Sign-ups for the 2009 Jug Fantasy Stable contest ARE UNDERWAY, so just go to www.jugbarn.com and create your own stable of 10 Little Brown Jug-eligible 3-year-old pacers, and remember the first race of this year's contest is the May 30 Hoosier Cup at Hoosier Park. Be sure to create your stable and start earnings points right away.
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 Sept. 24 Little Brown Jug in Delaware, Ohio. Valuable prizes include a full package to the 2010 Little Brown Jug and Jugette including box and pavilion seats, three nights 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 18. 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. A complete list of Little Brown Jug eligibles is available on the Jug web site www.littlebrownjug.com. You must activate five 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. When you choose your initial stable you must also select two trainers and two drivers.
You will have a timeframe after each race to change your active horses, with the deadline being 10 a.m. the day of the race. 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 (Jugbarn.com)
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