The connections of 123 three-year-old pacing colts and geldings have made the final payment to remain eligible to the 70th edition of the Little Brown Jug.
The 123 eligibles represent a 19.4 per cent increase over the 103 eligibles in 2014.
The list of remaining eligibles includes last year’s two-year-old champion Artspeak, the 2015 Art Rooney Memorial champ In The Arsenal, Go Daddy Go, Lost For Words, Yankee Bounty and freshmen Breeders Crown winner Traceur Hanover.
Wakizashi Hanover was originally not eligible for the Jug, but due to his victory in last Saturday’s $1 million Pepsi North America Cup at Mohawk Racetrack the gelded son of Dragon Again can now supplement into the Jug.
Little Brown Jug conditions allow non-eligible winners of the Cane Pace, North America Cup, Meadowlands Pace and Messenger Stakes the option to enter for a $45,000 fee.
“We are really excited about the 70th edition of the Jug,” noted Tom Wright, director of racing. “We have the opportunity to have three supplemental entries this year and with the additional purse money, the Jug purse could be close to $800,000.”
The filly companion event, the Jugette, has 83 eligible (up two from 2014). The Old Oaken Bucket (three-year-old colt trot) has 56 eligible (up seven from 2014) and the Buckette eligibles are up 34.7 per cent with 66. The Delaware Grand Circuit meet will start on Sunday, September 20 and run through Thursday, September 24 (Jug Day). Monday action will feature a 3 p.m. first-race post time.
The full list of the Delaware eligibles are available by clicking here.
A BETTOR HAT
ALLSTAR ENERGY
AMERICAN CROSSROAD
AMERICAN LEGEND
AMERICAN ROCK
AMORA BEACH
ARQUE HANOVER
ARTSPEAK
ASAP HANOVER
AZOREAN ART
BADIOU HANOVER
BEACH BUM BERT
BEE HAPPY DAN
BET YOU
BLOOD BROTHER
BROW DOWN
BUCKLE UP
BYBY LANDON
CAPTAIN AND COKE
CARDIAC FASHION
CARTOON DADDY
CINDER LANE ROCKET
COAL HANOVER
COASTER
COLORFUL SPEECH
COOPERSTOWN
CORSICA HALL
DEALT A WINNER
DENSLOW HANOVER
DERBY DALE
DRAGON EDDY
DREAMS BEACHBOY
DUDES THE MAN
EDWARD TEACH
ELWELL
FASHION ROCKNROLL
FEELING CAM LUCKY
FOILEDONCEMORE
FREEDOMFORMYSOUL
FULL ON ROCKNROLL
GALLIC BEACH
GIOVANNI
GO DADDY GO
HALL OF TERROR
HURRIKANE ALI
IF YOU WANT FIRE
IN THE ARSENAL
JAKE BLUE CHIP
JO PAS WELL SAID
JOE HILL
K RYAN BLUECHIP
K ROCK
KING OF DELIGHT
LATE NIGHT
LEFTY
LONE SURVIVOR
LOST FOR WORDS
LYONS AGAIN
LYONS GEOFFJNR
LYONS JIMMYDEAN
LYONS LEVI LEWIS
MASTERSON
MAXDADDY BLUE CHIP
MCJET
MIGRATE BLUE CHIP
MIKES POWERHOUSE
MITT JAGGER
MOHAWK WARRIOR
MOHEGAN BLUE CHIP
MR FANTASY
MULLET BLUE CHIP
MY HERO RON
ONEISALONELYNUMBER
ONEWAYTOSANTAFE
OPENING NIGHT GEM
PANTHEON HANOVER
PAPARAZZI HANOVER
PARKLANE EAGLE
PIERCE HANOVER
POISONOUS
QUIK DREAMER
REGGIANO
REVENGE SHARK
REVEREND HANOVER
RICH WISDOM
RISE UP NOW
ROCK NROLL WORLD
ROCK SHOOTER
ROCK THE NITE
ROCKIN IN HEAVEN
ROCKNTOUCH
ROLLIN RING AFIRE
ROLLWITHTHEPUNCHES
RUFO
SHADES OF BAY
SHADOW RECRUIT
SHARKS PLAY
SHOE SHINE
SOME POWER
SOMEKINDAPARTY
SOMWHEREONTHEBEACH
SONOFA SIZZLE
SOTO
SOUTHWIND INDY
SOUTHWIND MASIMO
SPEAKING OUT
SPLIT THE HOUSE
STOVER
TALKING POINTS
TASK FORCE
TOMY TERROR
TOO DARN HOT
TOUCH OF LUCK
TRACEUR HANOVER
TRADING UP
TYD THEGLYDE
UF HARDER HANOVER
UF LARRYALLTHEWAY
WESTERN OUTTLAW
WESTERN PIONEER
WHITE BLISS
WOODY HANOVER
YANKEE BOUNTY
(Little Brown Jug)