Trot Magazine 2012 Pepsi North America Cup Spring Book

Full 2012 NA Cup Spring Book Odds

For the past few years, Trot Magazine's Pepsi North America Cup Spring Book has served as an initial barometer as to what colts and geldings may be in the running for the richest prize in North Americ...

Trot NA Cup Spring Book - #1

"We really like racing up here, it's nice to have a crowd and have people watching the races. It makes it better, makes it feel more like a sport.

Trot NA Cup Spring Book - #2

"He’s just going to get better - that’s all. I think he’s going to be a faster and stronger horse this year. I know he’s bigger."

Trot NA Cup Spring Book - #3

"The biggest change will be with me. When I realized he had a lot of talent, I played things safe. This year I'd like to train him harder, shoe him different and even race him a little more aggressive...

Trot NA Cup Spring Book - #4

The highest-priced yearling of 2010 comes into his three-year-old season with lofty expectations and hopes of repeating million-dollar magic

Trot NA Cup Spring Book - #5

”His attitude seems much the same as it was last year, but he’s filled out a little bit from last year. He was gelded last year and lost a bit of weight and the hard racing schedule he had didn’t let...

Trot NA Cup Spring Book - #6

"The front hopple just snapped and flew off and the colt kept pacing right through the wire. I saw something fly by me and wasn't sure what it was. It was the freakiest thing I've seen."

Trot NA Cup Spring Book - #7

He's staked to enough but the North America Cup is a race you'd love to win. He's got plenty of options but that race is the pinnacle, for sure."

Trot NA Cup Spring Book - #8

"When they come out, they're going so fast right off the bat. These days horses will have to go in 1:50 or 1:51 in their first start."

Trot NA Cup Spring Book - #9

"He was kind of a colt that came along a little late in training as a two-year-old. He wasn't one of my favourites early on but as time developed and he started working on the racetrack, he definitely...

Trot NA Cup Spring Book - #10

"He did more than I thought he would as a two-year-old, he was kind of a growthy, gangly horse...he's really grown up this year."