CAMPBELLVILLE, March 24 – The connections of 56 three-year-old pacers have made the first sustaining payment to remain eligible to the 34th Pepsi North America Cup. The $1 million Pepsi North America Cup is Canada’s richest harness race and will take place on Saturday, June 17 at Mohawk Racetrack. A total of 60 three-year-olds were originally nominated and all but four have been kept eligible through the first sustaining payment. Ray Schnittker trainee Huntsville and Brian Brown trainee Downbytheseaside headline the group of eligible three-year-olds. Both colts are sired by 2008 Pepsi North America Cup champion Somebeachsomewhere and both set World Records during their rookie campaigns. 2016 Metro Pace winner Beyond Delight, who is trained by Tony O’Sullivan, is another notable pacer on the list eligible three-year-olds. The son of Bettors Delight won the O’Brien Award as Canada’s top two-year-old pacing colt in 2016. The eliminations for this year’s Pepsi North America Cup will take place on Saturday, June 10. The $1 million final will take place the following week. The next sustaining payment for the Pepsi North America Cup is due April 15. The fee is $1,000 CAD or $715 USD. Below is the list of eligible three-year-old pacers to the 2017 Pepsi North America Cup. AIR STRIKE AMERICAN SPORTSMAN ARSENAL SEELSTER ART SCENE BEACH HOUSE BECKHAMS Z TAM BETTORS DREAM BETTOR’S WESTERN BEYOND DELIGHT BLOOD LINE CALVIN K CLASSIC PRO CLOUSEAU HANOVER DARLING’S DRAGON DIAL THE BOSSMAN DOWNBYTHESEASIDE DRAGNET ALERT EDDARD HANOVER FEAR THE DRAGON FILIBUSTER HANOVER HENRY THE DRAGON HUNTSVILLE HURRICANE BEACH IDEAL WHEEL LAWRENCETOWN BEACH LINDYTHEFOURTEENTH LYONS WELSH PRIDE LYONS WILLIAM MAC ATTACK MAC’S JACKPOT MAJOR MOE MC MACH MISO FAST MR VARSITY NORMANDY BEACH OCEAN COLONY ODDS ON DELRAY OZONE BLUE CHIP PERFECTLY CLOSE PHOTOBOMBR HANOVER R J P RICHARD HILL ROCK IT SCOTT ROCK THIS WAY SANTAFE’S COACH SOME ATTITUDE SPORTS COLUMN STEALTH BOMBER STREAKAVANA TALBOT ROMEO THREE MORE SMILES TWIN B COWBOY WESTERN HILL WHO SAID NOT TO WINDSONG NAPOLEON YOUNG DRUNK PUNK Sustain 1 Payment – 56 horses Share This:Share
