by Tom White, publicity director, Little Brown Jug

Delaware, Ohio–Multiple two-year-old stakes winning filly So Artsi, who has not started since she was injured and failed to finish in her division of the Champlain Stakes on September 5, 2003 at Mohawk Raceway, is “back in training and we are pointing her for the Jugette (September 22) at Delaware,” said co-owner Lou Domiano. “Our trainer Dick Macomber says the goal for So Artsi is the Jugette,” said Domiano.

So Artsi fractured a bone in her left front leg, “probably in the

Champlain,” said her owner. “Dick started back with her about two months ago and she’s trained in 2:20. We have a lot of confidence she will make it back.”

So Artsi, a daughter of Artsplace, won four of her six starts before being sidelined after the Champlain. She won both the Sweetheart elim and Final and an elim of the She’s A Great Lady. So Artsi earned $309,899 and took a record of 1:53.2. Bill Robinson trained her in 2003. Lee and Linda DeVisser bred So Artsi. Domiano (Sampson Street Stables), Thomas and Louis Pontone, Deena Frost and Jerry Silva purchased the filly as a yearling for $52,000 at the Standardbred Horse Sale in 2002.

So Artsi was ranked No. 23 in the U.S. Trotting Association’s preseason Experimental Ratings of colt and filly pacers.

Domiano, along with David Scharf, Steven Arnold and Silva, also campaign Camelot Hall, one of the leading contenders for the Little Brown Jug and this week’s $1,000,000 Meadowlands Pace.