Little Brown Jug Draws Top Four Pacers

Nineteen Owners Untroubled by Jug's One-Day Multiple-Heat Format

Sep 29, 2009

Owners decided their pacing stars could handle multiple heats at the Little Brown Jug, which drew all four of the season's top pacers. The purse was up from last season.

A year ago, driver John Campbell, a member of the Little Brown Jug board of directors, was asked in a public forum prior to the running of the 63rd Jug what could be done to attract the country's top pacers without fail. One inquirer had pointed out the obvious: that number one ranked and once-beaten Somebeachsomewhere had by-passed a Jug entry to participate in the more lucrative event at The Red Mile in Kentucky.

Even so, owners Jeff Snyder and Susan Grange wanted to confer closely with their trainer, Steve Elliott, before committing number one ranked pacer Well Said to this season's 64th Jug. Well Said had won the Simcoe at Mohawk less than two weeks before the September 24th Little Brown Jug, and he could face two heats, or more in one day in the Delaware County, Ohio event with only twelve days rest.

Elliott had never won the Jug, but he had never had a horse who couldn't handle heats, either, he noted. So Well Said was in, along with North America's three next best pacing contenders: Vintage Master, who had won the Cane Pace, pacing's first Triple Crown event; If I Can Dream, third on male pacing's money earnings list for three-year-olds; and Mr. Wiggles, fourth on the bankroll scale.

Little Brown Jug First Elim Entries (Race 14)

Post Position No. 1 -- Straight Shooting, bay colt -- (driver, Dave Palone); owner, Bullet Proof Enterprises, Boca Raton, FL -- trainer, Ron Burke.

PP No. 2 -- Bunkmeister, bay colt -- (Andrew McCarthy); Carter Racing Stable LLC, Greenville, DE and Leblanc Racing Inc., Felton, DE -- Steve LeBlanc.

PP No. 3 -- Keep It Real, bay colt -- (John Campbell); Wayne Eric Whebby, Dartmouth, NS, CA -- Joey Shea.

PP No. 4 -- Mr. Wiggles, bay colt -- (Corey Callahan); Elmer G. Fannin, Lincoln, DE and George Teague Jr. Inc., Harrington, DE -- George Teague Jr.

PP No. 5 -- River Shark, bay gelding -- (Luc Quellette); El Lobo LLC, Merrick, NY and Aaron D. Waxman, ON, CA and Vip Internet Stable LLC, Piscataway, NJ -- David Sabatelli.

PP No. 6 -- Annieswesterncard, bay gelding -- (Peter Wrenn); Sawgrass Farms LLC, Lockport, IL -- Joe Seekman.

PP No. 7 -- Doubleshotascotch, bay gelding -- (Jim Morrill Jr.); D. Scharf, NY, NY and Adam Victor&Son Stable, NY, NY and Lindy Farms Of Conn, Enfield, CT and K Tucci, Wild Ridge, NJ -- Noel Daley.

PP No. 8 -- Clear Vision, bay gelding -- (David Miller); John D. Fielding, Toronto, ON, CA and David H. McDuffee, Nashua, NH -- Richard Norman.

PP No. 9 -- Pedro Island, bay colt -- (Mike Wilder); Dm Stables LLC, Naples, FL -- Dave Rankin.

PP No.10 -- If I Can Dream, by colt -- (Tim Tetrick); Bulletproof Enterprises, Boca Raton, FL -- Tracey Brainard.

Little Brown Jug Second Elim Entries (Race 15)

PP No. 1 -- Carnivore, bay colt -- (Jody Jamieson); Jack Darling Stables LTD, Cambridge, ON, CA -- John Darling.

PP No. 2 -- Vertical Horizon, bay cot -- (Jim Morrill Jr.); Bulletproof Enterprises, Boca Raton, FL -- Tracey Brainard.

PP No. 3 -- Chasin Racin, bay colt -- (David Miller); Elmer G. Fannin, Lincoln, DE and George Teague Jr. Inc., Harrington, DE -- George Teague Jr.

PP No. 4 -- Vintage Master, bay colt -- (Daniel Dube); Brittany Farms, Versailles, KY and Brian P. Monieson Revtrust, Northbrook, IL -- Jimmy Takter.

PP No. 5 -- Born To Rockn Roll, brown gelding -- (John Campbell); FTF, Johnstown, OH -- Ron Potter.

PP No. 6 -- Nob Hill HIgh, bay colt -- (Tim Tetrick); Robert A. Mondillo, Delaware, OH and Donald E. Robinson, Cardington, OH -- Bill Webb.

PP No. 7 -- Fireintheshark, bay colt --(George Brennan); Arlene L. & Jules J. Siegel, New Hope, PA -- Jim Campbell.

PP No. 8 -- Well Said, bay colt -- (Ron Pierce); Jeffrey S. Snyder, NY, NY and Lothlorien, Cheltenham, ON, CA -- Steve Elliott.

PP No. 9 -- Sheer Desire, bay gelding -- (Dave Palone); Burke Racing Stable, Fredericktown, PA and R. Ringer, Washington, PA and Jjk Stables, Ft. Lauderdale, FL and L. Karr, Randolph, NJ -- Ron Buke.

The first elimination winner, If I Can Dream, and the second elim victor, Well Said, were joined by placers Sheer Desire, Carnivore, Vintage Master, Mr. Wiggles, Straight Shooting, and River Shark for the final heat won by Well Said in 1:51.4.

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