The Windy City Pace is a harness race for 3-year-old Standardbred pacing horses. It has been run annually since 1983 at Maywood Park

Maywood Park

Maywood Park is located in Melrose Park, Illinois, United States, 17 miles from Chicago. It is used for harness racing. It has a capacity of 33,297 people and was built in 1946...

 in Melrose Park, Illinois

Melrose Park, Illinois

Melrose Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a "near-in" suburb of Chicago. The population was 23,171 at the 2000 census. Melrose Park has long been home to a large Italian-American population, though now it is majority Mexican-American. It was the home of Kiddieland...

, a suburb

Suburb

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 of Chicago.

The race was originally run during Maywood's spring meet, but since 1991 the race has been run during the fall meet. In past years, elimination heats were required to determine the finalists for the main race. The race is the top race of a program that also features Mayood's other top stakes, the Abe Lincoln], the Galt, and the Cinderella.

Among the notable runnings of the Windy City was the 1987 race, where Bomb Rickles won the final at odds of 190-1.

Past winners

Year	Horse	Driver	Time
1983	Trim the Tree	Dick Macomber	01:57.10
1984	Carls Bid	Carl Allen	01:56.30
1985	Pinocchio	Neal Shapiro	01:56:00
1986	Incredible Finale	Tom Harmer	01:53.30
1987	Bomb Rickles	Neal Shapiro	01:56.20
1988	Wealthy Skipper	Walter Paisley	01:55:00
1989	Just the Ticket	Lavern Hostetler	01:56.10
1990	Jake and Elwood	Herve Filion	01:57.20
1991	Precious Bunny	Jack Moiseyev	01:57:00
1992	Western Hanover	Bill Fahy	01:55:00
1993	Presidential Ball	Jack Moiseyev	01:54.20
1994	Pacific Rocket	Jack Moiseyev	01:53:00
1995	Village Connection	Paul MacDonell	01:53.40
1996	Oye Vay	Doug Brown	01:54.10
1997	Arturo	Dave Palone	01:54.20
1998	Take Down the Flag	Paul MacDonell	01:53.30
1999	Looking for Art	Eric Ledford	01:54.20
2000	Camotion	Dale Hiteman	01:51.40
2001	Rattle & Rock	Ryan Anderson	01:51.40
2002	Three Olives	John Campbell	01:52.40
2003	Allamerican Captor	Luc Ouellette	01:52.20
2004	Western Terror	Brian Sears	01:53.40
2005	Thin Blue Line	Michael Oosting	01:52.30
2006	Jereme’s Jet	Dave Magee	01:52.20
2007	Booze Cruzin	Sam Widger	01:51.30
2008	Shadow Play	David Miller	01:50.40