Little Brown Jug
236 Pennsylvania Avenue
P.O. Box 1278
Delaware, OH 4301

The Little Brown Jug is arguably the most famous race in Standardbred history. The harness race is  for three-year-old pacing standardbreds & hosted by the Delaware County, Ohio Agricultural Society.

The race has been held since 1946 at the Delaware County Fairgrounds racetrack in Delaware, Ohio. The race takes place every year on the third Thursday after Labor Day. It is one of the most prestigious 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.

Through its humble beginnings, the Jug grew slowly to become perhaps the most recognized race in harness racing. Some would say almost as well known as the Kentucky Derby. In 1956 the Jug provided the anchor for the newly designated Triple Crown of Pacing to go along with The Cane Pace at Yonkers (N.Y.) Raceway and the Messenger Stake then at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, N.Y.  The Little Brown Jug is contested in heats. 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. If a horse does not win both heats, a race off is conducted between the first heat division winners, and the winner of the second heat, to determine the champion.

The Little Brown Jug is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers.