North America Cup
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The North America Cup is an annual harness racing
Harness racing
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait . They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, although racing under saddle is also conducted in Europe.-Breeds:...

 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 North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends 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
2010 Sportswriter Mark MacDonald Casie Coleman
2009 Well Said Ron Pierce Steve Elliott
2008 Somebeachsomewhere
Somebeachsomewhere
Somebeachsomewhere is a standardbred racehorse who was the equal fastest horse ever with a time of 1:46.4 and earned $3,221,299. In 2008 Somebeachsomewhere had the highest earnings by pacer in single season of $2.4 million...

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 won 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 Standardbred horse by Cam Fella out of Bunny's Wish by B Gs Bunny. He was trained to be a harness racer....

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
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