Field set for $1,000,000 North America Cup

[Sea Biscuit]

Post positions were drawn Tuesday for the C$1,000,000 North America Cup at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The three elimination winners were first to choose posts before a random draw was completed to assign the other seven entrants a spot on the gate.

Wes Delight chose first and took post 3 followed by Stay Hungry with post 2 and Lather Up post 4.

The complete field for the race, which is race 12 on the program that starts at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, is below:

1-St Lads Neptune
2-Stay Hungry
3-Wes Delight
4-Lather Up
5-American History
6-Lost In Time
7-Done Well
8-Nutcracker Sweet
9-Hayden Hanover
10-Hitman Hill

NB: Lost In Time who came 4th in his elimination round got in by way of a draw. LIT was real lucky as he was one of the horses whose wheels got hooked with another horse but still managed to finish 4th in the race.

[Denny]

Looking forward to it!



Glad LIT got in, deserves to be there, and got a great draw!

[BlueChip@DRF]

Any pps available for this race? Thanks.

[EdZone]

Originally Posted by BlueChip@DRF

Any pps available for this race? Thanks.

https://woodbine.com/wp-content/uplo...am%20Proof.pdf

[Sea Biscuit]

The morning line favorite in the race is Lather Up at 2-1 with Stay Hungry at 5/2.

My early selection for the NA cup is STAY HUNGRY. He scored his winning mile off pace third over off the slowest pace in the three NA Cup elims. As a 2 yr old Stay Hungry was a class act having won 6 of his 9 races raking in 557 grand compared to Lather up's 74000 with just 4 wins. Class counts in horse racing. Remember that. Here is Stay Hungry's to date resume.

http://trackit.standardbredcanada.ca/?op=QRAP&id=637481

The biggest race of Lather Up's career was the Matron2CP on Nov 9 2017 in which he finished 7th. Here is his resume

http://trackit.standardbredcanada.ca/?op=QRAP&id=636975

There is no comparison between the two horses folks class wise.

Stay Hungry traveled an outstanding 5404 feet in winning his elimination compared to a lowly 5358 feet by Lather UP in his 2 hole trip winning effort. A difference of 46 feet. The hooked wheels incident did help him a lot I might add but not sure if without it could have prevented LU from the winners circle given the cozy 2 hole trip on a slow pace.

This race reminds me a whole lot of the 2015 NA cup in which Wakizashi Hanover upset WIJI the hot favorite in the race.

May the best horse win the race.

[baconswitchfarm]

Originally Posted by Sea Biscuit

The morning line favorite in the race is Lather Up at 2-1 with Stay Hungry at 5/2.

My early selection for the NA cup is STAY HUNGRY. He scored his winning mile off pace third over off the slowest pace in the three NA Cup elims. As a 2 yr old Stay Hungry was a class act having won 6 of his 9 races raking in 557 grand compared to Lather up's 74000 with just 4 wins. Class counts in horse racing. Remember that. Here is Stay Hungry's to date resume.

http://trackit.standardbredcanada.ca/?op=QRAP&id=637481

The biggest race of Lather Up's career was the Matron2CP on Nov 9 2017 in which he finished 7th. Here is his resume

http://trackit.standardbredcanada.ca/?op=QRAP&id=636975

There is no comparison between the two horses folks class wise.

Stay Hungry traveled an outstanding 5404 feet in winning his elimination compared to a lowly 5358 feet by Lather UP in his 2 hole trip winning effort. A difference of 46 feet. The hooked wheels incident did help him a lot I might add but not sure if without it could have prevented LU from the winners circle given the cozy 2 hole trip on a slow pace.

This race reminds me a whole lot of the 2015 NA cup in which Wakizashi Hanover upset WIJI the hot favorite in the race.

May the best horse win the race.

These two horses are hard to judge on class. Stay Hungry raced with better company last year . So technically, he has more class. But he was paid into everything because he was a 150k yearling. The other horse is an ohio bred with a mare who was in someones backyard. If lather up had went through a large sale he would have been paid in to those races too. I will say its an uphill climb for lather up as they always make it hard to get out of Canada with their money. I find the lost in time horse to be an overpriced piece who only wins when he gets lots of help. Rigging him up so you can steer him would help. Hope its a good race.

[Southbeach]

Originally Posted by Sea Biscuit

The morning line favorite in the race is Lather Up at 2-1 with Stay Hungry at 5/2.

My early selection for the NA cup is STAY HUNGRY. He scored his winning mile off pace third over off the slowest pace in the three NA Cup elims. As a 2 yr old Stay Hungry was a class act having won 6 of his 9 races raking in 557 grand compared to Lather up's 74000 with just 4 wins. Class counts in horse racing. Remember that. Here is Stay Hungry's to date resume.

http://trackit.standardbredcanada.ca/?op=QRAP&id=637481

The biggest race of Lather Up's career was the Matron2CP on Nov 9 2017 in which he finished 7th. Here is his resume

http://trackit.standardbredcanada.ca/?op=QRAP&id=636975

There is no comparison between the two horses folks class wise.

Stay Hungry traveled an outstanding 5404 feet in winning his elimination compared to a lowly 5358 feet by Lather UP in his 2 hole trip winning effort. A difference of 46 feet. The hooked wheels incident did help him a lot I might add but not sure if without it could have prevented LU from the winners circle given the cozy 2 hole trip on a slow pace.

This race reminds me a whole lot of the 2015 NA cup in which Wakizashi Hanover upset WIJI the hot favorite in the race.

May the best horse win the race.

Regarding that cozy 2 hole trip...in my opinion that was a 3 move win.

[Southbeach]

Originally Posted by Southbeach

Regarding that cozy 2 hole trip...in my opinion that was a 3 move win.

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[Sea Biscuit]

Originally Posted by Southbeach

Regarding that cozy 2 hole trip...in my opinion that was a 3 move win.

You forgot to mention that the front runner got his wheels hooked with another horse in the race and the lead fell into the lap of LU by default.

Good luck if you are betting the horse.

[BlueChip@DRF]

Originally Posted by EdZone

https://woodbine.com/wp-content/uplo...am%20Proof.pdf

Thank you!

[MutuelClerk]

This is the most wide open NA Cup final in years. IMO. I see a fast half, lots of lead changes and quite possibly a longer shot picking up the pieces. Not quite sure who that long shot is yet. Lather Up got lucky with competitors locking wheels in the elim. I see him as a bad favorite.

[BlueChip@DRF]

St Lads Neptune