Dan Noble was the leading driver during last year’s Delaware Grand Circuit with eight victories, but his greatest thrill will come Thursday afternoon when he will guide Docs Yankee in the second elimination of the Little Brown Jug
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“That was great, winning the driving title, but it certainly doesn’t compare to getting the chance to drive in the Little Brown Jug,” Noble said. "I’ve known for about a week that I was going to drive Docs Yankee. I heard that (trainer) Ron Potter was going to enter Docs Yankee, but he didn’t call me until a few days ago. I was getting pretty nervous”
Dan is a son of noted Ohio harness trainer/driver Sam 'Chip' Noble III. Dan has driven the son of Yankee Cruiser all season. The Delaware-owned gelding has seven firsts, four seconds and one third for earnings of $82,432. “He’s a very mellow colt, nice to be around and he will do whatever you ask of him. He can race from behind or in front, and he can leave.”
Dan began driving at the age of 12 in matinees and qualifiers and got his USTA license at age 16, which was also the first year he drove at the Delaware Fair.
Dan said he has not talked to his father about driving in the Jug, but he will before Thursday. “I’ve always dreamed of driving in the Jug. The race is something special, like the Kentucky Derby for thoroughbreds. I’ve been here for all 27 years of my life and now I am going to be in a sulky on Jug Day.”
Lady Pace Honoree To Help America Cancer Society
More than $7,000 has been donated to charity through the efforts of Lady Pace honourees during the past two years at the Delaware County Fair
Terry Todd Millhoan, who is the 2010 Lady Pace honouree, will accept donations for the American Cancer Society in a unique way.
Millhoan, like Gail Cunard in 2008 and Polly Sidley in 2009, will wear a tiara throughout the day on Thursday. People at the fair will make bets with her that she will wear the tiara the entire morning and afternoon on Jug Day.
If she keeps the tiara on the whole day, the money will then go to the American Cancer Society.
Terry’s late husband William Millhoan died of cancer in 2008.
(Little Brown Jug)