Trot Magazine 2014 Pepsi North America Cup Spring Book

NA Cup Contender Update

‎Six of the 10 horses listed in Trot's 2014 Pepsi North America Cup Spring Book are racing in Saturday's Somebeachsomewhere divisions at Mohawk Racetrack. Where are the other four?

2014 NA Cup Spring Book Odds

For the past several years, Trot Magazine's Pepsi North America Cup Spring Book has served as an initial barometer as to the colts and geldings that may be in the running for the richest prize in Cana...

Trot N.A. Cup Spring Book #1

"He’s just probably the fittest horse you could ever look at and he’s born that way. So anytime I say go, I know he’s ready to go."

Trot N.A. Cup Spring Book #2

"He's so strong, he felt so strong even this morning...he just did it so easy, his legs were all cold when we were putting him away, his feet are cold...all the good signs were there."

Trot N.A. Cup Spring Book #3

"This year, there's a bunch of horses that could say 'I'm The Best' but there's not anybody that can say 'I'm Definitely The Best."

Trot N.A. Cup Spring Book #5

"That's what makes me feel kinda good about our guy, too. He only had, really, three tough starts in a row...or what I would call 'tough'."

Arthur Blue Chip Sidelined

Last year's O'Brien Award winning two-year-old colt pacer Arthur Blue Chip has been sidelined and will miss the 2014 Pepsi North America Cup.

Trot N.A. Cup Spring Book #6

"He's quick. I think, more than anything, he just loves his work. When he's on a helmet and you tip him out, there's nothing stopping him. It doesn't matter who's on the front end; he's going to try t...

Trot N.A. Cup Spring Book #7

"At the end of last year he was starting to get a bit too racy. When we first got him he was lazy and then he started to go the other way."

Trot N.A. Cup Spring Book #8

"He got mean, and all of a sudden he wants to come over the gate and charge at people. He's just got too much energy pent up inside of him."

Trot N.A. Cup Spring Book #9

"He's really just such a level-headed colt. He's really professional, he's a happy colt and easy on himself...he's fine in the paddock, fine when you jog him, fine when you train him. He's got such a ...

Trot N.A. Cup Spring Book #10

The countdown to the 2014 North America Cup is on, with Trot Magazine profiling the horses predicted to be the top contenders for Canadian harness racing's richest prize.