A son of Golden Slipper winner Vancouver, Hollywood North was a dominant winner at his second start for Kendrick in a Class 4 Handicap at the Sunshine Coast on Boxing Day last year.
He then stepped up to city class and finished powerfully to win a 1350 metre Class 6 Handicap at Doomben on January 10.
The Sunshine Coast Cup has been a graveyard for local trainers with the Darryl Hansen-trained Balboa Rocks the only local winner back in 2019 since the race was first run as the Summer Cup in 2005.
The training partnership of Steven O'Dea and Matthew Hoysted have won the last two Sunshine Coast Cups with Scallopini in 2022 and last year with Chaillot.
O'Dea and Hoysted don’t have a runner this year.