Wagering on the first of two Little Brown Jug future wagering pools opened at 12:00 noon on Thursday (September 7). Wagering into the pool will remain open until 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 10 at racetracks and internet sites throughout North America and Europe.
Downbytheseaside has been installed at the 3-1 morning line favourite. The bay son of Somebeachsomewhere has won eight starts this season and has banked more than $1.5 million lifetime. Downbytheseaside is owned by Country Club Acres, Joe Sbrocco, Richard Lombardo and Diamond Creek Racing.
Downbytheseaside won the $500,000 Messenger Stakes, the $300,000 Art Rooney Pace and the $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial. The colt is undefeated (six-for-six) in races on a half-mile track and he established a two-year-old world record last year at Delaware in the Standardbred.
The 7-2 second choice is his stablemate, Fear The Dragon. The Dragon Again colt has won $1,263,201 for Bruce Trogdon’s Emerald Highlands Farm. Fear The Dragon has won the $1 million North America Cup, $500,000 Max Hempt Memorial and the $400,000 Adios. He was scratched ‘sick’ from his last scheduled start, the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes final.
Both Downbytheseaside and Fear The Dragon are trained by Delaware, Ohio-based conditioner Brian Brown.
A team of harness racing analysts and handicappers have selected a group of 14 colts and geldings. The horses in each of the pools are listed in alphabetical order. The mutuel field consists of the remaining horses eligible to the 72nd edition of the pacing classic.
The minimum future wager is $1 and all future wagers are ‘win’ wagering only. The winner of each pool will be determined by the official first-place finisher in the 2017 Little Brown Jug, presented by the Ohio Harness Horseman’s Association, which is to be raced during the afternoon of Thursday, September 21.
The record payout for the LBJ Future Wager is P Forty Seven (2005 – Pool #1) at $377.80.
The second future pool will be from Sunday, September 17 through Wednesday, September 20.
Past performance lines for the Little Brown Jug Future Wagering event will be available free of charge on the Little Brown Jug website (littlebrownjug.com).
2017 Little Brown Jug Future Wagering – Pool #1
HD. Horse – M/L Odds
1. Art Scene – 25-1
2. Blood Line – 15-1
3. Boogie Shuffle – 20-1
4. Chip Walther – 25-1
5. Classic Pro – 15-1
6. Downbytheseaside – 3-1
7. Fear The Dragon – 7-2
8. Filibuster Hanover – 15-1
9. Funknwaffles – 10-1
10. Heavens Gait – 12-1
11. Miso Fast – 6-1
12. Normandy Beach – 30-1
13. R J P – 20-1
14. Western Hill – 30-1
15. – Field – 10-1
(Little Brown Jug)