Published in Harness Racing Update by Bob Hayden On Jug Day, Sept. 19, 1999, JET LAAG, a 6-year-old son of Laag trained by Linda Toscano for Ira Schwartz, Alan Minkoff and the Zooming By Stable, scorched his way around Delaware’s half-miler in 1:49 winning the Senior Jug by 12 lengths. That was two-fifths faster than…
Published 19 September 2024, Standardbred Canada CAPTAIN ALBANO (CAPTAINTREACHEROUS) prevailed off a perfect pocket trip in the final heat to capture the 79th edition of the Little Brown Jug, the third leg of Pacing’s Triple Crown, on Thursday, Sept. 19 at Delaware County Fairgrounds. Driver Todd McCarthy engineered back-to-back winning trips in rein to the Noel Daley-trained…
A big week for CAPTAINTREACHEROUS this week in both hemispheres!The headline is undoubtedly three-year-old colt Captain Albano winning the $525,000 2024 Little Brown Jug at Delaware in a clean sweep after posting 1:49.2 to claim the elimination earlier on the card ahead of Captain Luke, with the other elimination won by another CAPTAIN colt in…