For decades, the Pepsi North America Cup has been Canadian harness racing's premier event and one of the most sought-after stakes event in the sport. As the million-dollar pace looks ahead to its 2021 edition this June, we're asking fans of racing to help determine the best Pepsi North America Cup of all time.
For the month of March (and a few days into April), a new set of races will be posted each day at 11:30 a.m. (Eastern) for fans to have their say on which North America Cup is the best. Voting will only be open for each set of races for 24 hours. In the event of a tie, voting will be left open for 30 additional minutes.
With 37 editions of the Pepsi North America Cup in the history books, we've narrowed down the participants down to a group of 32 races to face off in a March Madness-style tournament bracket. In order to determine the field of 32, six races were selected at random in a preliminary round. The winner of the prelim round, plus the other 31 editions of the Pepsi North America Cup, comprised the field of 32.
Here are the editions of the Pepsi North America Cup that have advanced to the fourth round:
March 28 bracket: 2008, won by Somebeachsomewhere (def. 1993 with 65.7% of the votes)
March 27 bracket: 2019, won by Captain Crunch (def. 2013 with 57.0% of the votes)
Here is the full March Madness-style bracket:
Here is the next third round bracket. Vote now for the best Pepsi North America Cup, with voting ending on March 30, 2021 at 11:29 a.m.