Jules Siegel Named Little Brown Jug Wall of Fame Honoree For 2007

by Tom White

DELAWARE, OH--The 23rd Little Brown Jug Wall of Fame honoree is Jules Siegel of New Hope, PA.  Siegel, who breeds and owns Standardbreds with wife Arlene, was elected by a panel of harness racing experts. 

Siegel will be officially inducted and presented a commemorative gold ring at the Little Brown Jug breakfast to be held at the hospitality pavilion  at the fairgrounds on the morning of September 19th, the date of the Jugette Filly Pace.  The festivities will get underway at 7 a.m.

“This is exciting, but there are many other people more qualified than me,” said Siegel. 

It is appropriate that Siegel will receive his gold ring on Jugette Day because he has owned the last two winners of the Jugette, Just Wait Kate in 2005 and Eternity’s Delight in 2006. 

“The Jug is a throwback to what racing was and should be today,” said Siegel.  “The Delaware Fair is the most exciting event in (harness) racing.  My wife and I bring guests to Delaware each year who are not even involved in harness racing and they enjoy the racing as much as we do. Everything about Delaware is a credit to the sport.”

Originally from Scotch Plains, NJ, the Siegels got into the sport “accidentally” in 1990 when they bought a  horse farm near New Hope, PA. and moved there after their children returned home following college.  Jules and Arlene named the farm Fashion Farm.

“The farm was quiet, dark and uneventful until a friend coaxed us into buying some mares,” Siegel added.

Today, Siegel stands four stallions at Fashion Farm,  Hambletonian winner Tagliabue, Dan Patch award winner Broadway Hall, Real Artist and 2005 Little Brown Jug runnerup Village Jolt. The Siegel’s campaigned each of those four stallions. 

The Siegels were the sport’s 2002 “Owners of the Year” as voted by the U.S. Harness Writers Association. 

“We don’t have any Jug contenders this season but we do have two good fillies, but it is early yet.”  The fillies are Catch The Show and Career Artist.

Tickets to the Mayor’s Breakfast are available for ($30) each by phoning (800) 335-3247 or by writing The Mayor’s Breakfast, PO Box 1278, Delaware, OH 43015.