Little Brown Jug Society Hopes To Increase
All Grand Circuit Purses At Delaware Fair

The Litttle  Brown Jug Society has made changes in all Grand Circuit stakes
payments and added monies which will be reflected in 2009 purses. 

“Our goal is to increase the Little Brown Jug purse to $1-Million,” said Tom
Wright, vice-president of the Little Brown Jug Society and Race Secretary of
the Delaware Fair racing program.  “These increases will also increase purses
for all other Grand Circuit stakes.”

Wright has spent year comparing Delaware stakes payments with other major
stakes throughout the sport. 

In 2006, the Little Brown Jug nomination fee was increased from $25 to $50. 
“Our number of nominations remained the same but we received double the amount
of money,” said Wright.  “We will increase our two-year-old payment from
$300 to $500.  We made no changes in the 3-year-old payment or starting fees”

Wright added,  “We also increased our added money by 20 per cent. We did not
feel it was proper to ask the horsemen to increase their payments if we did
not increase our added money.”