Woodbine Entertainment has released the list of three-year-old pacers nominated to this year’s $1 million North America Cup at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
This year’s North America Cup, scheduled for Saturday, June 15, will be the 41st edition of Canada’s most prestigious harness race.
A total of 67 sophomore pacers have been nominated to this year’s event. That number is down from the 13-year high of 86 nominees last year and up from 61 nominees in 2022.
Local stars Legendary Hanover and Captains Quarters are two of the headliners from the nominations. Legendary Hanover (pictured above) narrowly defeated Captains Quarters in O’Brien Award voting for 2023 Two-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year.
Legendary Hanover won six of nine starts last season, including victories in the Champlain Stakes, Nassagaweya Stakes and Dream Maker Series. Captains Quarters made just five starts, finishing top three in all and posting two wins, including defeating his rival Legendary Hanover in the $970,000 Metro Pace.
Another standout nominee is Dan Patch Award winner Captain Albano, who won seven of nine starts, including the Pennsylvania Sires Stakes Championship. His season was capped off by a runner-up finish in the Breeders Crown to Gem Quality, who is also nominated to the Cup.
The list of Cup nominees also includes Storm Shadow (Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final winner), Captain Luke (Governor’s Cup winner), Better Is Nice (Kentucky Sires Stakes champion) and Clever Cody (Ohio Sires Stakes champion).
The first sustaining payment for this year’s North America Cup is due this Friday, March 15. Additional sustaining payments will follow on April 15 and May 15. The eliminations are scheduled for Saturday, June 8.
The full list of Cup nominees is available below.
To view the eligible horses for all of Woodbine’s 2024 major Standardbred stakes, click here.
A CLASS YANKEE
ALWAYS A THRILL
AT EASE HANOVER
BEST DAY
BETTER IS NICE
BOLD SPIRIT
BOOMING ECONOMY
CALICOJACK HANOVER
CAPTAIN ALBANO
CAPTAIN FEAR NOT
CAPTAIN LUKE
CAPTAINS QUARTERS
CENTURY KOMODO
CHAIN GANG
CHESTERMAN
CLEVER CODY
COURTSHIP
CRUSH KILL DESTROY
CUPID SHUFFLE
DO BETTER
DO MISCHIEF
ENFORCER
FUNTIME BAYAMA
GEM QUALITY
HONOLULU VACATION
HUGH HESTON
HUNDRED DOLLAR MAN
IM A CAPTAIN
ITS SATURDAY NIGHT
IVY PARK
JANELLE GRANNY
LEGENDARY HANOVER
LIKE A GLOVE
LOUS WORLD
LOU VUITTON
LYONS BENJAMIN
MAGNIFICO HANOVER
MANHAWK
MAXIM HANOVER
MIKI RAY
MINETT
MIRAGE HANOVER
NATURAL HISTORY
NEWSROOM
NIJINSKY
NUCLEAR
NUMBER CRUNCHER
REMEMBER THE ALAMO
ROSE RUN ZEKE
SINATRA HANOVER
SPECIAL MENU
SPY CRAFT
STAT THAT
STORM SHADOW
SUDDEN IMPACT
SUPPLEMENTAL FEE
THE DRAGON REBORN
T H MCMURRY
TOTAL STRANGER
TROPHY TAKER
TWIN B LOUDACRIS
UNRIVALED HANOVER
VANDIEMEN BLUECHIP
VINCENDI BLUE CHIP
WALLACE HARTLEY
WISHYOUWELL
ZEPPOLE HANOVER
(With files from Woodbine)