by a trainer 2 – Jimmy Takter (2010, 2016) & Ron Burke (2013, 2014)
Stakes record 1:47 0/0 – Sweet Lou (2014) - new World Record 1:47 0/0 – Always B Miki (2016) - equaled World Record
Ben Franklin Free-For-All Pace winners Year Winner Age Driver Trainer Owner Time Purse2016Always B Miki5David MillerJimmy TakterBluewood Stable, Roll The Dice Stable, Christina E. Takter1:47 0/0$500,0002015Luck Be Withyou4George Napolitano, Jr.Chris OakesJohn Craig1:49 0/0$500,0002014Sweet Lou5Ron PierceRon BurkeBurke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Lawrence Karr, Phillip Collura1:47 0/0$500,0002013Foiled Again9Yannick GingrasRon BurkeBurke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Lawrence Karr, Phillip Collura1:49 2/5$500,0002012Betterthancheddar4George Brennan Casie ColemanSteve Calhoun & West Wins Stable1:48 0/0$500,0002011We Will See4Ron PierceSam DePintoShannon DePinto, Earl Smith, Jerry Silva1:48 4/5$500,0002010Vintage Master4Tim TetrickJimmy TakterBrittany Farms & Brian Monieson Trust1:49 0/0$500,0002009Mister Big6Brian SearsVirgil Morgan, Jr.Joseph Muscara, Sr.1:48 0/0$500,0002008Artistic Fella5Tim TetrickSteve ElliottJoseph Alborano1:48 0/0$500,0002007Boulder Creek7Tim TetrickMark SilvaClifford Siegel, Lee Wasserman, John Fodera 1:48 3/5$300,000
References
External links Always B Miki winning the June 25, 2016 Ben Franklin Free-For-All Pace elimination YouTube video of Always B Miki winning the July 2, 2016 Ben Franklin Free-For-All Pace final