The two divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for two-year-old pacing fillies closed out the Farmington Fair on ‘Jug Day’ (Thursday, Sept. 18), with the undefeated filly phenom Snowonthepines wrapping up her successful tour of the Pine Tree State summer circuit.

Driver Kevin Switzer Jr. was back in the sulky for the swift daughter of Dudes The Man as the pair took a front-end tour of the agricultural oval in grand style, posting opening panels of :29.2 and :58.4 to the half in the $23,539 event with Just Delightful (Ron Cushing) parked and pressing the issue.

As the field rolled down the backstretch for the final time into a 1:29.4 third station, the aggressor Just Delightful had lost some of her steam leaving Snowonthepines all alone on the front end.

Around the final turn and down the stretch the divisional darling showed why she will be the horse to beat in next week’s freshman finals as she drew off by 2-1/2 lengths for a 1:59.2 clocking, pushing her seasonal earnings to $57,315. Perfectly Lovely (Aaron Hall) finished second; Just Delightful hung on for third.

Trained by Marc Tardif for owner/breeder Leighton Property, Snowonthepines paid $2.80 for the eighth victory of her career.  From the Bettors Delight mare Snow Cone A, she is a half-sister to the accomplished Two Fold Cold p,4,1:50f - ‘25 ($356,485).

In the second division for frosh fillies it was Ekorus who put the field away with a strong performance.

Leaving from post four in the $23,783 dash, the daughter of Cheyenne Hollywood was sent out to the lead by Andy Harrington and never looked back.  Winning easily by three lengths in 2:03.3 the full sister to star distaff Wolverina p,4,1:52 ($387,243) secured her third win of the season. Dudelookslikeafily (Aaron Hall) finished second; McKenna Jenna (Kevin Switzer Jr.) was third.

Trained and bred by Mike Graffam, who co-owns with William Arnold and Martha Holden, Ekorus now boasts $45,929 in earnings. She returned $4 to her win supporters.

The Maine Sire Stakes transitions over to the Cumberland Fair next week, with the three-year-old filly pacers on Wednesday (Sept. 24) and then the three-year-old colt and gelding pacers on Thursday (Sept. 25).  The sophomore trotters race on Friday (Sept. 26) followed by the rich freshman finals on Saturday (Sept. 27).

(with files from Maine Sire Stakes)