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Little Brown Jug Fantasy Stable Contest Begins May 31
DELAWARE, OH--How would you like to win the Little Brown Jug? You won’t even have to buy feed, make stakes payments, or spend long hours at the training track.
Just go to www.jugbarn.com and create your own stable of 10 Jug eligible three-year-old pacers.
Sign-ups begin today! Modeled after the popular “Road to the Roses” contest for the Kentucky Derby, jugbarn.com allows you to select horses and accumulate points in
each of the 17 scheduled contest races leading up to and including the September 18 Little Brown Jug. Players collect points if their horses are among the top five finishers
in each race.
There is no entry fee to play. Valuable prizes will be awarded to the leaders. The first place prize is a 42-inch flat screen Toshiba TV, two tickets for the 2009 Jugette
and Jug Day in the Hospitality Pavilion, and two nights lodging at the Columbus Sheraton Suites. The second place prize is a $500 wagering voucher, two Hospitality Pavillion
tickets for the 2009 Jugette and Jug Day and two nights lodging at the Columbus Sheraton Suites. Other prizes include a Toshiba lap top computer, stadium and grandstand
tickets for the 2009 Little Brown Jug, $100 Office Depot gift cards and souvenir shirts and hats.
Prizes will also be awarded to the top 10 leaders following the Meadowlands Pace Final on July 19 including two tickets each to the Little Brown Jug. The top 10 midway point
leaders. who are in attendance at this year’s Jug, will also be honored in infield ceremonies.
The U.S. Trotting Association-Harness Tracks of America members benefit program and Jim Winske’s Embroidery Ltd, provided the prizes.
Jugbarn.com is a joint venture between the Delaware County Fair, home of the Little Brown Jug, and
www.harnessracing.com, the daily news web site of The Horseman and Fair World
magazine , and is sponsored in part by Youbet.com.
The first race in this year’s Little Brown Jug Fantasy contest is the Burlington Stakes, Saturday, May 31 at Mohawk Racetrack. If you want to get in on the fun and start
earning points from the start, your deadline is 10 a.m. May 31.
You must activate 5 horses from your 10-horse stable for each contest race. Only horses that are given “active” status will be eligible to earn points. Players will have a
timeframe in which they will be able to change their active horses after each race. You also must select two trainers and two drivers.
You will be able to replace up to 2 horses in your stable, plus 1 trainer and 1 driver, during each of two supplemental draft periods.
You can keep up with all of the latest news about horses eligible to the Little Brown Jug by reading The Horseman and Fair World or by visiting harnessracing.com.
Following is the schedule of races for the 2008 Little Brown Jug Fantasy Stable.
Date Race Track
May 31 Burlington Mohawk
June 7 North America Cup Elims Mohawk
June 14 North America Cup Final Mohawk
June 21 Cleveland Classic Northfield Park
June 28 Hoosier Cup Final Hoosier Park
July 5 Art Rooney Final Yonkers
July 12 Meadowlands Pace Elims Meadowlands
July 19 Meadowlands Pace Final Meadowlands
Draft Period -- July 20-30
August 2 Oliver Wendell Holmes Meadowlands
August 9 Adios Final Pocono Downs
August 17 Confederation Cup Final Flamboro
August 17 Battle Of Brandywine Final Harrah’s Chester
August 23 Cane Pace Elims Freehold
September 1 Cane Pace Final Freehold
Draft Period -- September 2-5
September 6 Simcoe Stakes Mohawk
September 18 Little Brown Jug Elims & Final Delaware, OH