by Mark McKelvie, WEG Communications

Toronto, ON — Woodbine Entertainment Group today announced that 58 3-year-old pacers have been nominated to the 33rd edition of the Pepsi North America Cup.

The C$1 million Pepsi North America Cup, the richest race in Canadian harness racing, will be contested on Saturday (June 18) at Mohawk Racetrack.

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The group of 58 eligible 3-year-olds is led by O’Brien Award winner Control The Moment.

The group of 58 eligible 3-year-olds is led by O’Brien Award winner Control The Moment. The Brad Maxwell trainee won eight of nine starts as a rookie, including the $513,750 Metro Pace, for earnings of $347,757. Control The Moment sports a sub-1:50 lifetime mark, as he captured the Metro Pace in 1:49.4.

Dan Patch Award winner Boston Red Rocks also headlines the list of nominees. The Steve Elliott trainee finished off his 2-year-old campaign with victories in the Breeders Crown at Woodbine and the Governor’s Cup at The Meadowlands. Boston Red Rocks won four of nine starts, while never finishing off the board, for earnings of $579,205.

Ontario Sires Stakes stars Betting Line (1:51.4s-$411,675), Nvestment Bluechip (1:51.1s-$280,494) and Voracity (1:51.2s-$227,781) are all eligible to the Cup, while New York Sire Stakes champion Travel Playlist (1:49.2s-$252,570) is also one of the 58 nominees.

Sustaining payments to the Pepsi North America Cup are due March 15, April 15 and May 16. Eliminations for the Pepsi North America Cup are scheduled for Saturday (June 11).

Nominations have also been collected for several major WEG stakes events. World champion Southwind Frank headlines a group of 77 3-year-old trotters nominated to the C$700,000 Canadian Trotting Classic. O’Brien Award winner Caprice Hill and Dan Patch Award winner Broadway Donna are two of 98 3-year-old trotting fillies nominated to the C$400,000 Elegantimage. Superstar pacing fillies L A Delight and Pure Country lead a group of 63 nominees to the C$480,000 Fan Hanover for 3-year-old pacing fillies.

The nominations are also in for the 2-year-old Fall Four Stakes. The C$565,000 Governor’s Cup for 2-year-old pacers has attracted 199 nominees, while 200 2-year-old pacing fillies have been nominated to the C$425,000 Three Diamonds. The C$525,000 Valley Victory for 2-year-old trotters received 185 nominations, while 184 2-year-old trotting fillies compile the list of nominees to the C$465,000 Goldsmith Maid.

To view the full list of nominees to these WEG stakes events and more, click here.

The list of nominees to the Alliance Racetrack stakes events, including the Confederation Cup and Battle of Waterloo, can also be found by clicking the above link.

Here is the full list of nominees to the Pepsi North America Cup.

All The Cookies
American Passport
Arsenic
Beast Mode
Betting Line
Bettor Memories
Big Top Hanover
Boston Red Rocks
Brookdale Sonny
Check Six
Control The Moment
Cruise Patrol
Do Over Hanover
Dr J Hanover
Dreamfair Mesa
Easy Lover Hanover
Fancourt
Flaherty
Good Living
Highlandbeachycove
Ideal Rocky
I’m Some Graduate
Inspiration View
Jds Chancey Design
Katies Rocker
Kokanee Seelster
Lyons Snyder
Mac’s Star
Magnum J
Major Hill
Manhattan Beach
Max Is Back
Michael’s Victory
Mindtrip
Mystical Rock
New Talent
Nocturnal Bluechip
Nvestment Bluechip
Perseverant
Pretty Boy Hill
Racing Hill
Real Kid
Rock Power
Rollaroundtheworld
Santafe’s Prince
Some Gold
Stonebridge Beach
Sutton Seelster
Tap Into Power
The Catamount Kid
Think On It
Tom Hill
Totally Great
Travel Playlist
Uncle Nicky
Voracity
Wichita Lineman
Worthy Art

Number of nominees: 58