Two fillies supplement to the Jugette

The connections of two harness racing fillies have made the supplemental payment and will be racing in Wednesday’s (September 18) Jugette for sophomore pacers at the Delaware County Fair.

A $15,000 payment was made to include Soft Shot (Heston Blue Chip) and Dandy’s Mercy (Captain Crunch) in the filly classic.

Dandy’s Mercy 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.

Soft Shot comes into Delaware off a gate-to-wire win in the Filly and Mare Open Pace at The Meadows (September 4) in a lifetime best time of 1:51.

Earlier this year, the Heston Blue Chip lass had an eight-race win streak.

The New York bred is owned by Paul O’Neil and conditioned by Jessica Roegner.

The rest of the Jugette field and the entire Wednesday card will be drawn on Sunday (September 15) after the entry box closes.

by Jay Wolf, for the Little Brown Jug