09/18/2008 - Delaware, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Shadow Play, winner of the first elimination heat, captured Thursday's Little Brown Jug with a wire-to-wire victory in the second heat. The three-year-old pacer won the second leg of Pacing's Triple Crown by 6 1/4 lengths in a time of 1:50 1/5 for the mile.
Driven by David Miller from the inside post, Shadow Play was sent off as the 3-5 favorite in the eight-horse field. Finishing second was Lonestar Legend, winner of the second elimination, and third elimination victor Art Official was third. Art Official, the 2-1 second choice, won the first jewel in the Triple Crown, the Cane Pace, on Labor Day at Freehold.
The second heat race had a purse of $264,589, while the three elimination races each had a purse of $58,797. The Little Brown Jug victory by Shadow Play was worth a total of $161,693.
"Horse racing is very popular there." said co-owner and former NHL star Serge Savard about Canada. "One day I told my son we should buy a piece of a horse with Dr. Moore (co-owner veterinarian Ian Moore) just to be involved locally. We told Dr. Moore and he came back to us a year later and said he'd just bought one, Shadow Play, and he sold me 25-percent. It turned out to be a pretty good horse."
Trained by Ian Moore, Shadow Play has won 14 of 33 career starts for $527,248. The pacer won the $350,000 Adios in August at Pocono Downs in Pennsylvania.
"I've been to a couple big races, but I've never been to the Jug," Savard said. "I cannot win [the] Stanley Cup anymore, but I still have a shot at winning a big race. It's fun when you're involved with the right people, and I think I am. They just love the horses."
Shadow Play and Miller won the first elimination of the 63rd Little Brown Jug in 1:50 at the Delaware, Ohio Fair. Shadow Play wore down Badlands Nitro, who set the pace, to win by 1 1/2 lengths. Badlands Nitro held on for second with Giddy Up Lucky finishing third.
Following the elimination, trainer George Teague noted that Badlands Nitro became sick and had to be scratched from the second heat.
Leaving from the inside post in the second elimination, Lonestar Legend went wire-to-wire and post a stakes record of 1:49 3/5. Rudy Rednose was second and Mystery Chase finished third. Miller was the driver of Lonestar Legend. Dave Palone picked up the drive in the deciding heat.
In the third elimination, 1-9 favorite Art Official and driver Ron Pierce overtook pacesetter Santanna Blue Chip down the stretch to win in a time of 1:52 3/5. Goddess's Justin was third in the seven-horse field.
The final leg of Pacing's Triple Crown will be the Messenger Stakes at Yonkers on Saturday, October 25.
No Pan Intended, in 2003, was the last pacer to capture the Triple Crown.
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