Harness: Pleaseletmeknow will supplement to the Little Brown Jug
With the conditions for the Little Brown Jug now allowing any 3-year-old to supplement for $45,000, the connections of multiple stakes winner Pleaseletmeknow have decided to dip into their pockets to make the son of American Ideal eligible.
Owned by Fiddler's Creek Stable and trained by Travis Alexander, Pleaseletmeknow has won eight of 12 starts this year and only missed the board once while earning $396,647. A pro around half-mile ovals, earlier this year he won the Messenger Pace at Yonkers Raceway. More recently, the homebred overcame post eight to capture the New York Sire Stakes final at Tioga Downs on September 10.
"The way he has dominated his last two starts, coming out of both like he hadn't even worked, and his ability to pace around a half led us to this decision," said Alexander.
Supplemental entries for the September 22nd Jug are due 10 a.m. Saturday (Sept. 17) and Bythemissal, who sits third in earnings in his age group, is also expected to make the payment. Divisional leader Beach Glass as well as North America Cup winner Pebble Beach are already eligible.
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In addition to the supplemental entry rule, also eligibles are now permitted for the final heat and all starters in the final will get a portion of the purse. Horses which qualify for the second heat but scratch will not get money. Below is a review of the two new conditions:
All starters in the Finals will receive purse money. The winner of the Race will receive 50% of the purse; one percent (1%) of the total purse will be paid to the owners (including drivers) of each finalist finishing 6th through last including horses that are declared a non-starter for pari-mutuel purposes during the Race by the judges, or those that don't finish the Race. The remainder of the purse for the Race will be divided 50-24-16-10% for the horses finishing second through fifth.
Should any horse scratch for the second heat an Also Eligible (AE) would be included. In a two elimination Jug or Jugette, the fifth-place finishers in the eliminations will be ranked by highest career earnings. The highest ranked fifth-place finisher will be Also-Eligible 1 and the remaining fifth-place finisher will be Also-Eligible 2.