The final sustaining payment for Canada’s richest harness race was due May 15 and payments for 55 of the previously 70 eligible sophomores were submitted.
This year’s Pepsi North America Cup originally attracted 90 nominations on February 15.
Award winners Lost In Time and Stay Hungry remain eligible after being the pre-season favourites following outstanding rookie campaigns.
The list of 55 also includes Courtly Choice, who is currently the fastest three-year-old in North America following a 1:48.4 victory Monday at Vernon Downs, and Lather Up, who was a dominant winner last Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park in 1:49.1.
Many of the eligible three-year-old pacers will get one final start in preparation for the eliminations in this Saturday’s (June 2) Somebeachsomewhere Stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Each elimination on June 9 will feature a purse of $50,000, and the top finishers will advance to the $1 million final on Saturday, June 16.
The full list of remaining eligible horses to this year’s Pepsi North America Cup appears below.
AMERICAN HISTORY
ATOMIC SEELSTER (Shadow Play)
AVALON HANOVER (Shadow Play)
BABES DIG ME
BACKSTREET SHADOW (Shadow Play)
BEACHIN LINDY
BIG TALKING MAN
BURNING MIDNIGHT (Winbak-Bred)
CAPTAIN DEO
CASIMIR RICHIE P
CINNAMACK
CLOSING STATEMENT
COURTLY CHOICE (Winbak-Bred)
DECLAN SEELSTER
DONE WELL
DORSODURO HANOVER
DRAGON TIME (Bettor's Delight)
FASHIONONTHEBEACH
GD WESTERN JOE
GHOST DANCE
GRAND TETON
HAYDEN HANOVER
HITMAN HILL
KARPATHIAN KID
KWIK TALKIN
LATHER UP
LEVIS DAY (Winbak-Bred & Sired by Shadow Play)
LOST IN TIME
MAJOR AUTHORITY
MISSION THREE
NUTCRACKER SWEET (Bettor's Delight)
ODDS ON LAUDERDALE
PEDRO HANOVER
POINTS NORTH
PRO BEACH
ROOTIN TOOTIN (Winbak-Bred)
SEEING EYE SINGLE
SHADOW MOON (Shadow Play)
SHNITZLEDOSOMETHIN
SOMETIMESAWINNER
SPORTS LEGEND
SPRINGSTEEN (Rock N Roll Heaven)
ST LADS NEPTUNE
STAY HUNGRY
SUMMER TRAVEL (Winbak-Bred)
TALBOTCREEKWHISKEY
TOPVILLE OLYMPIAN
TORRIN HANOVER
TRUMP THAT
TURBO HILL
TWIN B TUFFENUFF (Rock N Roll Heaven)
VENOM (Rock N Roll Heaven)
WES DELIGHT (Bettor's Delight)
WHEN YOU DANCE
WHOS BETTER (Bettor's Delight)