With the date for the 2023 Pepsi North America Cup eliminations less than two weeks away and the final major prep coming up this weekend, the picture of the three-year-old pacers aiming for and looking to factor in the pursuit of Canadian harness racing's biggest prize is getting much clearer.
This year's edition of the $1 million Pepsi North America Cup will be contested on Saturday, June 17 at Woodbine Mohawk Park in Campbellville, Ont. Eliminations will be carded one week prior on June 10, but a number of those NA Cup contenders will be in action this Saturday (June 3) in divisions of the Somebeachsomewhere Stakes.
Here are the horses that are still Cup-eligible as of the April 15 sustaining payment and have raced or are in-to-go as of May 29, 2023.
Of note: 53 sophomore pacers were kept eligible to Somebeachsomewhere.
Ace Of Aces - raced on May 27 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, winning in 1:51.4.
Act Fast - raced on May 28 at Northfield Park and finished second, individually timed in 1:51.3.
Admiral Hill - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished fourth, individually timed in 1:50.1.
Ammo - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished second, individually timed in 1:49.2.
Annapolis Hanover - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished second, individually timed in 1:48.3.
Ants Marching - raced on May 20 at The Meadowlands and finished fourth, individually timed in 1:52.
Bamboozler - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished second, individually timed in 1:49.3.
Base Stealer - raced on May 20 at Harrah's Hoosier Park and finished third, individually timed in 1:52.1; entered to race on May 29 at Hoosier.
Blue Hunt - raced on May 20 at The Meadowlands and finished fifth, individually timed in 1:52.
Blue Lou - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished seventh, individually timed in 1:52.4.
Brookdale Miki - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished sixth, individually timed in 1:52.3.
Brue Hanover - raced on May 27 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished third, individually timed in 1:52.
Bugaboo Lou - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished seventh, individually timed in 1:50.2.
Cannibal - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania, winning in 1:48.3.
Cant Stop Lou - raced on May 13 at The Meadows and finished eighth, individually timed in 1:54.
Christchurch - raced on May 19 at The Meadowlands, winning in 1:49.3
Combustion - qualified on May 27 at The Meadowlands, winning in 1:52.2.
Confederate - raced on May 27 at The Meadowlands, winning in 1:50.1.
Day Trader - raced on May 13 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished second, individually timed in 1:51.3.
Downrightdelicious - raced on May 23 at Yonkers, winning in 1:52.4.
Dupree Hanover - raced on May 19 at The Meadowlands and finished second, individually timed in 1:50.
El Rey - raced on May 20 at The Meadowlands and finished second, individually timed in 1:51.2.
Ervin Hanover - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania, winning in 1:49.2.
Full Horse - raced on May 26 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished second, individually timed in 1:52.4.
Fulton - raced on May 21 at Pocono, winning in 1:50.2.
Ghost Shark - raced on May 20 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished eighth, individually timed in 1:54.1.
Girldad - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished second, individually timed in 1:49.3.
Gung Ho - raced on May 27 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished eighth, individually timed in 1:51.2.
Handlelikeaporsche - raced on May 27 at The Meadowlands and finished seventh, individually timed in 1:51.4.
Hungry Angel Boy - raced on May 19 at The Meadowlands and finished third, individually timed in 1:50.3.
Hungry Man - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania, winning in 1:49.
Huntinthelastdolar - raced on May 20 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished ninth, individually timed in 1:53.1.
Ikes Dream - raced on May 27 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, winning in 1:52.1.
Im Hungry - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished seventh, individually timed in 1:49.4.
Its My Show - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania, winning in 1:49.1.
Just Bet It All - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished fourth, individually timed in 1:50.
Kaptain Karlos - qualified on April 29 at The Meadowlands and finished sixth, individually timed in 1:53.4.
Kopi Luwak - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished eighth, charted as bled, individually timed in 1:50.3.
Laz - raced on May 27 at The Meadowlands and finished sixth, individually timed in 1:51.3.
Loubet - raced on May 21 at Pocono and finished sixth, individually timed in 1:51.3.
Lyons Surfing - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished third, individually timed in 1:49.3.
Macs Delight - raced on May 21 at Harrah's Philadelphia and finished second, individually timed in 1:50.1.
Mamba - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished third, individually timed in 1:49.4.
Moment Is Here - raced on May 27 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, winning in 1:49.
Muskateer Hanover - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished fifth, individually timed in 1:51.3.
Nazare - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished eighth, individually timed in 1:50.1.
No Control - raced on May 19 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, winning in 1:50.3.
Notorious Hanover - raced on May 25 at Flamboro Downs and finished second, individually timed in 1:56.3.
Racing Rampage - raced on May 6 at Miami Valley and finished second, individually timed in 1:51.3.
Redwood Hanover - raced on May 20 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, winning in 1:51.4.
Santana Hanover - raced on May 20 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished eighth, individually timed in 1:52.4.
Save America - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania, winning in 1:48.1 -- co-fastest mile by a sophomore pacer this year.
Seven Colors - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania, winning in 1:48.1 -- co-fastest mile by a sophomore pacer this year.
Sheer Terror - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished fifth, individually timed in 1:50.3.
Sounds Good - raced on May 20 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished eleventh, individually timed in 1:53.2.
South Point - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished sixth, individually timed in 1:51.
Stockade Seelster - raced on May 20 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished second, individually timed in 1:51.2.
Stormalong - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished fifth, charted as bled, individually timed in 1:49.3.
Tarquinus Hanover - qualified on May 26 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished fourth, individually timed in 1:56.3.
The Golden Jet - raced on May 20 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished sixth, individually timed in 1:52.1.
Thong Control - raced on May 27 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished fifth, individually timed in 1:52.3.
Tickertape Hanover - qualified on May 27 at The Meadowlands and finished second, individually timed in 1:52.4.
Tignanello - raced on May 19 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished eighth after a break, individually timed in 1:55.4.
Tip Top Cat - raced on May 28 at Harrah's Pennsylvania and finished third, individually timed in 1:48.4.
Twin B Seamonster - raced on May 25 at Scioto Downs and finished fourth, individually timed in 1:54.1.
Verdun - raced on May 27 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, winning in 1:51.
Vici - raced on May 27 at The Meadowlands and finished second, individually timed in 1:50.4.
Voukefalas - raced on May 27 at The Meadowlands, winning in 1:49.4.
Warrawee Yankee - raced on May 27 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished seventh, individually timed in 1:53.1.
Watchmaker - qualified on April 21 at Southern Oaks Training Centre and finished third, individually timed in 1:51.2.
Whatchulookin At - raced on May 20 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished fourth, individually timed in 1:52.
Winmebak - raced on May 27 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished ninth, individually timed in 1:51.2.
Write Me A Rose - raced on May 20 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, winning in 1:51.2.
(Photos, clockwise from top left, Its My Show [Chris Tully], Moment Is Here [New Image Media], Seven Colors [Chris Tully] and Save America [New Image Media])