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Tivoli Hanover Scratched Sick, Final Drivers Announced
Tivoli Hanover was drawn from the 62nd Little Brown Jug due to illness, reducing the field to 15 sophomore pacers.
Driver John Campbell will extend his consecutive drives streak to a record 27 straight years when he sits behind Ruff Me Up in the first elimination. Campbell, the three time
Jug champion, was named to drive the long-shot Real Artist colt for Val Dâ?™or Farms and Schoor Racing Stable.
Native Ohioan David Miller will pick up Hot Rod Mindale in the second elimination. Hot Rod Mindale is trained by Jim Arledge, Jr. of Circleville, OH for owners Joe Sbrocco,
Frank Dettore and William Donovan.
Final Jug Field
$76,800 First Elimination (Estimated Post Time 3:35 PM)
1. Fresh Deck (George Brennan)
2. Charley Barley (Mike Lachance)
3. Tell All (Jody Jamieson)
4. Artistâ?™s View (Yannick Gingras)
5. Watta Hotshot (Dave Palone)
6. Southwind Lynx (Tim Tretrick)
7. Ruff me Up (John Campbell)
8. Reserve Forces (Steve Condren)
$76,800 Second Elimination (4:00 PM)
1. Honky Tonk Hanover (Ron Pierce)
2. May June Character (George Brennan)
3. Always A Virgin (Brian Sears)
4. Kinetic Yankee (Andy Miller)
5. Casino King (Tim Tetrick)
6. Won The West (Greg Grismore)
7. Hot Rod Mindale (David Miller)
8. Tivoli Hanover â?“ Scratched (Sick)
$230,400 Second Heat (5:35 PM)
$96,000 Race-Off â?“ if necessary (6:35 PM)
Thursdayâ?™s Card Features Eight Millionaires
A total of eight millionaires, including the $2,068,966 earner Lis Mara, will due battle of the Little Brown Jug day card at the Delaware County Fair.
Lis Mara, the two time Canadian Pacing Derby champion, will headline the second division of the $76,400 Winbak Farms Pace. The five-year-old son of Cambest will be challenged
by 2006 Jugger, Jeremeâ?™s Jet ($1.4 million). Lis Mara has a lifetime mark of 1:47 4/5.
Mister Big ($1.5 million) and Maltese Artist ($1.6 million) highlight the first division of the Winbak Pace. Mister Big won the $650,000 William R. Haughton Final and the
$342,000 US Pacing Championship earlier this season.
The $116,000 Miss Versatility Final will feature a battle between Passionate Glide ($2.0 million) and Mystical Sunshine ($1.7 million). Passionate Glide won 13 of 15 starts
last season, but has found her four-year-old season a bit tougher by winning just 2 starts in 2007. Mystical Sunshine won the $250,000 Breederâ?™s Crown Final over Passionate
Glide on September 1.
The two millionaires in the Little Brown Jug both drew into the same elimination, Tell All ($1.1 million), Southwind Lynx ($1.2 million) will leave from posts three and six
respectively.