Harness: 56 remain eligible to North America Cup
The connections of 56 three-year-old pacers have made the first sustaining payment to remain eligible to the 34th Pepsi North America Cup.
The $1 million Pepsi North America Cup is Canada’s richest harness race and will take place on Saturday, June 17 at Mohawk Racetrack.
A total of 60 three-year-olds were originally nominated and all but four have been kept eligible through the first sustaining payment.
Ray Schnittker trainee Huntsville and Brian Brown's Downbytheseaside headline the group of eligible 3-year-olds. Both colts are sired by 2008 Pepsi North America Cup champion Somebeachsomewhere and both set World Records during their rookie campaigns.
2016 Metro Pace winner Beyond Delight, who is trained by Tony O’Sullivan, is another notable pacer on the list eligible sophomores. The son of Bettor's Delight won the O’Brien Award as Canada’s top 2-year-old pacing colt in 2016.
The eliminations for this year’s Pepsi North America Cup will take place on Saturday, June 10. The $1 million final will take place the following week.
The next sustaining payment for the Pepsi North America Cup is due April 15. The fee is $1,000 CAD or $715 USD.
Below is the list of current eligible pacers to the 2017 Pepsi North America Cup.
AIR STRIKE
AMERICAN SPORTSMAN
ARSENAL SEELSTER
ART SCENE
BEACH HOUSE
BECKHAMS Z TAM
BETTORS DREAM
BETTOR'S WESTERN
BEYOND DELIGHT
BLOOD LINE
CALVIN K
CLASSIC PRO
CLOUSEAU HANOVER
DARLING'S DRAGON
DIAL THE BOSSMAN
DOWNBYTHESEASIDE
DRAGNET ALERT
EDDARD HANOVER
FEAR THE DRAGON
FILIBUSTER HANOVER
HENRY THE DRAGON
HUNTSVILLE
HURRICANE BEACH
IDEAL WHEEL
LAWRENCETOWN BEACH
LINDYTHEFOURTEENTH
LYONS WELSH PRIDE
LYONS WILLIAM
MAC ATTACK
MAC'S JACKPOT
MAJOR MOE
MC MACH
MISO FAST
MR VARSITY
NORMANDY BEACH
OCEAN COLONY
ODDS ON DELRAY
OZONE BLUE CHIP
PERFECTLY CLOSE
PHOTOBOMBR HANOVER
R J P
RICHARD HILL
ROCK IT SCOTT
ROCK THIS WAY
SANTAFE'S COACH
SOME ATTITUDE
SPORTS COLUMN
STEALTH BOMBER
STREAKAVANA
TALBOT ROMEO
THREE MORE SMILES
TWIN B COWBOY
WESTERN HILL
WHO SAID NOT TO
WINDSONG NAPOLEON
YOUNG DRUNK PUNK
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