Is the Little Brown Jug 2020 Cancelled?

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX/WTTE) — The 2020 Delaware Grand Circuit harness racing meet, including the 75th Little Brown Jug will be held without spectators due to COVID-19. “It is a disappointing day for us. Fans will be able to watch and wager on the Grand Circuit Meet and Little Brown Jug through its simulcast network.

Who won the Little Brown Jug today?

Captain Barbossa
Bongiorno captured the 75th Little Brown Jug on Thursday with 3-year-old gelding Captain Barbossa in 1 minute, 49 1/5 seconds, defeating Cattlewash and Sandbetweenmytoes to take the $335,400 final. “There’s really no words to describe it,” Bongiorno said. “It is a dream come true.”

Where is the Little Brown Jug race at?

Delaware County Fairgrounds racetrack
The Little Brown Jug is a harness race for three-year-old pacing standardbreds hosted by the Delaware County Agricultural Society since 1946 at the Delaware County Fairgrounds racetrack in Delaware, Ohio. The race takes place every year on the third Thursday after Labor Day.

How many people attend the Little Brown Jug?

56,000 people
Now more than fifty thousand people travel to see the race every year. The Little Brown Jug holds the record (56,000 people) for the largest crowd to see a harness racing event.

When is the Little Brown Jug harness race?

Harness Racing’s most exciting race, the 75th renewal of the pacing classic “the Little Brown Jug” will take place on Thursday, September 24th in Delaware, Ohio over the most famous half mile track in the world at the Delaware County Fairgrounds.

How did the Little Brown Jug race get its name?

Along with the Hambletonian, a race for trotters, it is one of the two most coveted races for Standardbred horses. The event is named after the Little Brown Jug, a pacer, who won nine consecutive races and became a USTA Hall of Fame Immortal in 1975. The race is the counterpart to the Jugette for three-year-old fillies.

When is the 2020 Little Brown Jug race?

Fans will be able to watch and wager on the 2020 Grand Circuit Meet (September 20 – 24) and the Little Brown Jug through its simulcast network. The harness racing will be conducted in accordance with the protocols of the “Safe Return to Racing” as established by the Ohio State Racing Commission.

When is post time for Little Brown Jug?

Post time on Jug Day will be 11:00 AM. One of North America’s most important and unique Standardbred races is the Little Brown Jug, a race held each year at the Delaware County Fair in Delaware, Ohio.