Holmes Next Stop on Road to the Jug
By Tom White
8/02/2006
SATURDAY’S OLIVER WENDELL
HOLMES PACE
FEATURES 10 COLTS & GELDINGS ELIGIBLE TO LITTLE BROWN JUG®
The next stop on the road to the Little Brown Jug®
is Saturday’s $250,000 Oliver Wendell Holmes Pace at The Meadowlands. Ten of
the 15 starters in the two divisions are eligible to the $550,000-est. Little
Brown Jug®
scheduled for Thursday, September 21.
The first division includes Jug eligibles Feelin Friskie, Western Cyclone, Ideal
Michael and Perfect Union. Jug eligibles Western Guy, Took Hanover, Armbro
Deuce, Sandro Hanover, Michelle’s Gesture and Carr’s Character will race in the
second division.
Following this weekend’s Holmes, the road to the Jug schedule features the
$450,000 Adios Pace (August 12), $175,000 Cleveland Classic (August 19),
$600,000 Confederation Cup (June 20), $100,000 Cane Pace eliminations on August
26 and the $350,000 Cane Final on September 4.
$125,000 1st Division Oliver Wendell Holmes
Post Horse
1 Livestrong (*)
2 Ideal Michael
3 Sea Dragon (*)
4 Perfect Union
5 Artistic Fella (*)
6 Western Cyclone
7 Feelin Friskie
$125.000 2nd Division Oliver Wendell Holmes
1 Sandro Hanover
2 Michelle’s Gesture
3 Carr’s Character
4 Armbro Deuce
5 Fox Valley Appeal (*)
6 Shark Gesture (*)
7 Western Guy
8 Took Hanover
(*) not eligible to Jug
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