Twelve enter $312,000 Jugette
At 0h03, on September 16, 2024 • By Jay Wolf, Little Brown Jug
Twelve three-year-filly pacers entered the 54th Jugette to be raced on Wednesday (September 18) at the Delaware County Fair forcing two eliminations.
The first elimination will feature A Few Choice Words (Jim Mahron, Jr.) and Dandy’s Mercy (Scott Zeron).
A Few Choice Words (post two) is the daughter of Little Brown Jug Champion Courtly Choice and is a winner of $354,767 for Clancy Farms.
She has won seven times in 13 seasonal starts, all in the state of New York.
She is conditioned by Blake MacIntosh.
Dandy’s Mercy, who was supplemented into the Jugette for $15,000, will leave from post three.
She was the runner-up in last weekend’s $252,000 Pennsylvania Sire Stake Final at Pocono Downs.
The daughter of Captain Crunch has five wins this season and has finished outside the top three just once in 11 seasonal starts.
She is trained by John Butenschoen for co-owners Hart Walker, Dandy Farms Racing, Ft Racing Stable and Douglas Overhiser.
The second elimination will have My Girl EJ (Dexter Dunn) and Odds On Platinum (Todd McCarthy).
My Girl EJ (Post 1) is coming off a win in the $252,000 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championships (September 9) in 1:49.2.
The homebred daughter of Sweet Lou has been on the board in 21 of 23 career starts and has amassed $1 million in career earnings.
She is conditioned by Ron Burke for co-owners Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi, Ronald Burke and Elizabeth Novak.
Odds On Platinum (Post 6) won the $250,000 Lynch Memorial at Pocono Downs on August 17 in a lifetime best 1:49.
She is conditioned by Dr. Ian Moore for co-owners Let It Ride Stables and Odds On Racing.
The first four finishers in each $25,000 elimination will come back for the $260,000 Jugette final.
Wednesday’s twenty-two race card will start at 11:00 a.m.
First Elimination – $25,000
1 Soft Shot (David Miller/Jessica Roegner)
2 A Few Choice Words (Jim Mahron, Jr./Blake MacIntosh)
3 Dandy’s Mercy (Scott Zeron/John Butenschoen)
4 Pass Line (Ronnie Wrenn, Jr./Ron Burke)
5 Caviart Belle (Yannick Gingras/Nancy Takter)
6 Donegal Spirit (Todd McCarthy/Andrew Harris)
Second Elimination – $25,000
1 My Girl EJ (Dexter Dunn/Ron Burke)
2 Lou Lou (Yannick Gingras/Ron Burke)
3 Blue Pacific (Corey Callahan/Scott Di Domenico)
4 Hunting Hula (Andy McCarthy/Bruce Lauer)
5 Leanne’s Choice (Scott Zeron/Erv Miller)
6 Odds On Platinum (Todd McCarthy/Dr. Ian Moore)
Second Heat – $260,000
Top four finishers from each elimination advance to the second heat.
