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June 25, 2017:
The month of June has been full of news from the Woodbine Entertainment Group’s Standardbred circuit. Dr J Hanover lowered the overall Canadian speed record. The eliminations and final of the Pepsi North America Cup took place. WEG also announced that year-round Standardbred racing will be coming to Mohawk. With that all said, there was a bit of WEG-related news that fell through the cracks this month..read on
Another Crowdfunded Equine Product
December 12, 2016:
The Standardbred Canada website recently featured a story about how a successful crowdfunding campaign led to the first clippable ‘running shoes’ for horses. Now another aspiring venture has gotten off the ground courtesy of a wave of online support..read on
April 30, 2021 - 12:23 PM
CAMPBELLVILLE, Ont. - Woodbine Entertainment rescheduled the $1-million Pepsi North America Cup until September due to the COVID-19 pandemic Friday.
The race was originally scheduled for June 19 at Woodbine Mohawk Park but will now be run Sept. 11.
It marks the second straight year the event has been rescheduled due to the global pandemic.
The race eliminations will now take place Sept. 4.
The Fan Hanover, Goodtimes, Roses Are Red, Armbro Flight and Mohawk Gold Cup, which were all scheduled on the original North America Cup card, were also rescheduled.
The Fan Hanover and Goodtimes will both be run Sept. 11 The Roses Are Red has been rescheduled for Sept. 4 with the Armbro Flight and Mohawk Gold Cup being run Sept, 17 and Sept. 18, respectively.
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Woodbine Entertainment has announced the 38th Pepsi North America Cup, originally scheduled for June 19 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, has been rescheduled to Saturday, Sept. 11.
This will mark the second consecutive year the $1 million Pepsi North America Cup and its several undercard stakes have been rescheduled due to COVID-19. The Pepsi North America Cup eliminations will now take place on Saturday, Sept. 4.
“The Pepsi North America Cup is our signature race at Woodbine Mohawk Park, and we fully intended to return this prestigious event to its usual spot in 2021,” said Jim Lawson, CEO of Woodbine Entertainment. “We remain hopeful to resume live racing in May, but felt it was necessary to reschedule this race and others from the start of our stakes season to provide all nominated horses, specifically our local horses not currently racing, with an opportunity to be in top shape for these marquee events.”
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 $600,0