Pepsi North America Cup on Sirius XM’s “Saturday Night at the Races”
June 9, 2015,from Creative Media Productions
The June 20 Pepsi North America Cup will be the next featured race on Sirius XM satellite radio’s “Saturday Night at the Races” series. Saturday Night at the Races will consist of nine broadcasts this year, covering many of the top harness racing events in North America.
The C$1 million Pepsi North America Cup is considered one of the premier events in the sport and is expected to bring together a stellar field of 3-year-old pacers, including Artspeak, Wiggle It Jiggleit and In The Arsenal.
This year’s Saturday Night at the Races Series began with the May 30 Art Rooney final at Yonkers. In a new twist this year, the series will also include a Friday night broadcast, the Aug. 14 Dan Patch from Hoosier Park.
The broadcasts can be heard on Sirius Ch. 92 and XM Channel 92. The broadcasts that air on Saturday nights will air from 9:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. (eastern time). Mike Curci, Dave Johnson and Bill Finley will share the duties as the on-air host and Peter Kleinhans will be the analyst.
Saturday Night at the Races was made possible through the generosity of its sponsors: the United States Trotting Association, the Hambletonian Society, Yonkers Raceway, The Meadowlands, Vernon Downs, Tioga Downs, Hoosier Park and the Indiana Standardbred Association.
Below is the remaining schedule for 2015:
Date–Primary Races(s)
6-20–North America Cup
7-11–Graduate Final, Meadowlands Pace elims
7-18–Meadowlands Pace
7-25–NJ Classic, Miss New Jersey
8-8–Hambletonian
8-14–Dan Patch
8-29–Lady Maud, Hudson Filly, Yonkers Trot elims
10/24–Breeders Crown
- In The Arsenal coming in hot to North America Cup elims (Thursday, June 11, 2015)
As bidding stalled at $7,000 on one of White Birch Farm’s yearlings at the Standardbred Horse Sale in 2013, farm manager Steve Williams felt compelled to act. Choosing to buy the colt back for $7,500, he soon proved to be the ultimate bargain.
- Coleman seeks second North America Cup score with Arque Hanover (Wednesday, June 17, 2015)
Five years after trainer Casie Coleman won the $1.45 million Pepsi North America Cup and set Sportswriter on track to become the leading stallion in the Ontario Sires Stakes program, the trainer is back in the NA Cup with Arque Hanover.
- Wakizashi Hanover is providing big thrills for Truro group (Thursday, June 18, 2015)
For Tri County Stable of Truro, Nova Scotia, their direct flight to cloud nine was a $23,000 ticket purchased at the Standardbred Horse Sale in 2013.