Woodbine Entertainment has released its latest update of eligible horses for this year’s $1 million Pepsi North America Cup.
A total of 68 three-year-old pacers remain eligible to Canada’s richest harness race following the April 15 sustaining payment. Award-winners Stag Party and Captain Crunch continue to headline the list of eligible sophomores.
A son of Bettors Delight, Stag Party turned in his season-debut qualifier Friday morning at Woodbine Mohawk Park, winning in 1:56.3 over a sloppy track. The Casie Coleman trainee won six of nine starts and made $669,489 during his rookie campaign, which included a victory in the $890,000 Metro Pace.
Nancy Johnasson trainee Captain Crunch is entered to qualify for the second time this season on Saturday morning at The Meadowlands. The son of Captaintreacherous won a qualifier on April 20 in a stunning 1:50.1, pacing a :25.2 final-quarter.
Captain Crunch won six of 10 starts and made $628,642 during his two-year-old season, which included victories in the Breeders Crown and Governor’s Cup.
The third and final sustaining payment for the Pepsi North America Cup is due May 15.
The $1 million Pepsi North America Cup is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 15. Eliminations will take place a week prior on Saturday, June 8.
Woodbine Entertainment will be releasing more event details for this year’s Pepsi North America Cup at the start of next week.
Below is the full list of remaining eligible horses to this year’s Pepsi North America Cup.
AFLAME HANOVER
AIR FORCE HANOVER
ARTIES IDEAL
AUTHENTIC HANOVER
BEST IN SHOW
BETTORS WISH
BLACKLIGHT
BLANK CANVAS
BLOOD MONEY
BRONX SEELSTER
BUDDY HILL
CALVERY HILL
CAPITANO ITALIANO
CAPTAIN AHAB
CAPTAIN CRUNCH
CAPTAIN NASH
CAPTAIN TREVOR
CAPTAIN VICTORIOUS
CAVIART ROCKLAND
CAVIART STETSON
CENTURY FARROH
CHINATOWN BEACH
COVERED BRIDGE
CRIMSON AND CHROME
CRUISE CAPTAIN
CRUSHER Q
DANCIN LOU
DE LOS CIELOS DEO
FABRICE HANOVER
FAST N FIRST
FIXED IDEA
GOLDBERG
HURRIKANE EMPEROR
JESSICAS BEACH BOY
JOHN MAC
LATISSIMUS HANOVER
LIVINONTHEBEACH
LOVE ME SOME LOU
LYONS JOHNNYJNR
LYONS NIGHT HAWK
LYONS PEGASUS
MACS POWER
MAJOR DECEPTION
MELODIES MAJOR
MOHAWK SEELSTER
MONEY NEVER RESTS
NO MAS AMOR
PERKINS
PROOF
PYRO
QUATRAIN BLUE CHIP
QUICKSTAR BLUECHIP
RADLEY HANOVER
SEMI TOUGH
SHADOW OF A DAUT
SHAKE THAT HOUSE
SPORTS JACKET
STAG PARTY
STIENAMS BEACH
SUGAR FACTORY
THE REGULATOR
TWIN B JAYS
TYGA HANOVER
VAN DIESEL
VOLLEY BALL BEACH
WORKIN ONA MYSTERY
WORLD ON EDGE
YACHT WEEK
Total Nominations: 82
Sustaining Payment #1: 78
Sustaining Payment #2: 68
(Woodbine)