Morning Line Odds For First Little Brown Jug Future Wager

DELAWARE, OH--Wagering on the first of three Little Brown Jug future wagering pools will get underway at 12-noon Thursday, July 24 at racetracks and internet sites throughout North America.  Future wagering will be offered through 11:30 p.m. Sunday, July 27.

North America Cup winner and Meadowlands Pace runner-up Somebeachsomewhere (3-1) is the morning line favorite in the future Jug pool.  Trainer and co-owner Brent McGrath said at a  Meadowlands press conference on July 15, “I love the Little Brown Jug, but I don’t plan on racing Somebeachsomewhere there because of the possibility of having to go three heats the week before he goes to Lexington.” Meadowlands Pace winner Art Official is not eligible to the Little Brown Jug.

The George Teague, Jr.-trained Badlands Nitro, who won the $538,270 Art Rooney Pace, is next at odds of 5-1.  Sand Shooter, who won an elimination of the Meadowlands Pace, is 6-1 in the morning line.  Sand Shooter is trained by Jim Arledge, Jr. 

The future wager allows racing fans to bet early on all three-year-olds who are eligible to the Little Brown Jug.  The minimum bet is $2.00 and all future wagers are win betting only.

Future wagering will be offered at Tioga Downs, Vernon Downs, Racing and Gaming Services, Inc., Harrington Raceway, Hazel Park, Penn Gaming’s Telebet and Ebetusa.com, Raceway Park, TRNI, Youbet.com and Plainridge Race Course. 

Complete past performance lines for all Jug eligibles will be available free of charge on the Little Brown Jug official web site.

A team of six racing analysts and handicappers selected the group of 23 colts and geldings.  Each colt was then assigned odds based on the selection order.  The horses in each of the three future wagering pools are listed in alphabetical order.

The rest of the three-year-old horses were packaged together into one “field” wager.  The field will open at ( 7-1) odds.  Every three-year-old colt in North America is included in the field because if a colt wins the Cane Pace he can be supplemented into the Little Brown Jug. 

Tell All, who won the 2007 Little Brown Jug, paid $18.00 in the first pool; returned $28,20 in the second pool; and paid $8.60 in the third pool.

                    Jug Future Pool No. 1
No.     Horse                    Odds

1      Atochia                     12 to 1
2      Badlands Nitro                  5 to  1         
3      Beeeyouuuuuu                20 to 1                
4     Blueridge Western           10  to 1
5      Dali                          10 to 1
6      Deuce Seelster                20 to 1
7      Dontloseyourdayjob          20 to 1
8      Idle Hour                     25 to 1
9     Its That Time                50 to 1
10     Legacy N Diamonds           50 to 1
11     Lis Deo                     25 to 1
12     Lisfinny                     30 to 1
13      Moon Beam                12 to 1
14      Mystery Chase               25 to 1               
15     On The Brink                50 to 1
16      Sand Shooter                  6 to 1
17      Santanna Blue Chip             8 to 1
18     Scape Ghost                50 to 1
19     Share The Delight            8 to 1
20      Somebeachsomewhere        3 to 1
21     Tiz A Masterpiece           25 to 1
22      Upfront Hannahsboy          15 to 1
23      Warning Zone                30 to 1
24     Field                           7 to 1