Always A Virgin tops Little Brown Jug field

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09/15/2007 - Delaware, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Cane Pace winner Always A Virgin heads a field of 16 for Thursday's $480,000 Little Brown Jug at the Delaware, OH County Fair. Two elimination races, each worth $78,000, will contested.

Always A Virgin has drawn the three post in the second elimination race with Brian Sears driving. The three-year-old colt is the 8-5 morning-line favorite in the eight horse field.

The colt won the first leg of pacing's Triple Crown, the Cane Pace, on Labor Day at Freehold. He is owned by Bluewood Stable, Roll The Dice Stable, and Val D'Or Farms, and has won eight of his 12 starts this year with earnings of $511,843. Always A Virgin is trained by Joe Holloway.

The first elimination race is led by North America Cup champ Tell All and Meadowlands Pace winner Southwind Lynx. Tell All is the 2-1 favorite and Southwind Lynx is 7-2 in the program.

Tell All will be driven by Jody Jamieson from the three hole with Southwind Lynx starting from post six with driver Tim Tetrick.

Trained by Blair Burgess, Tell All has eight wins in 16 starts for $1,152,507.

Southwind Lynx has earned $1,161,210 in 2007 with four wins in nine starts, which includes a victory in the Rooney Pace at Yonkers.

The first four finishers in each elimination will advance to the $230,400 second heat final. A horse must win two heats to be declared Little Brown Jug champion. If needed there will be a third heat with the three winners from the first two heats.

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