Saturday, Rattlesnake Bridge looks to improve upon that second-place performance when he meets Belmont Stakes winner Ruler On Ice, the multiple graded stakes winner To Honor and Serve, and six others in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing.Parx Racing was formerly known as Philadelphia Park.
The Pennsylvania Derby tops a 12-race card that begins at 12:05 p.m. Eastern and includes the $250,000 Gallant Bob Stakes for 3-year-olds going six furlongs. Post time for the Derby is 5:45 p.m.
I also failed to mention the Little Brown Jug, Thursday, at the Delaware County Fair, the second leg of the pacing triple crown:
The home team won the Little Brown Jug.I apologize for dropping the ball on the Little Brown Jug.
Trained by Ron Potter, who trains year-round at the tiny Delaware County (Ohio) Fair, Big Bad John won the Little Brown Jug Thursday in straight heats.
"To me, it's like Ohio State winning the national championship," said Potter, who was born in Ohio and now resides in Delaware, among other things, the birthplace of Rutherford B. Hayes.
Potter had just about everyone in the town of Delaware (34,753) rooting for him and spent the days leading up to the Jug answering phone calls from the many well-wishers. His barn was adorned with a sign from a local watering hole, wishing him and Big Bad John good luck.
Potter is not among the big names when it comes to harness trainers and the Ohio racing circuit, outside of the Jug, is considered small time. But in Big Bad John Potter had a horse with the type of talent and speed it takes to win the Jug, one of the most prestigious events in the sport. The horse was 14 for 19 lifetime and was regarded as one of the top horses in the wide-open 3-year-old male pacing division.
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