‘We’re having enjoyable with a horse we love’ – U.S. Trotting Information

Hightstown, NJ – On most weekday afternoons, Dr. Jill Dentel and James Ehrsam are centered on their day jobs – Dentel because the proprietor of a veterinary clinic and Ehrsam as a township street crew chief – however Wednesday shall be a bit completely different because of a 3-year-old filly pacer named Rose Run Aimee.

On Wednesday afternoon, Rose Run Aimee shall be among the many 16 sophomore filly pacers competing within the eliminations of the Grade 1 Jugette on the Delaware County Fairgrounds in central Ohio. Dentel co-owns Rose Run Aimee with William Rufenacht, Gene Roth and Jeffrey Bankey, and he or she is up repeatedly earlier than dawn to handle the filly with the horse’s coach, Ehrsam.

And Rose Run Aimee has rewarded their profession juggling acts in a approach nobody anticipated a 12 months in the past, by going from the Ohio Fair Stakes to the Ohio Sire Stakes to the Grand Circuit. The daughter of Racing Hill-Private Performanc has hit the board in 17 of 21 profession races, profitable eight and incomes $138,746, and twice equaled the Eldorado Scioto Downs observe report for 3-year-old filly pacers (1:49.4) this summer time.

Her performances prompted her connections to pay the $15,000 supplemental entry charge to get into the Jugette because the filly was not initially staked to the occasion.

“When you do this like we do, we don’t have a stable of 20 horses, we only have a couple, this is a once-in-a-lifetime-type deal, and we weren’t going to let it go by,” Dentel stated. “We’re excited just to be here, and that’s the attitude we came to Delaware with. Hopefully, it’s not a once-in-a-lifetime thing, but we realize this very well could be. We’re here and we’re having fun with it. We’re having fun with a horse we love.”

Training down earlier than her 2-year-old season, Rose Run Aimee was a handful and her earlier coach and co-owner needed to promote his share within the filly. Dentel was introduced with the prospect to take 50 p.c possession and supply a contemporary begin. After discussing the filly with Ehrsam, she did.

“Everyone had kind of written her off; they thought she was just a nut,” Dentel stated. “We took her hoping to have a fun fair horse and ended up with a whole lot more. We never thought this would happen in a million years. It’s very exciting.”

Last 12 months, Rose Run Aimee gained 3 times on the Ohio Fair Stakes circuit. This 12 months, she introduced her sport to an entire new degree. She rolled via the Steve McCoy Series at Scioto, profitable the June 13 remaining in 1:49.4 to equal the observe report for 3-year-old filly pacers. In her subsequent begin, additionally at Scioto, she gained for the primary time within the Ohio Sire Stakes (after two earlier second-place finishes) and stopped the timer once more in 1:49.4.

“There is nothing that this horse loves more than racing and more than winning,” Dentel stated. “She is there every single day 110 percent; every training session, every race. Knock on wood, she’s never given us a bad performance. She genuinely loves this. Nothing makes her happier than going to work every day. We tried to turn her out for two or three months last year when we finished, and I think we made it two weeks. She was bouncing around and always trying to drag me up to the track. She clearly wasn’t happy, so we put her back to work. She’s got heart, and that’s what is best about her.”

Not surprisingly, as Rose Run Aimee started flashing her expertise, Dentel started receiving presents to promote the filly. That was by no means going to occur.

“Nothing is going to make me happy like she does,” Dentel stated. “That’s why we’re here. We’re here to have fun with our horse. We’re here for the little guy that’s still trying to do it morning, noon and night in-between a fulltime job, who’s only got a couple horses in the barn, and show it can be done. It’s not easy, but it is possible. This is our one, and she’s meant a lot to a lot of people this summer.”

Rose Run Aimee will compete within the first of Wednesday’s $25,000 Jugette eliminations. She will go away from put up two with Ronnie Wrenn Jr. within the sulky. She is the 5-2 morning-line favourite.

The prime 4 finishers from every elimination will return later within the day for the $280,000 remaining.

“We’ll be nervous and excited, both,” Dentel stated. “She doesn’t get nervous, thankfully. She handles it all. It doesn’t matter what race we’ve put her in, she’s been the same horse all year. We’re going to keep our fingers crossed. We drew well and we’re going to hope that she’s got what it takes to make it through the elimination, and we’ll go from there.”

Racing begins at 11 a.m. Wednesday on the Delaware County Fairgrounds. The Jugette eliminations are races 18 and 19, with the ultimate carded as 22. For extra concerning the fifty fifth version of the Jugette and Thursday’s eightieth Little Brown Jug, go to the Little Brown Jug website.

Following are the fields for the Jugette eliminations, with drivers, trainers and morning-line odds:

Elimination One
PP-Horse-Driver-Trainer-Odds
1-Millie May Hanover-Todd McCarthy-Andrew Harris-9/2
2-Rose Run Aimee-Ronnie Wrenn Jr.-James Ehrsam-5/2
3-Vel Cinderella-Tim Tetrick-Rob Rittof-9/1
4-Skywalker Sea-Austin Hanners-Todd Luther-7/1
5-Highland Delight-Yannick Gingras-Benjamin Hollingsworth-20/1
6-Odds On Hiahleah-Dexter Dunn-Virgil Morgan Jr.-3/1
7-Rodeo Drive Deo-David Miller-Ron Burke-7/2
8-Dirty Diana-James MacDonald-John Pentland-20/1

Elimination Two
PP-Horse-Driver-Trainer-Odds
1-Lily White Hanover-Jason Bartlett-Andrew Harris-4/1
2-Allegra Hanover-David Miller-Brian Brown-7/1
3-Rose-Yannick Gingras-Ron Burke-7/1
4-Odds On Chesapeake-Dexter Dunn-Virgil Morgan Jr.-9/5
5-Time Of The Season-Andrew McCarthy-Tim Twaddle-6/1
6-Papi Grad-Todd McCarthy-Steve Carter-8/1
7-Gigglingonthebeach-James MacDonald-Juan Cano-12/1
8-Sammy Jo Hanover-Tim Tetrick-Scott DiDomenico-10/1