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The 2003 edition of the battle for the Little Brown Jug. This particular game was famous for being the biggest comeback in Michigan football history. [19] "The Battle of Giants" occurred in 1940, with undefeated Minnesota facing undefeated Michigan on November 9, 1940. Minnesota won 7–6. Minnesota went on to go 8–0 and win the national ...
The Little Brown Jug is contested in heats. Up until 2016, a horse had to win 2 heats in order to be crowned the winner of the Little Brown Jug. The first heat is split into several divisions, with the top finishers in each division returning to contest the second heat. A horse wins the Little Brown Jug by winning both heats.
William Robert (Billy) Haughton (November 23, 1923 – July 15, 1986) was an American harness driver and trainer. He was one of only three drivers to win the Hambletonian four times, the only one to win the Little Brown Jug five times, and the only one to win the Messenger Stakes seven times.
In the Horseman Futurity at Indianapolis, "Bret" won the first heat in 1:55.0 to equal the fastest race mile in history, but he'd again be beaten by Adios Vic in the second heat (1:56.3), forcing a race-off, which was won by Adios Vic. [7] [8] In September, Bret Hanover won the Little Brown Jug setting a world record in the first heat despite ...
Trainer Linda Toscano and driver Scott Zeron accomplished the rare feat of capturing victories in the Little Brown Jug and Jugette.
Western Dreamer (foaled April 25, 1994 in Georgetown, Kentucky) is an American Standardbred racehorse who won the U. S. Pacing Triple Crown in 1997. Driven by Michel Lachance, his winning time of 1:51 1/5 in the Little Brown Jug was the then fastest ever recorded for the race.
The 80th edition of the Little Brown Jug game between Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg South is set for this Friday.
Minnesota (2-3, 0-2) hoped to win the Little Brown Jug for the first time in a decade and only the third time in the 21st century. “We are way past the point where moral victories matter to this program,” Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck said. “Everyone on our sideline thought we were going to win that game.”