No Waitlist has shown the ability to start strong. Now, he’s showing the ability to finish that way as well. And buoyed by his recent performances, his connections made the decision to pay $35,000 USD to supplement the colt to the Grade 1 Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids, presented by 1/ST BET, at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.

Two $25,000 USD eliminations will be held on Saturday, July 18 to determine the final nine-horse field for the 60th edition of the event for three-year-old pacers. The top four finishers in each elimination plus the fifth-place finisher with the highest lifetime earnings will advance to the $420,000 USD final on July 25 at The Meadows.

No Waitlist will compete in the second elimination, leaving from post one in a field of eight, with Doug McNair driving for trainer Blake MacIntosh. He is 6-1 on the morning line, fourth choice behind three colts who raced last week in the Meadowlands Pace: Al Papi (2-1), Melillo (4-1) and Sweet Lovin Lou (9-2).

Loua Dipa, the first filly entered in the Adios since With Thanks in 1969, is the 5-2 morning line favourite in the first elimination. The Ron Burke trainee is the No. 1-ranked horse in the sport’s weekly Top 10 poll. North America Cup winner Odds On Mr Mamba, another $35,000 USD supplemental entry, is the 7-2 second choice. He is ranked No. 5 in the Top 10.

In his two most recent starts following a ninth-place finish in the Grade 1 North America Cup on June 13 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, No Waitlist has finished third in an Ontario Sires Stakes Gold leg – beaten by only a half-length in 1:48.2 – and won a conditioned race from post nine at Mohawk by 1-3/4 lengths in 1:50. In the OSS start, his first since the addition of Lasix, No Waitlist led to the opening quarter in :25.4 before eventually finding himself fourth on the pylons turning for home. He made up three lengths in the stretch with a :26.2 last quarter

“We were disappointed in the North America Cup final, but we scoped him after the race and he had some traces of blood, so we put him on Lasix and his last two races have been great,” said MacIntosh, who trains No Waitlist for owner Tim Dickieson of Holland Centre, Ont. “He always used to get a little weak coming to the wire and the Lasix helped him. He showed he wanted to battle through and came home a little harder than he had in his previous races.”

No Waitlist, a son of Cattlewash-Walk On Air, has hit the board in six of nine races this year, winning two and banking $104,888 He has career earnings of $229,871 despite going winless as a two-year-old, thanks to picking up a cheque in 18 of 23 lifetime races.

“He’s underachieved a little, but he’s a big, beautiful colt,” said MacIntosh. “The best thing about him is his gate speed. He can get himself in position from any post and control what he has to do and where he’s going to be.”

No Waitlist, who has been first to the opening quarter in six of his past seven races (and was second in the remaining one), will look to find a good spot from his inside post in his Adios elimination on Saturday.

“We drew the right division, I feel; we got away from both 'Mamba' and Loua Dipa,” noted MacIntosh. “There’s still really good horses in there, but if we didn’t have confidence in him we wouldn’t have put up the $35,000. We think the Lasix has really helped him after the North America Cup, so we’re looking forward to the race.”

Al Papi and Melillo, both trained by Burke, finished second and fourth, respectively, in last week’s Meadowlands Pace, where they were only a head behind winner Brandon Blvd. Sweet Lovin Lou was fifth in the Pace, beaten by just a length.

Racing begins at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday at The Meadows. The Adios eliminations are races six and seven. For free past performances, click here.

The following are the fields for the eliminations with driver changes.

$25,000 USD Delvin Miller Adios Elimination #1 - Race 6
Post - Horse - Driver - Trainer - Morning Line Odds
1. Frantic Hanover - Tim Tetrick - Ron Burke - 5-1
2. Treacherous Lou - Andrew McCarthy - Robert Cleary - 8-1
3. Another C Note -  Yannick Gingras - Ron Burke - 4-1
4. Loua Dipa - Ronnie Wrenn Jr. - Ron Burke - 5-2
5. Stingman - Dave Palone - Rick Hercules - 6-1
6. Odds On Mr Mamba - James MacDonald - Melanie Wrenn - 7-2
7. Apocalypsebluechip - Todd McCarthy - Joe Bongiorno - 8-1

$25,000 USD Delvin Miller Adios Elimination #2 - Race 7
Post - Horse - Driver - Trainer - Morning Line Odds
1. No Waitlist - Doug McNair - Blake MacIntosh - 6-1
2. Southwind Spencer - Tim Tetrick - Doug Snyder - 10-1
3. Al Papi - Yannick Gingras - Ron Burke - 2-1
4. Thai Hanover - Jeremy Indof - Mitchell York - 8-1
5. Melillo - Ronnie Wrenn Jr. - Ron Burke - 4-1
6. Toast Of The Town - Todd McCarthy - Noel Daley - 8-1
7. Easy Breeze - Andrew McCarthy - Eddie Dennis - 10-1
8. Sweet Lovin Lou - Scott Zeron - Daniel Lagace - 9-2

(USTA; photo of No Waitlist winning on April 24 at Woodbine Mohawk Park)