Twelve enter $310,000 Jugette

Twelve three-year-filly pacers entered the 54th Jugette to be raced on Wednesday (September 18) at the Delaware County Fair forcing two harness racing eliminations.

The first elimination will feature A Few Choice Words (Jim Mahron, Jr.) and Dandy’s Mercy (Scott Zeron).

A Few Choice Words (Post 2) 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 3.

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 AM.

First Elimination – $25,000

HD          Horse (Listed Driver/Trainer)

1              Soft Shot by Heston Blue Chip (David Miller/Jessica Roegner)

2              A Few Choice Words by Courtly Choice (Jim Mahron, Jr./Blake MacIntosh)

3              Dandy’s Mercy by Captain Crunch (Scott Zeron/John Butenschoen)

4              Pass Line by All Bets Off (Ron Wrenn, Jr./Ron Burke)

5              Caviart Belle by Captaintreacherous (Yannick Gingras/Nancy Takter)

6              Donegal Spirit by Captaintreacherous (Todd McCarthy/Andrew Harris)

Second Elimination – $25,000

HD          Horse (Listed Driver/Trainer)

1              My Girl EJ by Sweet Lou (Dexter Dunn/Ron Burke)

2              Lou Lou by Sweet Lou (Yannick Gingras/Ron Burke)

3              Blue Pacific by Sweet Lou (Corey Callahan/Scott Di Domenico)

4              Hunting Hula by Huntsville (Andy McCarthy/Bruce Lauer)

5              Leanne’s Choice by Courtly Choice (Scott Zeron/Erv Miller)

6              Odds On Platinum by Bettors Delight (Todd McCarthy/Dr. Ian Moore)

Second Heat – $260,000

Top four finishers from each elimination

by Jay Wolf, for the Little Brown Jug