Post positions were drawn for the 42nd edition of the $1 million Pepsi North America Cup (Grade 1) on Monday, June 9 at a press conference at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
The North America Cup will headline a star-studded graded stakes card of harness racing this Saturday, June 14 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Three-year-old pacers Captain Optimistic, Lite Up The World and Louprint won their respective Cup eliminations last Saturday, June 7 and earned the opportunity to draw for posts two through six for the 10-horse final. After the elimination winners received their posts, the remaining horses and post positions were drawn.
The complete field is listed below in post position order.
$1 million Pepsi North America Cup
Post - Horse - Driver - Trainer
1. Fast Choice - Scott Zeron - Jared Bako
2. Dandy Ideal - Jason Bartlett - Hunter Oakes
3. Joel And The Jets - Louis-Philippe Roy - Dr. Ian Moore
4. Louprint - Ronnie Wrenn Jr. - Ron Burke
5. Lite Up The World - James MacDonald - Anthony Beaton
6. Captain Optimistic - Dexter Dunn - Nancy Takter
7. Swingtown - Yannick Gingras - Ron Burke
8. Crack Shot - Doug McNair - Gregg McNair
9. Prince Hal Hanover - David Miller - Dr. Ian Moore
10. Madden Oaks - Braxten Boyd - Cameron Capone
AE. Pants On Fire - Dexter Dunn - Brian Brown
Post time for the Cup card at Mohawk is 6:35 p.m. The main event is scheduled as race 11, with an approximate post time of 10:45 p.m.
The lucrative undercard will include the Grade 1 filly companion stakes, the $390,000 Fan Hanover Stakes featuring undefeated Horse of the Year Chantilly, along with the $287,000 Roses Are Red Stakes (Grade 1) for older pacing mares, the $227,000 Goodtimes Stakes (Grade 2) for three-year-old trotting colts and the $210,000 Armbro Flight Stakes (Grade 2) for older trotting mares. Saturday's complete entries will be available here.
Click here for recaps and replays of the eliminations contested on Saturday, June 7.
A replay of the North America Cup post position draw is available below.
(Standardbred Canada)