Southwind Lynx, who won the $1 million Meadowlands Pace and $1 million Art Rooney, and Kinetic Yankee, whose biggest check this year came via a second-place finish in the $500,000 Hoosier Cup in late June, have been installed 7-1 co-favorites in the first of three Little Brown Jug Future wagers. The pool closed Sunday after four days of betting action at racetracks across North America and several Internet sites.
North America Cup winner Tell All, New Jersey Sire Stakes champ and beaten Meadowlands Pace favorite Always A Virgin, and Hoosier Cup winner Artriverderci each closed at 8-1 in the first Future pool. The field, which includes all other 3-year-old pacers not listed among the 23 offered in the first pool, closed at 10-1. The field bet will also include any fillies that may enter the Jug.
Interestingly, 2006 Breeders Crown champion Charley Barley, who has yet to make a start in 2007, received enough backing to close the first pool at odds of 9-1.
Here are the complete closing odds for the first Little Brown Jug Future pool:
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