58 nominated to the $1m Pepsi North America Cup

Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) today announced that 58 harness racing three-year-old pacers have been nominated to the 33rd edition of the Pepsi North America Cup.

The $1 million Pepsi North America Cup, the richest race in Canadian harness racing, will be contested on Saturday, June 18 at Mohawk Racetrack.

The group of 58 eligible three-year-olds is led by O'Brien Award winner Control The Moment. The Brad Maxwell trainee won eight of nine starts as a rookie, including the $685,000 Metro Pace, for earnings of $461,457.

Control The Moment sports a sub-1:50 lifetime mark, as he captured the Metro Pace in 1:49.4.

Dan Patch Award winner Boston Red Rocks also headlines the list of nominees. The Steve Elliott trainee finished off his two-year-old campaign with victories in the Breeders Crown at Woodbine and the Governor's Cup at The Meadowlands.

Boston Red Rocks won four of nine starts, while never finishing off the board, for earnings of $669,918.

Ontario Sires Stakes stars Betting Line (1:51.4 – $540,422), Nvestment Bluechip (1:51.1 – $367,153) and Voracity (1:51.2 – $298,769) are all eligible to the 'Cup', while New York Sire Stakes champion Travel Playlist (1:49.2 – $252,868) is also one of the 58 nominees.

Sustaining payments to the Pepsi North America Cup are due March 15, April 15 and May 16. Eliminations for the Pepsi North America Cup are scheduled for Saturday, June 11.

Nominations have also been collected for several major WEG stakes events.

World champion Southwind Frank headlines a group of 77 three-year-old trotters nominated to the $700,000 Canadian Trotting Classic.

O'Brien Award winner Caprice Hill and Dan Patch Award winner Broadway Donna are two of 98 three-year-old trotting fillies nominated to the $400,000 Elegantimage.

Superstar pacing fillies L A Delight and Pure Country lead a group of 63 nominees to the $480,000 Fan Hanover for three-year-old pacing fillies.

The nominations are also in for the two-year-old Fall Four Stakes.

The $565,000 Governor's Cup for two-year-old pacers has attracted 199 nominees, while 200 two-year-old pacing fillies have been nominated to the $425,000 Three Diamonds.

The $525,000 Valley Victory for two-year-old trotters received 185 nominations, while 184 two-year-old trotting fillies compile the list of nominees to the $465,000 Goldsmith Maid.

To view the full list of nominees to these WEG stakes events and more, click here.

The list of nominees to the Alliance Racetrack stakes events, including the Confederation Cup and Battle of Waterloo, can also be found by clicking the above link.

Here is the full list of nominees to the Pepsi North America Cup.

ALL THE COOKIES

AMERICAN PASSPORT

ARSENIC

BEAST MODE

BETTING LINE

BETTOR MEMORIES

BIG TOP HANOVER

BOSTON RED ROCKS

BROOKDALE SONNY

CHECK SIX

CONTROL THE MOMENT

CRUISE PATROL

DO OVER HANOVER

DR J HANOVER

DREAMFAIR MESA

EASY LOVER HANOVER

FANCOURT

FLAHERTY

GOOD LIVING

HIGHLANDBEACHYCOVE

IDEAL ROCKY

IM SOME GRADUATE

INSPIRATION VIEW

JDS CHANCEY DESIGN

KATIES ROCKER

KOKANEE SEELSTER

LYONS SNYDER

MACS STAR

MAGNUM J

MAJOR HILL

MANHATTANBEACH

MAX IS BACK

MICHAELS VICTORY

MINDTRIP

MYSTICAL ROCK

NEW TALENT

NOCTURNAL BLUECHIP

NVESTMENT BLUECHIP

PERSEVERANT

PRETTY BOY HILL

RACING HILL

REAL KID

ROCK POWER

ROLLAROUNDTHEWORLD

SANTAFES PRINCE

SOME GOLD

STONEBRIDGEBEACH

SUTTON SEELSTER

TAP INTO POWER

THE CATAMOUNT KID

THINK ON IT

TOM HILL

TOTALLY GREAT

TRAVEL PLAYLIST

UNCLE NICKY

VORACITY

WICHITA LINEMAN

WORTHY ART

Number of nominees: 58

Mark McKelvie