Hey Hey Mama will get the opportunity to rock and roll in Wednesday’s $305,000 Jugette for 3-year-old filly pacers, and if she does, it would be only fitting. Named with a nod toward the opening line of Led Zeppelin’s song “Black Dog,” as well as sired by the Zeppelin-inspired Downbytheseaside, the co-fastest female pacer ever on a half-mile track is 4-1 on the morning line in the second of two $25,000 Jugette eliminations at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in central Ohio.
Category: Grand Circuit News
Jug action to be featured on Fox Sports 2
A majority of the Jug Day card will be broadcast on Fox Sports 2 as a part of their “America’s Day at the Races,” produced by the New York Racing Association (NYRA).
Stage set for Mohawk Million, Metro Pace
The field is set for this Saturday’s (Sept. 23) $1 million (C) Mohawk Million at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Eighteen enter $1 million Little Brown Jug
The connections of 18 sophomore colt and gelding pacers entered the box for the 78th edition of the Little Brown Jug to be held Thursday (Sept. 21) at the Delaware County Fairgrounds.
Eleven enter $305,000 Jugette
The connections of eleven three-year-filly pacers entered the 53rd Jugette, to be raced on Wednesday (September 20) at the Delaware County Fair forcing two eliminations.
Enjoying the ride with Mars Hill
Patience is a virtue in the breeding business, which Richard Arnold fully appreciates. Arnold spent more than a decade building a successful cattle farm in Tennessee, and decades later, added a Standardbred breeding operation at his Willow Oak Ranch. Tonight, his Mars Hill face nine rivals in the $420,000 Peter Haughton Memorial at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.
Spaaaanzano seeks to rebound in Haughton
He may not be a household name outside of Ohio, but Spaaaanzano will seek to remedy that situation when he makes his first foray outside of his home state and his first Grand Circuit appearance on Friday (Sept. 15) in the $420,000 Peter Haughton Memorial at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.
Grand Circuit to Hoosier and Mohawk
Grand Circuit action will commence on Friday (Sept. 15) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park with the $420,000 Peter Haughton Memorial for 2-year-old trotting males and the $400,000 Jim Doherty Memorial for 2-year-old trotting fillies.
Ponda Title set for Doherty test
Among the many admirable qualities possessed by Ponda Title, perhaps the most valuable is the one not readily visible: The desire to win. Ponda Title has five victories in seven races this season (with a second and third in her two setbacks) and $138,670 in purses, a total that ranks among her division’s best. All her starts have come at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, where on Friday she will make her Grand Circuit debut against nine rivals in the $400,000 Jim Doherty Memorial for 2-year-old female trotters.
International Trot Notebook
Dunn hopes nine is fine with Jiggy Jog S; Melander remembers first International win, looks for a second; Roy and ‘Frenzie’ ready to represent.