North America Cup to Mohawk

Posted by BarbaraAnne Helberg Dec 4, 2007

Canada's biggest harness racing day, the North America Cup, changed its race day to Mohawk Raceway at Campbellville this season. The relocation eclipsed 13 seasons at the Woodbine race track.

Successful? You bet!

Trainer Blair Burgess, who brought 3-year-old pacer Tell All to winning form, enjoyed the change. Of course, winning makes change easy. Tell All became the second unraced at two entry to win the North America Cup. Straight Path accomplished the same in 1998.

Burgess trained Real Desire, Tell All's daddy, and finished just ninth in the 2001 America Cup, held at Woodbine. For Burgess, change was good.

Real Desire went on to become a real champion, winning over $3 million in purses. Burgess looks for Tell All to have a great career, too. He's on his way. He took his Cup crown to Delaware, Ohio's famous Little Brown Jug in September this season, and won there, too.

This year's 24th edition of the North America Cup built on the race's great tradition of attracting the best pacing has to offer. Tell All is destined to run a long, accomplished career. The Cup has hosted such greats as Rocknroll Hanover, Precious Bunny, Presidential Ball, Gallo Blue Chip, and Cam Fella, who won in 1982 when the competition was called the Queen City Pace.

The $1.5 million North America Cup will host its second edition at Mohawk in 2008. Thirteen years at Woodbine were preceded by competitions at Greenwood.