Rodeo Drive Deo, Odds On Chesapeake win Jugette elims

Delaware, OH – Rodeo Drive Deo (Captaintreacherous) and driver David Miller made a three-wide surge from sixth on the backstretch approaching three-quarters and won Wednesday’s first $25,000 elimination of the 55th edition of the Jugette, for 3-year-old female pacers, in 1:51 for trainer Ron Burke as the 3-5 favorite. Also advancing to the $280,000 final later today at the Delaware County Fairgrounds were Odds On Hialeah, Vel Cinderella and Skywalker Sea.

Virgil Morgan Jr.-trained Odds On Chesapeake and driver Dexter Dunn romped to victory in the second elimination, stopping the timer in 1:49.3 as the 2-5 chalk. Rose, Time Of The Season and Papi Grad took the next three spots to claim their spots in the final.

The full Jugette field, grouped by elimination finish:

E1-1 Rodeo Drive Deo (Captaintreacherous)  – David Miller – Ron Burke
E2-1 Odds On Chesapeake (Downbytheseaside) – Dexter Dunn – Virgil Morgan Jr.
E1-2 Odds On Hialeah (Lather Up) – Luke Hanners – Virgil Morgan Jr.
E2-2 Rose – Yannick Gingras (Sweet Lou)– Ron Burke
E1-3 Vel Cinderella (Keystone Velocity) – Tim Tetrick – Rob Rittof
E2-3 Time Of The Season (Bettors Wish) – Andrew McCarthy – Tim Twaddle
E1-4Skywalker Sea (Downbytheseaside)– Austin Hanners – Todd Luther
E2-4 Papi Grad (Papi Rob Hanover)– Todd McCarthy – Steve Carter

To watch the replays, click here

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by Ken Weingartner, for the USTA