Five Little Brown Jug Eligibles Win Weekend Stakes

by Tom White

DELAWARE, OH--The “Road to the Little Brown Jug” is underway.  Five colts who are eligible to the $600,000-est. Little Brown Jug won stakes this past weekend.

Blueridge Western captured Saturday’s $215,000 Berry’s Creek at The Meadowlands in 1:50.1 for driver Brian Sears. 

Jug eligible colts also won four of five divisions of Friday’s $212,000 Pennsylvania Sires Stakes at The Meadows.  The fastest was Sand Shooter in 1:51.1.  Others were Mystery Chase (1:51.3), Upfront Hannahsboy (1:53) and Truponder (1:53.1). 

Next up for Jug contenders  are Saturday’s Max Hempt eliminations at Pocono Downs, New Jersey Sires Stakes at The Meadowlands and the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series at Mohawk Racetrack.

The 63rd Little Brown Jug will be raced Thursday, September 18 at the  Delaware, Ohio County Fair.