Red River Hanover, Allamerican Ingot and Million Dollar Cam, ranked among
the leading Little Brown Jug contenders, posted victories in
Saturday's
eliminations for the American-National and Art Rooney Memorial. Also,
winning
elims, were Jug eligibles Image Of Dawn, Life Is A Cabaret and Brad's
Gold.
The Road to the Little Brown Jug continues next
Saturday, July 27, with
the $350,000 Art Rooney Final at Yonkers, $250,000 American-National Final
at
Balmoral, $120,000 Pennsylvania Sires Stakes at Pocono Downs, and $50,000
New
York Sires Stakes at Buffalo Raceway.
Red River Hanover, ranked No. 2 behind Mach Three in
last week's rating
of leading Jug hopeful, won his American-National elimination at Balmoral
Park in 1:52. Randall Waples drove the Western Hanover colt to a two
length
victory over Mystic Art and Roy Olcott. Mach Three, who won last week's
Meadowlands Pace, won't race again until the Oliver Wendell Holmes on
August
3 at The Meadowlands.
Brad's Gold defeated Themistokles and Pass Me Not in
1:53.1 and Life Is A
Cabaret won over Star Role and Fox Valley Chris in 1:50.4 in the two other
American-National elims.
At Yonkers Raceway Allamerican Ingot took his Rooney
elimination in
1:54.4 by 3 1/2 lengths over Captain Mo and Five Card Cam. Million Dollar
Cam
bested Ashlee's Big Guy by three-quarters in 1:54.3 with Thinkative third.
Image Of Dawn won by a neck over Henry Clay and Monsoon Hall in the third
elimination.
