Two $68,500 USD divisions of the Ohio Breeders Championship for freshman colt trotters will highlight the Tuesday, Sept. 17 at the Delaware County Fair.
The first division will feature Hilltop Sonar (Post 3, Chris Page), a winner of three of five 2024 starts. The What The Hill gelding has won $121,145 for Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi, Beasty and Rich Lombardo Racing.
The second division looks to be a battle between Lt Loverboy (Post 6, Brett Miller) and Whats Shakin (Post 4, Ronnie Gillespie). Lt Loverboy has not finished worse than third in seven career starts and has earned $$143,974 for Wayne Mast Jr. and Callam Racing. The Long Tom colt is trained by Darne Harvey. Whats Shakin was the winner of the Next Generation Stakes in May and has amassed $163,966 this season. He is owned by W J Donovan and is trained and driven by Ronnie Gillespie.
The final of the Spring Haven Farm’s Lady Drivers Championship will be held during the Tuesday card. The final brings together the top eight female drivers that participated during the 18-leg series. Defending champion Devan Miller will look to repeat with Seeing Eye Single from Post 5.
The Tuesday Pick 4 will feature a $5,000 guaranteed pool. The segment will include races 14 through 17. Past performance pages will be available, free of charge, at littlebrownjug.com.
A reminder that post time for the Jugette (Wednesday) and Little Brown Jug Day (Thursday) cards have been moved up to 11 a.m.
Wisconsin-based driver/trainer Amber Sawyer will be on hand in the grandstand on Jugette and Jug Day to sell copies of her children’s book, Love to Race. The book is based on Sawyer’s relationship with veteran pacer Derek Bromac N, who enjoyed a long career on racetracks in both his native New Zealand and the United States. Sawyer, captivated by Derek Bromac N’s sheer drive to compete, put the gelding’s gallant story into words — words that turned the lifelong harness racing participant into a published author. Love to Race features mixed-media illustrations from Sawyer’s longtime friend, painter and art therapist Tami Joe DeLisle.
(Little Brown Jug)