Odds and Ends for the Little Brown JugTV CoverageFox Sports will broadcast the 79th Little Brown Jug, presented by the Ohio Harness Horseman’s Association.The coverage will be on FS2 from 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM and from 4:30 PM until 7:00 PM.The Otten sisters – Jessica and Jenna – will lead the coverage from the… Continue reading Odds and Ends for the Little Brown Jug
By Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager John Saunders knows the thrill of being the captain of a Yale football team that beat Harvard in The Game. On Thursday, the Ohio native will look to tackle The Jug. Saunders, whose family’s involvement in harness racing dates to the 1940s and his Ohio Hall of Fame-inducted… Continue reading LBJ hopeful ‘Zane’ a special horse to Saunders family
$80,000 Buckette (Three-Year-Old Filly Trot)Sadbirdstillsing (Todd McCarthy) used a backstretch, three-wide move and swept past Nymeria (Matt Kakaley) and HL Omaya (Harry Landy) to score a 1:54 victory. Nymeria held on for second and Pizza Bianca (Andy Miller) rounded out the trifecta. The winner is trained by Tony Alagna for Crawford Farms Racing and the… Continue reading Jugette Day Undercard
Connections Take A Shot with Soft Shot and Take Jugette Title Soft Shot, a supplemental entry, equaled the world’s record in her elimination and used a gate-to-wire effort in the final to win the $310,000 Jugette for three-year old filly pacers on Wednesday at the Delaware County Fair. When the field of eight was sent… Continue reading Connections Take A Shot with Soft Shot and Take Jugette Title
Scrappy Was Just That In OBCScrappy’s Love withstood extended pressure from Lt Loverboy and scored a nose victory in the $137,000 (div) Ohio Breeders Championship for freshman colt trotters in Tuesday action at the Delaware County Fair.Drive Mike Wilder used his rail position and established control of the field and fractions of :29.1 and :58.4.Nearing… Continue reading Tuesday Action at Delaware
By Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager If coming up with a horse like Dandy’s Mercy was akin to catching lightning in a bottle, it’s because the flash has extended to the filly’s performance on the racetrack. Dandy’s Mercy, the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the first of Wednesday’s two eliminations of the $310,000 Jugette for… Continue reading Dandy’s Mercy a homebred delight
Stablemates Headline 79th Little Brown JugNijinsky and Legendary Hanover headline a field of 14 in the $625,000 Little Brown Jug on Thursday, September 19 at the Delaware County Fair.Nijinsky (1st Elimination – Post 4) comes into Delaware on three-race win streak, all over the Woodbine Mohawk oval in Ontario. He has a career mark of… Continue reading Stablemates Headline 79th Little Brown Jug
The Two-Year-Old OBC Colt Trot Headlines Delaware’s Tuesday CardTwo divisions of the $137,000 (div.) Ohio Breeders Championship for freshman colt trotters will highlight the Tuesday card (September 17) at the Delaware County Fair. The first division will feature Hilltop Sonar (Post #3 with Chris Page), a winner of three of five 2024 starts. The What… Continue reading OBC Highlights Delaware’s Tuesday Card
Filly Was Sweet In OBCSugar Instead continued her undefeated season by winning the $113,640 Ohio Breeders Championship for sophomore filly trotters in Monday action at the Delaware County Fair.When the field of eight was sent on their way, Jurassic Hattie (Tyler Smith) was hustled out of post five and grabbed the early lead.Legacy Affair (Ron… Continue reading Sugar Instead Takes OBC at Delaware
Luther’s Sweep Ohio Breeders Championship for Freshman Filly Pacers The Luther brothers – owner Greg Luther and trainer Todd Luther – and driver Austin Hanners swept the $133,600 (div.) Ohio Breeders Championship for two-year-old filly pacers on Sunday at the Delaware County Fair.In the second $66,800 division, Hanners fired Skywalker Sea out of post position… Continue reading OBC Action Headlines Sunday Card at Delaware
