With the date for the 2023 Pepsi North America Cup eliminations just five weeks away, many of the three-year-old pacers aiming for Canadian harness racing's biggest prize have made on-track appearances and statements as they stake their claim for divisional dominance.
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.
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 7, 2023.
Ace Of Aces - qualified on May 5 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished fourth, individually timed in 1:56.3.
Act Fast - raced on May 6 at Miami Valley and finished second, individually timed in 1:50.3.
Admiral Hill - raced on May 6 at The Meadows and finished third, individually timed in 1:50.
Ammo - qualified on May 2 at Harrah's Philadelphia, winning in 1:51; entered to race on May 11 at Philly.
Annapolis Hanover - raced on May 6 at The Meadows, winning in 1:50.3.
Ants Marching - raced on May 5 at The Meadowlands and finished second, individually timed in 1:50.3.
Bamboozler - raced on May 6 at The Meadows, winning in 1:50.1.
Base Stealer - raced on May 4 at Plainridge Park and finished fifth after making a break, individually timed in 1:56.3.
Blue Hunt - raced on May 4 at Plainridge Park and finished second, individually timed in 1:51.
Blue Lou - qualified on April 25 at Harrah's Philadelphia and finished fifth, individually timed in 1:57.
Brookdale Miki - raced on May 6 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished sixth, individually timed in 1:50.4.
Brue Hanover - raced on May 6 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished sixth, individually timed in 1:51.3.
Bugaboo Lou - raced on May 6 at The Meadows and finished seventh, individually timed in 1:52.1.
Cannibal - qualified on May 5 at The Meadowlands and finished third, individually timed in 1:53.
Cant Stop Lou - raced on May 6 at The Meadows and finished seventh, individually timed in 1:55.1.
Christchurch - qualified on May 5 at The Meadowlands and finished third, individually timed in 1:51.3.
Confederate - qualified on May 2 at Harrah's Philadelphia and finished second, individually timed in 1:51.2.
Day Trader - raced on April 29 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished fourth, individually timed in 1:53.
Downrightdelicious - qualified on April 26 at Pocono, winning in 1:54.4; entered to race on May 9 at Yonkers
Dupree Hanover - qualified on May 5 at The Meadowlands, winning in 1:52.4.
Ervin Hanover - raced on May 6 at The Meadows and finished second, individually timed in 1:50.
Full Horse - raced on April 29 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished fifth, individually timed in 1:56.
Fulton - raced on May 6 at The Meadows, winning in 1:49.2.
Ghost Shark - raced on April 29 at Pocono and finished fifth, individually timed in 1:51.3.
Girldad - raced on May 6 at The Meadows, winning in 1:52.4
Gung Ho - raced on May 6 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, winning in 1:51.
Handlelikeaporsche - raced on May 6 at The Meadowlands and finished second, individually timed in 1:51.
Hungry Angel Boy - qualified on May 5 at The Meadowlands and finished second, individually timed in 1:52.4.
Hungry Man - qualified on May 5 at The Meadowlands and finished fifth, individually timed in 1:52.
Ikes Dream - raced on May 6 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished second, individually timed in 1:52.3.
Im Hungry - raced on May 6 at The Meadows and finished second, individually timed in 1:52.3.
Its My Show - raced on April 29 at The Meadowlands, winning in 1:51.1.
Just Bet It All - raced on May 6 at The Meadows and finished third, individually timed in 1:50.3.
Kaptain Karlos - qualified on April 29 at The Meadowlands and finished sixth, individually timed in 1:53.4.
Kopi Luwak - qualified on May 5 at The Meadowlands and finished fifth, individually timed in 1:52.
Laz - raced on April 22 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished third, individually timed in 1:54.1.
Loubet - raced on May 6 at The Meadows and finished second, individually timed in 1:50.2.
Lyons Surfing - raced on May 6 at The Meadows and finished fifth, individually timed in 1:50.3.
Macs Delight - raced on April 30 at Harrah's Philadelphia and despite charting that he bled, finished second, individually timed in 1:52.1.
Mamba - raced on May 6 at The Meadows and finished fifth, individually timed in 1:51.1.
Moment Is Here - raced on May 6 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, winning in 1:50.2.
Muskateer Hanover - raced on May 6 at The Meadows and finished third, individually timed in 1:52.4.
Nazare - raced on May 6 at The Meadows and finished second, individually timed in 1:50.3.
No Control - raced on April 22 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, winning in 1:52.2.
Notorious Hanover - raced on May 6 at The Meadows and finished sixth, individually timed in 1:53.3.
Racing Rampage - raced on May 6 at Miami Valley and finished second, individually timed in 1:51.3.
Redwood Hanover - raced on May 6 at The Meadows and finished fourth, individually timed in 1:50.2.
Santana Hanover - raced on April 29 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished seventh, individually timed in 1:52.1.
Save America - qualified on May 5 at The Meadowlands and finished fourth, individually timed in 1:51.4.
Seven Colors - raced on May 6 at The Meadows and finished third, individually timed in 1:50.2.
Sheer Terror - raced on May 4 at Plainridge Park and finished third, individually timed in 1:51.1.
Sounds Good - qualified on May 5 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished second, individually timed in 1:54.3
South Point - raced on May 6 at The Meadows and finished fourth, individually timed in 1:51.
Stockade Seelster - qualified on April 21 at Southern Oaks Training Centre, winning in 1:50.2.
Stormalong - qualified on May 5 at The Meadowlands, winning in 1:51.3.
Tarquinus Hanover - raced on April 29 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished seventh, individually timed in 1:56.
The Golden Jet - raced on May 6 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished tenth, individually timed in 1:53.
Thong Control - raced on May 6 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished eighth, individually timed in 1:52.2.
Tignanello - qualified on May 5 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished fourth, individually timed in 1:53.4.
Tip Top Cat - raced on May 6 at The Meadows and finished sixth, individually timed in 1:50.3.
Twin B Seamonster - qualified on April 21 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, winning in 1:54.2.
Verdun - raced on May 6 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished third, individually timed in 1:52.3.
Vici - raced on May 6 at Harrah's Philadelphia, winning in 1:53.3.
Voukefalas - raced on May 6 at The Meadowlands, winning in 1:50.3.
Warrawee Yankee - qualified on May 5 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and finished third, individually timed in 1:57.1.
Watchmaker - qualified on April 21 at Southern Oaks Training Centre and finished third, individually timed in 1:51.2.
Whatchulookin At - qualified on May 5 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, winning in 1:53.2.
Write Me A Rose - raced on April 29 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, winning in 1:51.2.
(Photo features, clockwise from top left, Fulton [Chris Gooden photo], No Control [New Image Media], Voukefalas [Lisa Photo] and Stockade Seelster [New Image Media])