Opens August 16th
Southwind Lynx Is 9/2 Morning Line Favorite In 2nd Jug Future Pool; Southwind Tempo First Filly Ever On Top 23 List

by Tom White

DELAWARE,OH--Southwind Lynx, who has won two million dollar races this year, the Art Rooney Pace and The Meadowlands Pace plus a division of the $121,000 Oliver Wendell Holmes, is the 9/2 morning line favorite in the second of three Little Brown Jug future wagering pools.  However, the George Teague-trained son of Real Artist finished fifth in last Saturday’s Adios Pace and failed to qualify for the Final.

For the first time ever a filly, Southwind Tempo, is among the 23 three-year-old pacers listed in the official morning line.  Southwind Tempo, listed at odds of 25-1, could be the first filly to race against the boys since Fan Hanover won the Jug in 1981.  If she is eligible to the Jugette,  a filly can  be entered in the Little Brown Jug by making up the difference of $350 in colt entry fees and by paying the $6,000 starting fee.  Southwind Tempo is trained  by Winning Hambletonian trainer (Donato Hanover) Steve Elliott.  

Also, two-year-old Breeders Crown champion Charley Barley, who hasn’t started in 2007, remains among the elite 23 with a morning line of 20-1.  

Wagering will get underway at noon Thursday, August 16th and continue through 11:30 p.m. Sunday, August 19th at racetracks and internet sites throughout North American and Canada.  Complete past performance lines on all Jug eligibles will be available free of charge on the official Little Brown Jug web site by clicking on the Trackmaster logo. The minimum future bet is $2.00 and all future wagers are win betting only.

Always A Virgin, winner of a division of the Holmes, is next in the morning line at odds of 5-1 while North America Cup winner Tell All is 6-1.  May June Character, who won the Adios over Won The West, is listed at 20-1.

The rest of the three-year-old colt and gelding pacers are packaged together into one “field” wager.  The field will open at 5-1 odds.  Every three-year-old icolt and gelding n North America is included in the field because if a colt or gelding wins the Cane Pace he can be supplemented into the Little Brown Jug.  Among notable colts included in this week’s field are third place Adios finisher Pan Giovanni, fourth place Adios elim finisher TJ’s Ideal and 2007 stakes placed Hot Rod Mindale.

The third and final future Jug pool will be during the first four afternoons of racing at the Delaware, OH County Fair (September 16-19). 
                Jug Future Pool No. 2

     No  Horse                           Odds

1   Always A Virgin                   5-1
2   Artriverderci                         8-1
3   Artzina                                15-1
4   Big Al’s Delight                   20-1
5   Charley Barley                    20-1
6   Domitian Hanover               15-1
7   Fresh Deck                         10-1
8   Kinetic Yankee                   10-1
9   Mattadultry                         20-1
10  May June Character           20-1
11  Mr Apples                         25-1
12  Pandoras Sox                    12-1
13  Ruff Me Up                       30-1
14  Southwind Lynx                 9/2
15  Southwnd Tempo               25-1
16  Spin Rate                           12-1
17  Takeshigemichi                   15-1
18  Tell All                               6-1
19  Tiber Hanover                   10-1
20  Warrawee Ideal                 10-1
21  Watta Hotshot                   12-1
22  Won The West                  15-1
23  Yankee Skyscaper             8-1
    Field                                    5-1