The 2021 edition of the Pepsi North America Cup looms closer with each passing day, and
Trot Magazine's profiling of the race’s projected top contenders ahead of the million-dollar classic culminates with the No. 1 sophomore colt in the 2021 Pepsi North America Cup Spring Book.
At 3-1, Perfect Sting ranks at No. 1 in
Trot Magazine's 2021 Pepsi North America Cup Spring Book.
The Brittany Farms and Val D'Or Farms homebred lived up to his name as a freshman, never once tasting defeat in 10 starts while also racking up $534,300 in earnings. The royally-bred Perfect Sting exuded the qualities that made both his parents, Always B Miki and Shebestingin, champions — namely ease, determination and a quick turn of foot — all season long. So apparent was his command on the racetrack that he was dispatched at — and won at — odds of less than even money in his last eight starts as a freshman, culminating in his 1:50.2 dead heat with fellow Spring Book nominee Summa Cum Laude in the $600,000 Breeders Crown on Oct. 30 at Harrah's Hoosier Park.