In addition to a trio of Pepsi North America Cup eliminations this Saturday night, Mohawk Racetrack will play host to the first of four Extreme Handicapping Challenges with advance registration
still available up until 11:00 p.m. Friday night.
The entry fee is $25 in addition to a bankroll of $50 to play. A total of $5,000 in prize money will given away to the top five finishers and the top 25 finishers will also win a free entry into the North America Cup Extreme Handicapping Championship on Saturday, June 26, with $7,500 to be won.
For full contest details, click on the ‘event details’ section of the northamericacup.com website. While there, you can also access your free ticket to the Q-107 Trackside Party on North America Cup night at Mohawk.
This year’s $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup will air nationally on The Score from 8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Well known harness racing host and analyst, Gary Seibel, will join Chad Rozema, Greg Blanchard, Renee Kierans and double Hall-Of-Famer Ron Waples on the broadcast.
Seibel, the former voice of Pompano Park, has since made his career in television as host of ESPN horse racing broadcasts since the early 1990's and as a CBS sports commentator. More recently, he has served as one of TVG’s key racing personalities.
TVG will also carry full coverage of the North America Cup program as will Sirius Satellite Radio’s ‘Saturday Night At The Races’, hosted by Bill Finley.
The North America Cup post position draw will be held this Tuesday morning at Mohawk Racetrack. The guest drawmaster will be Montreal Canadiens rising star P.K. Subban. Full coverage will also be available on the NA Cup website.
Fans are also reminded that the North America Cup program will feature an early pick-4 guarantee of $75,000 which will end with the big race itself, carded as race seven.
(WEG)