Field set for $1 million 2026 Pepsi North America Cup

By Standardbred Canada · 10 June 2026 · 5:19 am

Post positions were drawn for the 43rd edition of the $1 million Pepsi North America Cup (Grade 1) on Tuesday, June 9 at a press conference at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

The North America Cup will headline a star-studded graded stakes card of harness racing this Saturday, June 13 at Mohawk.

Three-year-old pacers Odds On Mr Mamba and Sweet Lovin Lou won their respective Cup eliminations last Saturday, June 6 and earned the opportunity to draw for posts two through six for the 10-horse final. After the elimination winners received their posts, the remaining horses and post positions were drawn.

The complete field is listed below in post position order.

$1 million Pepsi North America Cup (Grade 1)
Post – Horse (Sire)- Listed Driver – Trainer
1. Melillo (Sweet Lou) – Ronnie Wrenn Jr. – Ron Burke
2. Redland Rocket Man (Bulldog Hanover)- Louis-Philippe Roy – John Pentland
3. Odds On Mr Mamba (Odds On Equuleus)- James MacDonald – Melanie Wrenn
4. Sweet Lovin Lou (Sweet Lou)- Scott Zeron – Dan Lagace
5. Beau Jangles (Cattlewash)- Bob McClure – Dr. Ian Moore
6. Lindy Dragonwater (Downbytheseaside)- Ronnie Wrenn Jr. – Ron Burke
7. Azrael Blue Chip (Perfect Sting) – Andrew McCarthy – Besim Odza
8. Al Papi (Papi Rob Hanover) – Yannick Gingras – Ron Burke
9. No Waitlist (Cattlewash)- Doug McNair – Blake MacIntosh
10. Brandon Blvd (Downbytheseaside)- Dexter Dunn – Andrew Harris

Doors open at 5 p.m. and post time for the Cup card at Mohawk is 6:30 p.m.

The lucrative undercard will include the Grade 1 filly companion stakes, the $420,000 Fan Hanover Stakes, along with the $320,000 Roses Are Red Stakes (Grade 1) for older pacing mares, $240,000 Goodtimes Stakes (Grade 2) for three-year-old trotting colts, $215,000 Armbro Flight Stakes (Grade 2) for older trotting mares. Those stakes fields and Saturday’s complete entries will be available by clicking here.

Click here for recaps and replays of the eliminations contested on Saturday, June 6.

A replay of the North America Cup post position draw is available below.