Final driver’s changes have been made for the 80th edition of the Little Brown Jug (Grade 1).

 

In the first elimination Jason Bartlett will sit behind Sterling Choice (#7).

 

The second $50,000 elimination will now have Scott Zeron driving Captain
Optimistic (#5) and Dan Noble will pilot Wild Bill Wyatt (#7).

 

Race #16 – First Elimination – $50,000

HD       Horse (Listed Driver/Trainer)

1          No Tresspassing (Scott Zeron/Deborah Daguet)

2          Papi’s Rocket (Yannick Gingras/Ron Burke)

3          Ayeaye Captain Deo (James MacDonald/Garry Merner, Jr.)

4          Extra Suds (Dexter Dunn/Virgil Morgan, Jr.)

5          Louprint (Ron Wrenn, Jr./Ron Burke)

6          Prince Hal Hanover (Todd McCarthy/Dr. Ian Moore)

7          Sterling Choice (Jason Bartlett/Blake MacIntosh)

 

Race #17 – Second Elimination – $50,000

HD       Horse (Listed Driver/Trainer)

1          D A Love Boat (Yannick Gingras/Ron Burke)

2          Thirsty Thursday (Tyler Buter/Hunter Oaks)

3          Lou’s Starr (Scott Warnick/Fern Paquet, Jr.)

4          Odds On Outlier (Dexter Dunn/Melanie Wrenn)

5          Captain Optimistic (Scott Zeron/Nancy Takter)

6          Snack Attack (Jason Bartlett/Joe Bongiorno)

7          Wild Bill Wyatt (Dan Noble/Walter Haynes, Jr.)

 

Race #20 – Second Heat – $500,000

Top four finishers from each elimination

 

— Career Jug Records —

 

Driver                      Starts     1st       2nd      3rd         UDRS              Purses                        Champions

Bartlett, Jason            1          0          0          0          
0.000                     $-                                          

Buter, Tyler                 2          0          1          1           0.444           $78,080                                         

Dunn, Dexter             15         1          5          2           0.296         $555,498                                         

Gingras, Yannick        37         6          5          6           0.291      $1,189,864              2014, 2017, 2021

MacDonald, James     4          0          0          3           0.250           $79,720                                         

McCarthy, Todd          4          2          1          0           0.639         $308,500                                  2024

Noble, Dan                 6          0          1          1           0.148           $64,591                                         

Paquet, Jr., Fern                           First Start                                                                                            

Wrenn, Jr., Ronnie      3          0          0          0           0.000           $33,452                                         

Zeron, Scott               19         4          3          2           0.333         $892,552                        2012, 2023

 

Trainer                    Starts     1st       2nd      3rd         UTRS               Purses                        Champions

Bongiorno, Joe                            First Start                                                                                            

Burke, Ron                 52         9          9          5           0.301      $1,988,098    2014, 2017, 2021, 2022

Daguet, Deborah        3          0          0          1           0.111           $17,000                                         

Haynes, Jr. Walter                        First Start                                                                                            

MacIntosh, Blake       4          2          2          0           0.778         $403,960                                  2018

Merner, Jr., Garry                        First Start                                                                                            

Moore, Dr. Ian            7          2          0          1           0.333         $281,431                                  2008

Morgan, Jr., Virgil      12         1          1          1           0.157         $122,521                                         

Oakes, Hunter                             First Start                                                                                            

Takter, Nancy             8          1          0          1           0.167           $55,816                                         

Warnick, Scott                             First Start                                                                                            

Wrenn, Melanie                                  First Start