by Tom White, publicity director, The Little Brown Jug

Delaware, OH — Mark your calendar! Sign-ups for the 2009 Jug Fantasy Stable contest begin May 14.

Just go to www.jugbarn.com and create your own stable of 10 Little Brown Jug eligible 3-year-old pacers. A complete list of Little Brown Jug eligibles is available on the Jug Web site at www.littlebrownjug.com.

Great prizes are in store for the players who choose the right stable and keep their active horses in play for the major summer stakes leading up to and including the September 24 Little Brown Jug. Valuable prizes include a full package to the 2010 Little Brown Jug and Jugette including box and pavilion seats, three nights at the Sheraton Suites and a $250 betting voucher. Other top prizes include a Toshiba 37” HD LCD TV, Toshiba laptop, $100 Office Depot Gift Cards and souvenir shirts and caps. It’s fun, easy and free!

Prizes also will be awarded to the top 10 leaders following the Meadowlands Pace Final on July 18.

Jugbarn.com is a joint venture between the Delaware County Fair and www.harnessracing.com, the daily news Web site of the The Horseman and Fair World magazine, and is sponsored in part by Youbet.com. The U.S. Trotting Association-Harness Tracks of America members benefit program and Jim Winske’s Embroidery, Ltd. provide the prizes.

The first race in this year’s Little Brown Jug Fantasy Contest is the Hoosier Cup Final, Saturday, May 30, at Hoosier Park. If you want to get in on the fun and start earning points from the start, your deadline is 10:00 a.m. on May 30.

You must activate five horses from your 10-horse stable for each contest race. Only horses that are given “active” status will be eligible to earn points. Players collect points if their horses are among the top five finishers in each race.

You will have a timeframe after each race to change your active horses. You must also select two trainers and two drivers.

You will be able to replace up to two horses in your stable, along with one trainer and one driver, during each of two supplemental draft periods.

Following is the schedule of races for the 2009 Little Brown Jug Fantasy Stable.

Date-Race-Track
May 30-Hoosier Cup Final-Hoosier Park
June 13-Burlington-Mohawk
June 13-Art Rooney Final-Yonkers
June 20-North America Cup Elims-Mohawk
June 27-North America Cup Final-Mohawk
July 11-Meadowlands Pace Elims-Meadowlands
July 18-Meadowlands Pace Final-Meadowlands

First Supplemental Draft Period — July 19-July 23

July 24-Adios Elims-The Meadows
August 1-Adios Final-The Meadows
August 8-Oliver Wendell Holmes-Meadowlands
August 16-Confederation Cup Final-Flamboro
August 16-Battle of Brandywine-Harrah’s Chester
August 29-Cane Pace Elims-Freehold
September 7-Cane Pace Final-Freehold

Second Supplemental Draft Period — Sept. 8-Sept. 11

September 12-Simcoe Stakes-Mohawk
September 24-Little Brown Jug Elims-Delaware, OH
September 24-Little Brown Jug Final-Delaware, OH