With the entry box for the 2016 Pepsi North America Cup eliminations closing in eight days, the eligible three-year-old pacers continue to prepare and impress on the road to Canadian harness racing's biggest prize.
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 as of the April 15 sustaining payment and have raced or are in-to-go as of May 30, 2016.
Look for a number of colts to be in action this Saturday. Mohawk Racetrack will card divisions of the Somebeachsomewhere Stakes, while The Meadows hosts the sophomores for divisions of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes.
• Control The Moment / 3-1 -- qualified on May 23 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished second, individually timed in 1:51.1
• Boston Red Rocks / 5-1 -- raced on May 28 at The Meadowlands, finished third, individually timed in 1:49.1
• Betting Line / 8-1 -- raced on May 21 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished first, timed in 1:49.4
• Big Top Hanover / 10-1 -- raced on May 22 at Mohegan Sun Pocono, finished second, individually timed in 1:51.2
• Nvestment Bluechip / 14-1 -- raced on May 28 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished fourth, individually timed in 1:50.1
• Racing Hill / 15-1 -- raced on May 21 at The Meadowlands, finished second, individually timed in 1:49.2
• American Passport / 16-1 -- raced on May 21 at The Meadowlands, finished seventh, individually timed in 1:49.4
• Travel Playlist / 18-1 -- qualified on May 25 at Mohegan Sun Pocono, finished first, timed in 1:52.3
• Katies Rocker / 20-1 -- raced on May 28 at The Meadowlands, finished second, individually timed in 1:49.1
• Ideal Rocky / 22-1 -- raced on May 28 at The Meadowlands, finished fifth, individually timed in 1:50.2
• Nocturnal Bluechip / 24-1 -- raced on May 28 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished third, individually timed in 1:50.1
• Voracity / 25-1 -- raced on May 27 at Western Fair, finished sixth, individually timed in 1:54.3
• Im Some Graduate / 30-1 -- raced on May 23 at Mohegan Sun Pocono, finished first, timed in 1:51.4
• Pretty Boy Hill / 30-1 -- raced on May 21 at The Meadowlands, finished second, individually timed in 1:51.1
• Check Six / 32-1 -- raced on May 22 at Mohegan Sun Pocono, finished first, timed in 1:52.3
• All The Cookies / 35-1 -- scratched (vet) on May 28 at The Meadowlands; last raced on May 21 at The Meadowlands, finished seventh, individually timed in 1:51.3
• Mystical Rock / 35-1 -- raced on May 28 at Hoosier Park, finished sixth, individually timed in 1:52.3
• Rollaroundtheworld / 38-1 -- raced on May 21 at The Meadowlands, finished eighth after making a break
• Inspiration View / 40-1 -- raced on May 26 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished fourth, individually timed in 1:51.4
• JDs Chancey Design / 40-1 -- raced on May 29 at Hawthorne Race Course, finished first, timed in 1:53.3
• Easy Lover Hanover / 40-1 -- last raced on May 15 at Flamboro Downs, finished ninth, individually timed in 1:58.4
• Magnum J / 42-1 -- raced on May 27 at Western Fair, finished first, timed in 1:53.2
• Kokanee Seelster / 45-1 -- raced on May 29 at Flamboro Downs, finished eighth, individually timed in 1:57.2
• The Catamount Kid / 45-1 -- raced on May 22 at Mohegan Sun Pocono, finished fourth, individually timed in 1:53
• Mindtrip / 48-1 -- last raced on May 14 at The Meadowlands, finished first, timed in 1:52
• Tom Hill / 50-1 -- raced on May 21 at The Meadowlands, finished third, individually timed in 1:51.1
• Manhattan Beach / 50-1 -- raced on May 22 at Mohegan Sun Pocono, finished third, individually timed in 1:53
• Arsenic / 50-1 -- raced on May 27 at Western Fair, finished fourth in a dead-heat, individually timed in 1:55.3
• New Talent / 50-1 -- raced on May 23 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished fourth, individually timed in 1:52.3
• Highlandbeachycove / 55-1 -- raced on May 21 at The Meadowlands, finished first, timed in 1:51.1
• Michaels Victory / 60-1 -- raced on May 28 at The Meadowlands, finished first, timed in 1:49.1
• Tap Into Power / 60-1 -- raced on May 28 at Yonkers Raceway, finished eighth after making a break
• Cruise Patrol / 60-1 -- raced on May 27 at Western Fair, finished sixth after making a break
• Dreamfair Mesa / 60-1 -- raced on May 26 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished fourth, individually timed in 1:51.1
• Flaherty / 60-1 -- raced on May 27 at Western Fair, finished third, individually timed in 1:54.1
• Bettor Memories / 65-1 -- raced on May 27 at Western Fair, finished third, individually timed in 1:54.1
• Stonebridge Beach / 65-1 -- raced on May 27 at Western Fair, finished fifth, individually timed in 1:54.2
• Think On It / 65-1 -- last raced on April 21 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished fourth, individually timed in 1:53.2
• Good Living / 65-1 -- raced on May 23 at Mohegan Sun Pocono, finished second, individually timed in 1:53.1
• Dr J Hanover / 70-1 -- raced on May 23 at Yonkers Raceway, finished fourth, individually timed in 1:57
• Lyons Snyder / 70-1 -- raced on May 22 at Mohegan Sun Pocono, finished first, timed in 1:49.4
• Some Gold / 70-1 -- raced on May 26 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished third, individually timed in 1:51
• Max Is Back / 70-1 -- raced on May 23 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished fifth, individually timed in 1:53.1; entered to race on May 30 at Mohawk
• Rock Power / 75-1 -- raced on May 28 at The Meadowlands, finished sixth, individually timed in 1:53.2
• Major Hill / 75-1 -- raced on May 26 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished first, timed in 1:50.4
• Sutton Seelster / 90-1 -- raced on May 27 at Western Fair, finished fourth in a dead-heat, individually timed in 1:55.3
• Beast Mode / 100-1 -- last raced on May 16 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished first, timed in 1:53.3
• Brookdale Sonny / 100-1 -- raced on May 27 at Western Fair, finished second, individually timed in 1:53.4
• Totally Great / 110-1 -- raced on May 23 at Mohawk Racetrack, finished eighth, individually timed in 1:56.4; entered to race on May 30 at Mohawk