North America Cup

The North America Cup is an annual harness racing

Harness racing

Harness racing is a form of horse-racing in which the horses race in a specified gait. They usually pull two-wheeled carts called sulkies, although races to saddle are still occasionally conducted, especially in Europe....

 event for 3-year-old standardbred pacing horses which is held at Mohawk Raceway

Mohawk Raceway

Mohawk Racetrack is a harness racing track in Campbellville, Ontario. It is owned by the Woodbine Entertainment Group, formerly the Ontario Jockey Club, and is about 30 km west of the company's other racetrack, Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto...

 in Campbellville, Ontario

Campbellville, Ontario

Campbellville, Ontario, Canada is a community in the geographic township of Nassagaweya in the Town of Milton, Halton Region on the Niagara Escarpment and is a tourist destination for residents of the Greater Toronto Area...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. From 1984-1993, the event was held at Greenwood Raceway

Greenwood Raceway

Greenwood Raceway is a defunct horse racing facility in Toronto.Inaugurated in 1874 as Woodbine Race Course at the foot of Woodbine Avenue and Lake Ontario, it was owned and operated by two gentlemen named Pardee and Howell. Within a few years financial problems resulted in the property reverting...

 and from 1994-2006, the North America Cup was held at Woodbine Entertainment Group's other harness racing venue, Woodbine Racetrack

Woodbine Racetrack

Woodbine Racetrack is a Canadian racetrack for Thoroughbred horse races located at 555 Rexdale Blvd. in the city of Toronto, Ontario. It is the only horseracing track in North America which stages, or is capable of staging, thoroughbred and standardbred horseracing programs on the same day...

. It is the richest Canadian race at $1,500,000.

The North America Cup is an annual harness racing

Harness racing

Harness racing is a form of horse-racing in which the horses race in a specified gait. They usually pull two-wheeled carts called sulkies, although races to saddle are still occasionally conducted, especially in Europe....

 event for 3-year-old standardbred pacing horses which is held at Mohawk Raceway

Mohawk Raceway

Mohawk Racetrack is a harness racing track in Campbellville, Ontario. It is owned by the Woodbine Entertainment Group, formerly the Ontario Jockey Club, and is about 30 km west of the company's other racetrack, Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto...

 in Campbellville, Ontario

Campbellville, Ontario

Campbellville, Ontario, Canada is a community in the geographic township of Nassagaweya in the Town of Milton, Halton Region on the Niagara Escarpment and is a tourist destination for residents of the Greater Toronto Area...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. From 1984-1993, the event was held at Greenwood Raceway

Greenwood Raceway

Greenwood Raceway is a defunct horse racing facility in Toronto.Inaugurated in 1874 as Woodbine Race Course at the foot of Woodbine Avenue and Lake Ontario, it was owned and operated by two gentlemen named Pardee and Howell. Within a few years financial problems resulted in the property reverting...

 and from 1994-2006, the North America Cup was held at Woodbine Entertainment Group's other harness racing venue, Woodbine Racetrack

Woodbine Racetrack

Woodbine Racetrack is a Canadian racetrack for Thoroughbred horse races located at 555 Rexdale Blvd. in the city of Toronto, Ontario. It is the only horseracing track in North America which stages, or is capable of staging, thoroughbred and standardbred horseracing programs on the same day...

. It is the richest Canadian race at $1,500,000.

Past winners/drivers & trainers:

Year	Horse	Driver	Trainer
2009	Well Said	Ron Pierce	Steve Elliott
2008	Somebeachsomewhere Somebeachsomewhere Somebeachsomewhere is a champion standardbred racehorse and equal world champion. He was sired by Mach Three, out of Wheres The Beach, a Beach Towel mare...	Paul MacDonell	Brent MacGrath
2007	Tell All	Jody Jamieson	Blair Burgess
2006	Total Truth	Ron Pierce	George Teague, Jr.
2005	Rocknroll Hanover	Brian Sears	Brett Pelling
2004	Mantacular	Catello Manzi	Larry Rathbone
2003	Yankee Cruiser	Dean Magee	Tim Pinske
2002	Red River Hanover	Luc Ouellette	William Robinson
2001	Bettor’s Delight	Michel Lachance	Scott McEneny
2000	Gallo Blue Chip	Daniel Dube	Mark Ford
1999	The Panderosa	John Campbell	Brett Pelling
1998	Straight Path	Michel Lachance	Shawn Robinson
1997	Gothic Dream	John Campbell	Jack Darling
1996	Arizona Jack	John Campbell	Gary Machiz
1995	David’s Pass	John Campbell	Brett Pelling
1994	Cam’s Card Shark	John Campbell	William Robinson
1993	Presidential Ball	Ron Waples	William Robinson
1992	Safely Kept Safely Kept Safely Kept was a Maryland-bred Bay thoroughbred filly sired by Horatius. Safely Kept stormed onto the nationwide sprint stage in 1988 and proceeded to win 24 of her 31 starts over the next three years in an era when there weren't a great deal of sprint races restricted to females...	Michel Lachance	Joe Holloway
1991	Precious Bunny Precious Bunny Precious Bunny is a bay horse by Cam Fella out of Bunny's Wish by B Gs Bunny. He was voted Harness Horse of the Year in 1991, a year in which he won the North America Cup, the Meadowlands Pace, the Art Rooney Memorial Pace, the Adios Stakes, and the Little Brown Jug, among other races.Trained by...	John Campbell	William Robinson
1990	Apaches Fame	William "Bud" Fritz	William "Bud" Fritz
1989	Goalie Jeff	Steve Condren	Thomas Artandi
1988	Runnymede Lobell	Yves Filion	Alain Thomas
1987	Jate Lobell	Mark O'Mara	Mark O'Mara
1986	Quite A Sensation	Trevor Ritchie	R. Claire Porter
1985	Staff Director	Dave Wall	Dave Wall
1984	Legal Notice	Dr. John Hayes	Dr. John Hayes