A session of eight qualifiers circled the track at Woodbine Mohawk Park on a spring-like Thursday (March 11) under burgeoning sunshine and over a "fast" surface. Moneyman Hill opened the session with a pocket-popping 1:54 mile over his stablemate Always A Hotshot, driven by a returning Jonathan Drury. Moneyman Hill, who finished third in last year's North America Cup, followed Always A Hotshot through fractions of :28, :57 and 1:25.4 before pouncing with a :28 final quarter and getting a head in front at the beam. Doug McNair drove the four-year-old Somebeachsomewhere gelding for trainer Carmen Auciello. Drury had just the one drive during the qualifying session but the reinsman is slated for six drives on Saturday (March 13) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. In 2020, Drury finished eighth among all drivers with more than $2.9 million in earnings on Canadian soil. He had shoulder surgery mid-January that was originally slated to sideline him for 4-6 months, but the reinsman reported that his recovery went much better than anticipated.