Delaware, OH--North America Cup runner-up Feelin Friskie is the morning line favorite in the Little Brown Jug® future wagering pool which will get underway at noon, Thursday, June 22nd at racetracks and internet sites throughout North America and Europe. 

Feelin Friskie, 7/2 in the morning line, finished second to Total Truth in Saturday’s $1,500,000 North America Cup at Woodbine Raceway in Ontario, CA.  Total Truth is second choice at 4-1 in the morning line.

Future Jug wagering will be offered for a period of four days, through 11:30 p.m. Sunday, June 25th.  The future wager allows racing fans to bet early on all three-year-olds who are eligible to the Little Brown Jug®.  The minimum bet is $2.00 and all future Jug wagers are for “win” only.

The pool consists of 23 separate betting entries plus the field.  Every three-year-old in North America is included in the field because if a colt wins the first leg of the Triple Crown, the Cane Pace on September 4th at Freehold Raceway, he can be supplemented into the Little Brown Jug®. The field will open at odds of 4-1.

P-Forty Seven, the 2005 Little Brown Jug® champion, paid $377.80 in the first pool, $22.40 for the second, and $43.20 in the third wagering pool.

Phil Terry, director of marketing for the Delaware County Fair®, assembled a blue ribbon team of seven analysts who selected the group of 23 colts and geldings.  Each colt was assigned odds based on the selection order.  “Our analysts gave a slight nod to Feelin Friskie over Total Truth,” reported Terry.  

Comprising the team of analysts were Dave Bianconi of Northfield Park, Roger Huston of The Meadows, Sam McKee of The Meadowlands, Paul Ramlow of the USTA, Jason Settlemoir of Tioga Downs and simulcasting director for the Delaware Fair,  Gordon Waterstone of The Horseman & Fair World and Jay Wolf of the Delaware County Fair®. 

There will be four separate betting pools leading up to the September 21 Little Brown Jug®.  The second future pool will be the weekend after the Meadowlands Pace  (July 20-23); the third will be the weekend of the Cleveland Classic at Northfield Park and the week before the Cane Pace at Freehold Raceway (August 17-20); and the fourth will be during the first four afternoons of racing (September 17-20) at the Delaware Fair®.

Past performances will be available by Wednesday morning at all of the regular sites and on this website.

Among racetracks and internet sites accepting future wagers are Woodbine Entertainment, Xpressbet.com,  Tioga Downs, Youbet.com, Northfield Park, Scioto Downs, Plainridge, The Meadows, Saratoga Gaming and Raceway, Wheeling Island Gaming, River Downs, Delaware Park, America Tab, Beulah Park, Pony Up Bet, Capital District OTB, Suffolk Downs and Outlets, Fredericton Raceway and European Wagering Services.

For contract and operational information contact Phil Terry (740) 363-3754 or e-mail pterry@littlebrownjug.com or e-mail simulcast director Jason Settlemoir at Jasonlbj01@aol.com.  

For up-to-date information on Jug eligibles visit the Little Brown Jug® web site

                    Jug Future Pool #1
No.     Horse               Odds
1     Alastor Hanover        15-1
2     Armbro Damien          8-1
3     Arstanding               10-1
4     Big Tim                    25-1
5     Dave Panlone            6-1
6     Doonbeg                  8-1
7     Feelin Friskie             7/2
8     Jereme’s Jet              9/2
9     Joe To Go                 20-1
10     Manhardt                20-1
11     Mr Feelgood             12-1
12     Palone Ranger          10-1
13     Perfect Union           12-1
14     Rock N Roll Star        25-1
15     Sand Gogh               15-1
16     Sandro Hanover        12-1
17     Total Truth              4-1
18     True North Hanover   10-1
19     Up Front Peyton        20-1
20     Western Cyclone       8-1
21     Western Ace             5-1
22     Western Search        15-1
23     Western Shore          25-1
     “Field”                 4-1