Little Brown Jug Fantasy Stable Contest Starts May 30
 

by Tom White
 

Mark your calendar!  Sign-ups for the 2009 Jug Fantasy Stable contest begin May 14th.  Just go to www.jugbarn.com and create your own stable of 10 jug eligible three-year-old pacers. A complete list of Little Brown Jug eligibles is available on the Jug web site www.littlebrownjug.com.  

Great prizes are in store for the players who choose the right stable and keep their active horses in play for the major summer stakes leading up to and including the September 24th Little Brown Jug.  Valuable prizes including a full package to the 2010 Little Brown Jug and Jugette, box seats in the grandstand and pavilion, three nights lodging at the Sheraton Suites and a $250 betting voucher.  Other top prizes include a Toshiba 37” HD LCD TV, Toshiba laptop, $100 Office Depot Gift Cards and souvenir shirts and caps.  It’s fun, easy and free!

Prizes also will be awarded to the top 10 leaders following the Meadowlands Pace Final on July 18th. 

Jugbarn.com is a joint venture between the Delaware County Fair and www.harnessracing.com, the daily news web site of the The Horseman and Fair World magazine, and is sponsored in part by Youbet.com. The U.S. Trotting Association-Harness Tracks of America members benefit program and Jim Winske’s Embroidery, Ltd. provide the prizes. 

The first race in this year’s Little Brown Jug Fantasy Contest is the Hoosier Cup Final, Saturday, May 30th at Hoosier Park. If you want to get in on the fun and start earning points from the start, your deadline is 10 a.m. May 30h. 

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 collect points if their horses are among the top five finishers in each race. 

You will have a timeframe after each race to change your active horses.  You must also select two trainers and two drivers.

You will be able to replace up to two horses in your stable, along with one trainer and one driver, during each of two supplemental draft periods. 

Following is the schedule of races for the 2009 Little Brown Jug Fantasy Stable.

Date               Race                         Track

May 30          Hoosier Cup Final              Hoosier Park
June 13         Burlington                        Mohawk
June 13         Art Rooney Final               Yonkers
June 20         North America Cup Elims     Mohawk
June 27         North America Cup Final     Mohawk
July 11          Meadowlands Pace Elims    Meadowlands
July 18          Meadowlands Pace Final     Meadowlands
              
                    First Draft Period --  July 19-July 23

July 24             Adios Elims                     The Meadows
August 1          Adios Final                      The Meadows
August 8          Oliver Wendell Holmes       Meadowlands
August 16        Confederation Cup Final     Flamboro
August 16        Battle of Brandywine         Harrah’s Chester
August 29        Cane Pace Elims               Freehold
September 7     Cane Pace Final               Freehold

                    Second Draft Period -- Sept. 8-Sept. 11

September 12     Simcoe Stakes               Mohawk
September 24     Little Brown Jug Elims      Delaware, OH
September 24     Little Brown Jug Final      Delaware, OH