Top 10 Jug Contenders – Week #5

Published: September 6, 2017 09:45 pm EDT

Jay Wolf, Little Brown Jug Publicity Director, has released his fifth weekly installment of the Top 10 Jug Contenders list in anticipation of the 72nd renewal of the pacing classic.

The 2017 Little Brown Jug will be held at the Delaware County Fair in Ohio on Thursday, September 21.

Top 10 Little Brown Jug Contenders – Week #5 – September 6, 2017
(all earnings reported in U.S. currency)

1. (#1 last week) Downbytheseaside (1:49.0; $1,533,322)
Owners: Country Club Acres (OH), Joe Sbrocco (OH), Richard M. Lombardo (OH), and Diamond Creek Racing (PA)
Trainer: Brian Brown
Driver: Brian Sears

2. (#2) Fear The Dragon (1:48.4s; $1,263,201)
Owner: Emerald Highlands Farm (OH)
Trainer: Brian Brown
Driver: David Miller

3. (#3) Filibuster Hanover (1:50.0f; $354,040)
Owners: Burke Racing Stable (PA), Weaver Bruscemi (PA), Joseph DiScala, Jr. (NY), and J&T Silva Stables (NY)
Trainer: Ron Burke
Drivers: Matt Kakaley and Yannick Gingras

4. (#7) Miso Fast (1:49.2f; $457,328)
Owners: Burke Racing Stable (PA), Weaver Bruscemi (PA), Our Horse Cents Stable (PA) and J&T Silva Stables (NY)
Trainer: Ron Burke
Driver: Matt Kakaley

5. (#8) Funknwaffles (1:50.4h; $575,687)
Owner: Crawford Farms Racing (NY)
Trainer: John Butenschoen
Driver: Corey Callahan

6. (#9) Boogie Shuffle (1:48.2f; $347,543)
Owner: Fox Hollow Farm (PA)
Trainer: Mark Harder
Driver: Scott Zeron

7. (not ranked) Art Scene (1:51.2f; $175,063)
Owners: Brittany Farms (KY), Alagna Racing (NJ), In The Gym Partners (NY), and Americam Art Stable (KY)
Trainer: Tony Alagna
Drivers: Jordan Stratton and Scott Zeron

8. (#5) Heavens Gait (1:49.0s; $272,947)
Owner: John R. Cummins (KY)
Trainer: Nicholas DeVita
Drivers: David Miller and Jordan Stratton

9. (#4) Blood Line (1:50.3f; $236,239)
Owner: Diamond Creek Racing (PA)
Trainer: Jimmy Takter
Driver: Mark MacDonald

10. (#10) Chip Walther (1:50.3; $199,870)
Owners: Ervin Miller Stable (PA), Paymaq Racing (IL), Nick Surick Stable (NJ), and Louis A. Willinger (KY)
Trainer: Erv Miller
Driver: Marcus Miller

(Little Brown Jug)

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