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• Senior Kyrsten Shawah was two shots off the pace with a 73.
  — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 20 May 2021
• England’s Charley Hull and Georgia Hall were two shots off the pace.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2021
• The colt is quick enough to lead races from the start but versatile enough to be able to sit off the pace and pass horses in the stretch.
  — Larry Stumes, SFChronicle.com, 2 Oct. 2020
• Practical Move is nicely placed in the 10, a good spot for a horse that runs just off the pace, and Reincarnate is the 7.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
• The field is jammed with horses comfortable stalking, just off the pace.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2020
• Six others, including Cal alum Max Homa, were two off the pace.
  — Michael Wagaman, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2021
• Cindric led early on, fell off the pace after the weather delay, then charged back toward the front about two-thirds of the way through the race.
  — Steve Megargee, Star Tribune, 8 Aug. 2020
• Pliskova, who wore strapping on her left thigh, was off the pace in the women's final as Halep raced through the first set in just 20 minutes.
  — George Ramsay, CNN, 21 Sep. 2020
• Richard Carapaz finished third overall, 7:03 off the pace.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2021
• The Tigers, too, have been off the pace the past two seasons, so the first order of business is for Kelly to win this opener less than 100 miles from campus.
  — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022
• Pegasus Turf will a late rally after running wide and from well off the pace.
  — Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• Birnbaum was way off the pace on the first lap, but mounted a series push over the final 300, went wide on the home straight to catch a diving Watcke at the finish line.
  — oregonlive, 9 July 2023
• Notably, the last horse to win from the No. 1 gate was 37 years ago when Ferdinand came from well off the pace under Bill Shoemaker.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 1 May 2023
• Notably, the last horse to win from the No. 1 gate was 37 years ago when Ferdinand came from well off the pace under Bill Shoemaker.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 1 May 2023
• The Blues are 13 points off the pace being set by Arsenal at the top of the Premier League and are languishing firmly in mid-table.
  — Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• Nashville got a good break and easily got the lead with Charlatan setting up just off the pace on his outside.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2020
• Frenchman Guillaume Martin is third, 28 seconds off the pace.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2020
• One month down, there’s a three-team tie for first place (Oregon and the Arizona schools) followed by three more teams (Stanford and the Mountain schools) just one game off the pace in the loss column.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
• How Red Bull closed that gap is the story of a team in need that had won four championships to start the 2010s, only to fall off the pace during the years of Mercedes dominance.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2021
• Nix had been a Heisman contender before an ankle injury in a loss to Washington knocked him off the pace.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 28 Dec. 2022
• Conversely, drawing in the middle or toward the outside is better for horses that come from off the pace.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 1 May 2023
• Zandon prefers coming from off the pace, bringing more variables into the equation.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 6 May 2022
• Nemechek rallied to finish third after losing power in his Toyota Tundra to fall a lap off the pace at the start of the second stage.
  — Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Feb. 2021
• After an inspiring preseason, though, Obrian seemed off the pace in MLS.
  — Jon Arnold, Dallas News, 27 Sep. 2022
• Sunday’s result: Freedom Flyer sat perfectly off the pace under the expert handling of Umberto Rispoli, who flew late to win by a length to win at 4-1 and pay $10.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2021
• In part, the prediction gets better because weaker runners drop off the pace as their anaerobic capacity hits zero.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2021
• His Mercedes team, Formula One’s eight-time defending constructors’ champion and arguably the greatest dynasty in modern sports history, wasn’t just off the pace.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 23 Feb. 2023
• The White House on Friday said six million doses of coronavirus vaccines had been held up because of snowstorms across the country, creating a backlog affecting every state and throwing off the pace of vaccination appointments over the next week.
  — New York Times, 19 Feb. 2021

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024