The countdown to the 2021 Pepsi North America Cup is on, with
Trot Magazine profiling the horses predicted to be the top contenders for Canadian harness racing s richest prize.
At 23-1, Abuckabett Hanover checks in at #9 in
Trot Magazine s 2021 Pepsi North America Cup Spring Book.
Owned by Crawford Farms Racing, Alagna Farms Racing LLC, Jablonsky Held Stable and Barbera N Wienick Stable, Abuckabett Hanover won four of 12 starts as a freshman and banked just shy of $195,000.
Trot Insider caught up with trainer Tony Alagna for an update on the son of Betting Line. Where did Abuckabett Hanover winter and when did you start back with him?
With the scheduled date of the 2021 Pepsi North America Cup just over two months away,
Trot Insider has profiled some of the race s top contenders as horses ready to compete for one of Canadian harness racing s biggest prizes.
At 24-1, Bayfield Beach begins the countdown at #10 in
TROT Magazine s 2021 Pepsi North America Cup Spring Book.
Bayfield Beach races for connections very familiar to North America Cup success. His breeder, Schooner II Stable, famously campaigned the colt s sire, Somebeachsomewhere, to a victory in the race in 2008, while his trainer Brian Brown won his first Cup in 2017 with Fear The Dragon. This Brian Brown trainee, with one win from 13 starts, gathered cheques in the Pennsylvania Sires Stakes and came a half-length from winning the $720,000 Metro Pace.
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Woodbine Entertainment today (March 5) released the list of eligible horses for its 2021 major stakes, including the $1-million Pepsi North America Cup.
The Pepsi North America Cup, harness racing’s richest race for three-year-old pacers, received 72 nominations, holding steady to last year’s number of 77.
Dan Patch Award winner Perfect Sting leads the group of eligible horses for the 38th Pepsi North America Cup. The undefeated son of Always B Miki won last year’s Breeders Crown (in a dead-heat) and Kentucky Sires Stakes Championship for trainer Joe Holloway and owners Brittany Farms and Val D’or Farms.
O’Brien Award winner Lawless Shadow for trainer Dr. Ian Moore and Ontario Sires Stakes champion Bulldog Hanover for trainer Jack Darling headline the local contingent.
Standardbred Canada announced the winners of 2020 O’Brien Awards, which honour Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season, during a Virtual Gala videostreamed on standardbredcanada.ca on Sunday, January 31.
Held virtually due to the provincial lockdown in Ontario, this year marked the 32nd edition of the O’Brien Awards, named in honour of the late Joe O’Brien, an outstanding horseman and member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
Richard Moreau added a record eighth O’Brien trophy to his mantle in the Trainer of the Year Category after a season which saw him top the earnings and win charts for Canadian trainers. Based in Puslinch, Ont., Moreau is one of the country’s busiest trainers, sending postward 1,604 starters that made 237 trips to the winner’s circle and earned more than $3.6 million in purses.