The Pepsi North America Cup is nearly here, and a total of 55 three-year-old pacers are eligible to be entered in the eliminations, which are scheduled for Saturday, June 9 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
The final sustaining payment for Canada’s richest harness race was due May 15 and payments for 55 of the previously 70 eligible sophomores were submitted.
This year’s Pepsi North America Cup originally attracted 90 nominations on February 15.
Award winners Lost In Time and Stay Hungry remain eligible after being the pre-season favourites following outstanding rookie campaigns.
The list of 55 also includes Courtly Choice, who is currently the fastest three-year-old in North America following a 1:48.4 victory Monday at Vernon Downs, and Lather Up, who was a dominant winner last Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park in 1:49.1.
Many of the eligible three-year-old pacers will get one final start in preparation for the eliminations in this Saturday’s (June 2) Somebeachsomewhere Stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Each elimination on June 9 will feature a purse of $50,000, and the top finishers will advance to the $1 million final on Saturday, June 16.
The full list of remaining eligible horses to this year’s Pepsi North America Cup appears below.
AMERICAN HISTORY
ATOMIC SEELSTER
AVALON HANOVER
BABES DIG ME
BACKSTREET SHADOW
BEACHIN LINDY
BIG TALKING MAN
BURNING MIDNIGHT
CAPTAIN DEO
CASIMIR RICHIE P
CINNAMACK
CLOSING STATEMENT
COURTLY CHOICE
DECLAN SEELSTER
DONE WELL
DORSODURO HANOVER
DRAGON TIME
FASHIONONTHEBEACH
GD WESTERN JOE
GHOST DANCE
GRAND TETON
HAYDEN HANOVER
HITMAN HILL
KARPATHIAN KID
KWIK TALKIN
LATHER UP
LEVIS DAY
LOST IN TIME
MAJOR AUTHORITY
MISSION THREE
NUTCRACKER SWEET
ODDS ON LAUDERDALE
PEDRO HANOVER
POINTS NORTH
PRO BEACH
ROOTIN TOOTIN
SEEING EYE SINGLE
SHADOW MOON
SHNITZLEDOSOMETHIN
SOMETIMESAWINNER
SPORTS LEGEND
SPRINGSTEEN
ST LADS NEPTUNE
STAY HUNGRY
SUMMER TRAVEL
TALBOTCREEKWHISKEY
TOPVILLE OLYMPIAN
TORRIN HANOVER
TRUMP THAT
TURBO HILL
TWIN B TUFFENUFF
VENOM
WES DELIGHT
WHEN YOU DANCE
WHOS BETTER
Total Nominations: 79
Horses Sustained after March 15: 75
Horses Sustained After April 15: 70
(Woodbine Entertainment)