Woodbine Entertainment today announced 86 three-year-old pacers have been nominated to this year’s $1 million Pepsi North America Cup.
This year’s Pepsi North America Cup, scheduled for Saturday, June 17 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, will mark the 40th edition of Canada’s most prestigious pacing event.
The total of 86 nominees is up significantly from 61 last year (2022) and is the highest number since 2010 (89). The record for highest number of nominations is 133 (2009).
O’Brien and Dan Patch Award winner Stockade Seelster leads the group of 86 nominees. The Dr. Ian Moore-trained colt won eight of 11 starts, including the $900,000 Metro Pace, to finish his rookie season with $917,470 in earnings for owners Sally MacDonald and Paul MacDonald.
The last horse to win the Metro Pace at age two and Pepsi North America Cup at age three was Tall Dark Stranger in 2020.
Other notable stakes winners nominated to this year’s Cup include Ammo (Breeders Crown), Confederate (Kentucky Sires Stakes), El Rey (Governor’s Cup) and Save America (Champlain).
The first sustaining payment for this year’s Pepsi North America Cup is due March 15. Sustaining payments will also follow on April 15 and May 15. The eliminations are scheduled for Saturday, June 10.
Woodbine will release the nominees and numbers for all of its major stakes in 2023 on Tuesday.
The full list of nominees to this year’s Pepsi North America Cup is below.
ACE OF ACES
ACT FAST
ADMIRAL HILL
ALL ATTITUDE
AMMO
ANNAPOLIS HANOVER
ANTS MARCHING
BAMBOOZLER
BARRETT HANOVER
BASE STEALER
BLUE HUNT
BLUE LOU
BROOKDALE MIKI
BRUE HANOVER
BUGABOO LOU
CANNIBAL
CANT STOP LOU
CAPTAIN AWESOME
CAPTAIN Q
CHRISTCHURCH
COMBUSTION
CONFEDERATE
CRUISE HANOVER
DAY TRADER
DOWNRIGHTDELICIOUS
DUPREE HANOVER
EL REY
ERVIN HANOVER
FULL HORSE
FULTON
GHOST SHARK
GIRLDAD
GUNG HO
HANDLELIKEAPORSCHE
HIGH VOLTAGE DEO
HUNGRY ANGEL BOY
HUNGRY MAN
HUNTINTHELASTDOLAR
IKES DREAM
IM HUNGRY
ITS MY SHOW
JUST BET IT ALL
KAPTAIN KARLOS
KOPI LUWAK
LAZ
LOUBET
LYONS SURFING
MACS DELIGHT
MAMBA
MOMENT IS HERE
MOUNT CALVARY
MUSKATEER HANOVER
NAZARE
NO CONTROL
NOTORIOUS HANOVER
ON THE REGULAR
RACING RAMPAGE
REDWOOD HANOVER
SANTANA HANOVER
SAVE AMERICA
SEVEN COLORS
SHADOWS TERROR
SHEER TERROR
SOUNDS GOOD
SOUTH POINT
STOCKADE SEELSTER
STORMALONG
TARQUINUS HANOVER
THE GOLDEN JET
THONG CONTROL
TICKERTAPE HANOVER
TIGNANELLO
TIME STAND STILL
TIP TOP CAT
TRUMPSTER BLUES
TWIN B NATION
TWIN B SEAMONSTER
VERDUN
VICI
VOUKEFALAS
WARRAWEE YALE
WARRAWEE YANKEE
WATCHMAKER
WHATCHULOOKIN AT
WINMEBAK
WRITE ME A ROSE
(Woodbine)