by Tom White, publicity director, The Little Brown Jug

Delaware, OH — The $400,000 (est.) Jugette Filly pace may be the most wide-open in years. Pedigree Snob and Hawaiian Drink are slight preseason favorites among the 105 fillies eligible to the 39th Jugette, to be raced Wednesday, September 23, at the Delaware, Ohio County Fair.

Steve Jones of Montgomery, N.Y. and David Scharf of New York City own Pedigree Snob, bred by Jones at his Cameo Hills Farm. Jones had consigned the daughter of Allamerican Native to the 2007 Lexington Sale, but he and Scharf bid her in for $60,000.

“I wasn’t too sure until close to sale time what I was going to do with her. I sell everything, but if I could find a partner to race her, I wanted to keep part of her,” said Jones to Hoof Beats Editor Nicole Kraft in a story in the magazine’s February 2009 isssue.

The owners sent Pedigree Snob to Sam “Chip” Noble III in Ohio who told Jones and Scharf “that she is the best filly I have ever had.” After Noble won a qualifier with Pedigree Snob in 1:58.3, he sent her to fellow Buckeye Jim Arledge, Jr. In her first start, Pedigree Snob finished third in a division of the Reynolds Stake for driver Tim Tetrick. She then won the $114,571 Countess Adios in 1:52.2. The filly also won the $431,571 Sweetheart Pace at The Meadowands and a division of the Standardbred at Delaware. Pedigree Snob’s freshman season came to an end on September 24 when she finished second in the Pennsylvania Sires Stakes Championship.

Pedigree Snob was first, second or third in all nine of her races. She was also one of the fastest, taking a record of 1:51.4 and earned $384,500.

Bulletproof Enterprises’ Hawaiian Drink was the fastest in her freshman filly class when she won the $209,700 Matron Final on November 15 at Dover Downs in 1:51.3. She then won her elimination of the Breeders Crown but was beaten in the Final.

Hawaiian Drink won 8 of 13 starts and $490,288 and is trained by Tracy Brainard, who took over from Mark Harder in October prior to the filly’s victory in the $462,150 Three Diamonds Final at Woodbine. She also won the Hayes Memorial and Kentuckiana Stallion Stakes, and finished second in a division of the Bluegrass Stakes at The Red Mile.

There are also many other Jugette eligibles with excellent stakes showings: Breeders Crown Final runner-up Twist N Clout ($496,297), Matron Final runner-up Indulge Me ($227,764), Three Diamonds runner-up Special Sweetheart ($165,286), and American-National winner Notjustaprettyface ($295,898).

Here are the 105 fillies that remain eligible to the Jugette.

Acadiana
Alison Wonderpan
Allamerican Crush
Allamerican Edge
Allamerican Laugh
Amora Hanover
Angel Of The West
Arbeedo
Attitude Hanover
Best To Last
Bet On Luck
Beyond Perfection
Biogette Hanover
Break The News
Britash Redcoat
Bryan’s Ideal
Cams Van Go
Casadulce
Cosmo Blue Chip
Credit Rating
Dawn’s Legacy
DJ Cameo
Dream Mcqueen
Edie’s Desire
Electric Fool
Fashion Week
Four Starz Molly
Free N Easy
Gargantua Hanover
Gazers Mitt
Ginger And Fred
Girls Nite Out
Hawaiian Drink
Ideal Sign
I’m Not Gonna Lie
In The Game
Indulge Me
It Hurts Me
Jans Best
JW Blue Blue Chip
Kabbalah Karen B
Kaylie Q
Keene Elizabeth
Kiss Me Kate
Lorelei Hanover
Low Country Love
Lu Lu Q
Maxines Legacy
Meet Me Out West
Mezuzah Hanover
Michelle My Gal
Mid-Western Jatelo
Mint Julep Blue Chip
Model Magnate
Native Flower
Nikajah
No Rhyme No Reason
Not Enough
Notjustaprettyface
One Fast Filly
Pedigree Snob
People Like Me
Perfectionist
Pineart
Playful Terror
Precious Stone
Pumptious
Queen’s Gold
Retrieve The Gold
Rhonnie Gross
Sand E-Fifty Five
Save M Shark
Serenity Hanover
She’s A Fan
Shes Everything
Showherthemoney
Sid’s Sparkle
Singnoevil Hanover
Smilesplace
Smooth Silver
Special Sweetheart
Star Of India
Supreme Harmony
Sweet Lorraine
Terroronthebeach
That’s The Plan
Thou Shalt Not
Trading Rules
Treasure Keeper
TSM Darling Start
TSM Opal Start
Twin B Treasure
Twist N Clout
Two Steppin’ Sally
U Foria BB
Uneek Delight
Up Front Darlin
Up Front Dr J
Up Front Kelli
Up Front Noel
Up Front River Gal
Warrawee Kay
Warsaw
West Of LA
Yankee Celebration