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Giant Weekend With Little Brown Jug, Yonkers’ New York Championship Miles, Hoosier Stakes Parade And More
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Posted Wednesday, September 21
It’s a long weekend of stakes, front-heavy with the Little Brown Jug and accompanying traditional events on Thursday, Sept. 22. Then there are stakes on Friday and on Saturday Hoosier Park presents a star-studded stakes program. Mohawk’s Milton finalizes that night and the parade of six-digit New...
Grade 1 hero Force the Pass enters Saturday’s $200,000 Commonwealth Turf Cup (G2) at Laurel Park 0-2-1 from four starts in 2016. The Alan Goldberg trainee will attempt to finally earn that elusive first win of his four-year-old season while facing 11 rivals in the one-mile turf contest. The...
Brown ready to Connect in Pennsylvania Derby
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Posted Wednesday, September 21
Saturday's $1.25 million Pennsylvania Derby (G2) has attracted a strong field of 12 for the lucrative event at Parx and I think the race could yield some nice payoffs. Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Nyquist and Preakness S. (G1) star Exaggerator are the top draws, but each could be vulnerable in this...
The Barretts Debutante S. was the feature at Los Alamitos Saturday, with a field of six that didn't look like a whole lot to me on paper. Following the race, I seemed to have made an error in judgement as I overlooked Bitzka, who rolled home a very impressive winner in this dash. Claimed out of...
Even as urban sprawl inches north of Columbus and threatens the pastoral nature of Delaware 24 miles away, a half-mile patch of dirt in the heart of this rural town will always harken back to simpler times. The Delaware County Fair bills its Little Brown Jug as The Great American Harness race. For...
Before they step up to face California Chrome in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, Exaggerator and Nyquist will be seeking a measure of redemption in Saturday’s $1.25 million Pennsylvania Derby (G2). Preakness winner Exaggerator exits an 11th-place effort, beaten 33 length in the Travers (G1...
The penultimate program of the Delaware, Ohio “Jug” meet is Wednesday, Sept. 21, known as Jugette Day. The glamour-girl pacers meet in their version of the Jug and this time, a filly who has tampered with the glamour-boy division enters the Jugette to take on the best in her division. Pure...
Seven things to know about the Little Brown Jug
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Posted Tuesday, September 20
In advance of TwinSpires.com's on-site coverage of one of harness racing's biggest highlights, here are seven things to know about Thursday's renewal of the $577,000 Little Brown Jug: 1. Just the facts The Little Brown Jug, a leg of the Triple Crown for three-year-old pacers, was inaugurated in...
