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Art's Tribute and Allamerican Ingot Post Big Wins in Final Test By Tom White Delaware, Ohio--Art's Tribute and Allamerican Ingot are the final winners
on the "Road to the Little Brown. Jug." Art's Tribute won the
fastest of
three Jug Preview divisions at Scioto Downs in 1:51 and
Allamerican Ingot
scored an impressive 1:50.3 upset victory in a division of the
Simcoe Stakes
at Mohawk Raceway in Canada. On the flip side, such solid Jug
contenders as
Mach Three, Million Dollar Cam and Red River Hanover became the
latest
victims on the treacherous road to the Triple Crown Classic. The
57th Jug
will be raced Thursday afternoon, September 19th at Delaware,
Ohio.
Brittany Farms and Daisy Acres' Art's Tribute
passed early leader Fancy
Schmansy just past the three-quarters and paced his final
quarter in :28.1,
to win by 3 1/2 lengths. The victory was the Artsplace colt's
7th of the
season and hiked his winnings past $190,000 for 2002. He is
trained by Brett
Pelling, who has won three Jugs with Astreos, Shady Character
and Armbro
Operative. Fancy Schmansy is also eligible to the Jug.David
Miller was the
winning driver.
McArdle and Cori's Gold, a pair of non-Jug
eligibles, won the other two
Jug Preview divisions. McArdle took his division in 1;52.2,
beating Jug
hopefuls Three Olives and Bidding For Time. Cori's Gold took his
elim in
1:52.3 over Electric Star and Yankee Sensation. Only Yankee
Sensation could
start in the Jug.
Allamerican Ingot, a Western Hanover colt
owned by Robert Waxman of
Ancaster, Ontario, led all the way in winning his Simcoe
division by 3
1/4 lengths in 1:50.3 over Jug eligibles Equinox Hanover and
Royal Mattjesty.
Ranked No. 4 in Stan Bergstein's preseason Experimental Ratings,
Allamerican
Ingot has only one win in 15 starts this season. John Campbell
was the
winning driver for trainer Bob McIntosh. Adios winner Million
Dollar Cam
suffered road problems and finished 8th.
The Commissioner, who has raced mostly in
Canada and is not a Jug
eligible, defeated such luminaries as Mach Three (third) and Red
River
Hanover (5th) by 1 3/4 lengths in 1:51.3 in the other Simcoe
division.
Ashlee's Big Guy, who won the Art Rooney earlier this year,
finished second.
Delaware Simulcasting Network At Record 150-plus Outlets
More than 150 betting outlets, from Canada to
Las Vegas to Atlantic City,
will offer wagering on Delaware, Ohio Grand Circuit racing and
Little Brown
Jug. "We're excited about the record number of outlets who will
be taking
our signal this year," said Jason Settlemoir, director of
simulcasting for
the Delaware, Ohio County Fair.
Post times Saturday through Tuesday will be
12-noon. Post times for
Wednesday's Jugette program and Thursday's Jug card will be 11
a.m.
The $550,000-estimated Little Brown Jug will
be simulcast at most outlets
in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Florida, Michigan, Delaware,
Pennsylvania,
Kentucky, Virginia and at the West Virginia Tri-State Dog Track.
New York tracks Batavia Downs, Monticello,
Buffalo and Saratoga are also
part of the Jug simulcasting network. "We feel very positive
about reaching
the Las Vegas and Atlantic City areas. Hippodrome de Montreal is
the hub for
our network of Canadian outlets and the Delaware racing will be
shown on the
Canadian Racing Network," added Settlemoir.
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