Over the next few weeks, Jay Wolf, Little Brown Jug Publicity Director, will be ranking the top 10 contenders for the 71st edition of the pacing classic. This year's Little Brown Jug, presented by the Ohio Harness Horsemen's Association, will be held on Thursday, September 22.

Top 10 Little Brown Jug Contenders - Week #1 - August 9, 2016:
*All earnings in U.S.

1. Betting Line (1:47.4s; $983,505)
Owner: West Wins Stable (ON), Christine Calhoun (ON) & Mac Nichol (ON)
Trainer: Casie Coleman
Drivers: David Miller and Jonathan Drury

2. Control The Moment (1:48.2; $1,025,220)
Owner: Control The Moment Stable (PA)
Trainer: Bradley Maxwell
Driver: Brian Sears

3. Racing Hill (1:48.4f; $970,028)
Owner: Tom Hill (UK)
Trainer: Tony Alagna
Driver: Brett Miller

4. Check Six (1:50.3f; $699,732)
Owner: Burke Racing Stable (PA), Weaver Bruscemi (PA), William Switala (NY) & James Martin (NY)
Trainer: Ron Burke
Driver: Yannick Gingras

5. Pure Country (1:49.2f; $1,300,674)
Owner: Diamond Creek Racing (PA)
Trainer: Jimmy Takter
Driver: Brett Miller

6. Lyons Snyder (1:49.0s; $171,490)
Owner: Jeffrey Snyder (NY) & Geoffrey Lyons Mound (ON)
Trainer: Mark Silva
Driver: David Miller

7. Manhattan Beach (1:50.2f; $310,222)
Owner: Burke Racing Stable (PA), Weaver Bruscemi (PA), Geoffrey Lyons Mound (ON) & Wingfield Bros (OH)
Trainer: Ron Burke
Driver: Matt Kakaley

8. Fernando Hanover (1:51.2f; $190,460)
Owner: Burke Racing Stable (PA), Weaver Bruscemi (PA), Frank D. Baldachino & JJK Stables
Trainer: Ron Burke
Driver: Tim Tetrick

9. Talk Show (Q1:51.1; $160,606)
Owner: Talk Show Partners (FL), Brad Grant (ON) & Howard Taylor (PA)
Trainer: Tracy Brainard
Driver: Jim Morrill Jr.

10. Another Daily Copy (1:50.0f; $135,630)
Owner: Carl Sackheim (NY)
Trainer: Nicholas DeVita
Drivers: Tony Hall & Jim Morrill Jr.

(With files from Little Brown Jug)