After finishing a close second to Fear The Dragon in the elimination, Filibuster Hanover went right down the highway to win the $401,472 final of the Little Brown Jug for 3-year-old pacing colts on Thursday evening at the Delaware County Fair. With Fear The Dragon (David Miller) taking back from post one in the final, it meant Filibuster Hanover and driver Yannick Gingras had the opportunity to control the proceedings, and control it they did.  Filibuster Hanover had to parry an early bid by Downbytheseaside (Brian Sears), who also charged away from post five, and he was able to do so before the 26 4/5 opening quarter. Filibuster Hanover would go on to the half in 54 3/5, and Sears would make a second move from the two-hole with Downbytheseaside at that point, but that tactic went nowhere as Downbytheseaside not only didn't gain, he lost the pocket to Funknwaffles (Corey Callahan) and trapped his Brian Brown stable-mate Fear The Dragon in on the inside in the backstretch. Three-quarters went on the board in 1:21 3/5 with Filibuster Hanover getting some separation on the field, and he responded to Gingras's urging around the final turn and through the stretch to defeat an oncoming Funknwaffles by just over a length in 1:50 flat.  Miso Fast was third to give trainer Ron Burke the first- and third-place finishers in the race.  Fear The Dragon was never able to get off the rail and had to settle for fourth. It was the second Little Brown Jug win for the Gingras/Burke tandem, joining Limelight Beach in 2014.  Gingras said post-race that the connections had been looking forward to this race all year, even moreso after Filibuster Hanover's elimination effort. "All year we said once he comes to the Jug we thought he could pop a huge mile on the front," stated Gingras.  "He's not quite a speed horse, but he's got the speed to do it.  He can't do it every week obviously, but we've just been waiting for this.  Sometimes the plans work and sometimes they don't, but today they did work. "I thought he was the best horse in the elimination.  He was locked in and I had a fresh horse going into the final.  If I could get around David, I would have parked anybody.  26, 54, Brian popped at the half.  I thought it was a good race, and we went at it pretty good for a second heat of the Jug.  Obviously we came out on top, so I'm happy." Burke trains the victorious Somebeachsomewhere gelding for the ownership group of Burke Racing Stable LLC., Joe Di Scala Jr., J And T Silva Stables LLC., and Weaver Bruscemi LLC.  This was Filibuster Hanover's third win of his sophomore campaign, his fifth career victory, and he went over the half-million dollar mark in career earnings.  He was sent off at 5-1 in the final and paid $12.00 to win. "After the first heat we knew that he was sharp and we drew in a good spot," added Burke.  "We knew that if we could get around David's horse we'd control the rail from there.  Pretty much we both decided we would just go down the road, and if we got beat, we got beat." As for trainer Brian Brown, who wound up fourth and fifth with pre-race favorites Fear The Dragon and Downbytheseaside, he enjoyed a strong meet, including five wins on the Jug Day card, but the big prize eluded him. "We had a great two days. The finals of those two races (Jug and Jugette) just didn't work out at all," said Brown.  "If I hadn't put the eye hood on Seaside he probably could've sat in the two-hole and probably behaved," added Brown on his decision to make an equipment change between heats.  "I didn't expect to be sitting in the two-hole. It never crossed my mind. If I left it (eye hood) off he probably sits in the hole until the head of the stretch. Whether he gets out or not I don't know. Hats off to the Burkes. Yannick did what he had to do to win.  It backfired. I made the wrong move. It wasn't Brian's fault at all. "So far they both came out fine. I need to check Dragon out. I think his foot got to bothering him the second heat. Two trips on this track as hard as it is, it's tough on a horse with sore feet," said Brown, who will point both Downbytheseaside and Fear The Dragon for the second week of Grand Circuit action at the Red Mile.