As stakes season approaches, a number of the three-year-old pacers aiming for Canadian harness racing's biggest prize have made on-track appearances and statements as they aim to displace the reigning divisional kingpins.
For the past several years, Trot Magazine's Pepsi North America Cup Spring Book has served as an initial barometer for the colts and geldings that may be in the running for the sophomore pacing set's single biggest payday.
This year's edition of the $1 million Pepsi North America Cup will be contested on Saturday, June 18 at Mohawk Racetrack in Campbellville, Ontario.
Listed by the Spring Book odds as featured in the April 2016 edition of Trot Magazine, here are the horses that are still Cup-eligible and have raced or are in-to-go as of April 25, 2016.
• Big Top Hanover / 10-1 -- raced on April 24 at Mohegan Sun Pocono, finished 3rd, individually timed in 1:51
• Ideal Rocky / 22-1 -- qualified on April 15 at Southern Oaks Training Center, finished first, timed in 1:55.3
• Pretty Boy Hill / 30-1 -- qualified on April 23 at the Meadowlands, finished first, timed in 1:56.1
• Check Six / 32-1 -- raced on April 24 at Harrah's Philadelphia, finished first, timed in 1:52.2
• All The Cookies / 35-1 -- raced on April 16 at The Meadowlands, finished tenth after making a break
• Rollaroundtheworld / 38-1 -- raced on April 24 at Mohegan Sun Pocono, finished fourth, individually timed in 1:52.2
• Inspiration View / 40-1 -- qualified on April 23 at The Meadowlands, finished second, individually timed in 1:56
• Easy Lover Hanover / 40-1 -- raced on April 23 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished first in 1:51.4
• Magnum J / 42-1 -- qualified on April 21 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished first in 1:54.1
• Kokanee Seelster / 45-1 -- raced on April 23 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished tenth, individually timed in 1:53.3
• The Catamount Kid / 45-1 -- raced on April 9 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished fourth, individually timed in 1:53.3
• Manhattan Beach / 50-1 -- raced on April 18 at Mohegan Sun Pocono, finished first, timed in 1:51.1
• Arsenic / 50-1 -- qualified on April 21 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished second, individually timed in 1:54.4
• Do Over Hanover / 55-1 -- raced on April 20 at Harrah's Philadelphia, finished fifth, individually timed in 1:54; entered to race on April 27 at Harrah's Philadelphia
• Tap Into Power / 60-1 -- qualified on April 23 at The Meadowlands, finished fourth, individually timed in 1:57.4
• Cruise Patrol / 60-1 -- qualified on April 23 at The Meadowlands, finished sixth, individually timed in 1:57.2
• Dreamfair Mesa / 60-1 -- raced on April 2 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished sixth, individually timed in 1:56.1; entered to qualify on April 25 at Mohawk Racetrack
• Flaherty / 60-1-- raced on April 9 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished third, individually timed in 1:53.2; entered to race on April 25 at Mohawk Racetrack
• Bettor Memories / 65-1 -- raced on April 17 at Mohegan Sun Pocono, finished first, timed in 1:51.4
• Stonebridge Beach / 65-1 -- raced on April 18 at Pompano Park, finished first in 1:54.3; entered to race on April 25 at Pompano
• Real Kid / 65-1 -- raced on April 11 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished eighth, individually timed in 1:58; entered to race on April 25 at Mohawk Racetrack
• Think On It / 65-1 -- raced on April 21 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished fourth, individually timed in 1:53.2
• Lyons Snyder / 70-1 -- raced on April 23 at The Meadowlands, finished first, timed in 1:51.2
• Some Gold / 70-1 -- qualified on April 15 at Southern Oaks Training Center, finished second, individually timed in 1:54.2
• Max Is Back / 70-1 -- qualified on April 14 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished second, individually timed in 1:54.4
• Major Hill / 75-1 -- qualified on April 21 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished first, timed in 1:53.1
• Sutton Seelster / 90-1 -- qualified on April 8 at Southern Oaks Training Center, finished first, timed in 1:55.3
• Beast Mode / 100-1 -- raced on April 14 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished first, timed in 1:51.4; entered to qualify on April 25 at Mohawk Racetrack
• Brookdale Sonny / 100-1 -- raced on April 21 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished seventh, individually timed in 1:53.4
• Santafes Prince / 110-1 -- raced on March 22 at Mohegan Sun Pocono, finished third, individually timed in 1:54.2
• Totally Great / 110-1 -- raced on January 24 at Flamboro Downs, finished ninth, individually timed in 2:05.3