First Jug future available next week

July 14, 2008

Future wagering on the Little Brown Jug will be offered three times leading up to the 63rd renewal of the 3-year-old pacing classic on Sept. 18 at the Delaware, Ohio Fair. Wagers will be accepted at racetracks and on internet sites throughout North America and Europe.

The future wager allows fans to bet early on all 3 year olds who are eligible to the Jug. The minimum bet is $2 and all future wagers are win betting only.

Each of the three betting pools will be offered for a period of four days as follows:

12 p.m., July 24 through 11:30 p.m. July 27. This is the weekend following the Meadowlands Pace at he Meadowlands.

12 p.m. Aug. 21 through 11:30 p.m. Aug. 24. This is the weekend after the Battle of the Brandywine final at Harrah�s Chester and the week before the Cane Pace final at Freehold Raceway.

12 p.m. Sept. 14 through 11:30 p.m. Sept. 17. This is during the first four Grand Circuit afternoons of racing at the Delaware, Ohio Fair.

All of the horses entered for the 2008 Little Brown Jug and their post positions will be known following the draw on Saturday morning, Sept. 13, at the log cabin on the backstretch of the fairgrounds.

�For the third year our fans at the track here in Delaware will have the opportunity to place future wagers at the regular betting windows throughout the fairgrounds,� said Phil Terry, director of marketing.

Tell All, who won the 2007 Little Brown Jug, paid $18 in the first pool; returned $28.20 in the second pool; and paid $8.60 in the third pool. Tell All paid $6 on a $2 win ticket Jug Day.

Terry will again have a team of racing analysts and handicappers select 23 horses for each pool. The rest of the horses will be packaged together into one �field� wager. The field will open at 5-1 odds. The horses included in each of the three wagering pools will be listed in alphabetical order.

Comprising the team of handicappers are Dave Bionconi (Northfield Park), Roger Huston (The Meadows), Sam McKee (Meadowlands), Paul Ramlow (USTA), Gordon Waterstone (Horseman & Fair World) and Jay Wolf (Delaware, Ohio). Simulcast director Jason Settlemoir will compile the selections of the panel and establish morning line odds for each of the top 23 horses.

Every 3-year-old pacer in North America is included in the Jug field because if a colt wins the Cane Pace he can be supplemented into the Jug.

The official fields for each Little Brown Jug future wager will be released at the standard time of 48 hours before the start of wagering. At that time past performance and program information also will be made available.

For contract and operational information contact Phil Terry (740) 363-3754 or e-mail pterry@littlebrownjug.com or e-mail simulcast director Jason Settlemoir at jasonlbj@aol.com. (LBJ)

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