Who are the contenders on Super Sunday at H3R?

This Sunday, September 8, the Hippodrome 3R in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec is hosting their Super Sunday Quebec Championship Finals for two and three-year-old harness racing trotters and pacers with purses more than $500,000 for the 12-race program.

Here are the leading contenders in each of the championship finals. Post time Sunday is 12:00 noon.

Race 2 $55,000 2YO Colt Pace Final

The Magic Moment (Control The Moment) starts from post 4 for driver Jonathan Lachance. This colt has won two of his last three starts, both in the series with the fastest mile in 1:59.3.

Race 4 $55,000 2YO Filly Trot Final

Chic Choc Rose (Royalty For Life) goes from post 2 for red hot driver Marie-Claude Auger who bred and co-owns the filly. She has won three of her last four starts, the fastest a 2:03.2 mark. Miche Charm (post 4) is on a two-race win streak, having beaten Chic Choc Rose in their last meeting.

Race 5 $55,000 2YO Filly Pace Final

Silver Majesty (All Bets Off) with driver Denis St Pierre has been in peak form and is on a three-race winning streak including a 2:00 mark in her last start.

Race 7 $65,000 3YO Filly Pace Final

One More Bet (All Bets Off) is saddled with starts from the outside in post 7 for driver Daniel Dube. When not in the series she has been racing with success at Mohawk Park where she took her lifetime mark of 1:51.1. She has also won at H3R in 1:56.1.

Race 8 $55,000 2YO Colt Trot Final

Mass Speed (Muscle Mass) has two wins in his four lifetime starts, last time out wiring the field in the series with a romp in 2:03.3. Will be driven again by Denis St Pierre.

Race 9 $65,000 3YO Filly Trot Final

Last year’s 2YO Champion, Sensi Amnesia (Muscle Mass) is back for breeder, trainer, driver and co-owner Marie-Claude Auger. She is coming off a 2:00.2 overnight victory and faces a tough challenge from post 1 against Cleomax Duharas (post 2), who has won three of her last four starts and will be driven for the first time by Louis-Philippe Roy.

Race 10 $65,000 3YO Colt Pace Final

All aboard the Boomboom Tonight (Sportswriter) bus. Last year’s 2YO Champion is back and better than ever for driver Pascal Berube. He has won four of his last five start and has beaten everyone in the field. He even has a fan club that may fill two buses for Sunday’s big day.

Race 11 $65,000 3YO Colt Trot Final

Captain PV (Wheeling N Dealin) has six wins in ten starts this season for driver Marie-Claude Auger and all but dominated the series with a 1:59.2 record mile. Her only recent loss came at the hands of Paradise Moni (post 2) with driver Denis St Pierre. She has won three of her last five starts, the fastest a 1:55.2 mile at Rideau Carleton Raceway.

Great undercard of Invitational’s Sunday H3R

Eight of the races are stakes finals and four of the races are Invitational events featuring the best older pacers and trotters from around the province.

The very first race on the program Sunday is a $6,500 Invitational Trot and featured is return winner Only For Justice from post six for driver Francis Picard. The class of the field with $579,000 in career earnings was parked first-over last time out with Picard and was able to grind out a head victory in 1:57.3.

Also in the race is Royalty Beer (post 5) with driver Louis-Philippe Roy. Last time out Royalty Beer was second to Only For Justice by a head. And a newcomer to H3R, Prince Of Sussex (post 8) for trainer-driver Gerald Demers, ships in from Woodbine Mohawk Park winning his last start by a nose in 1:56.4.

The 3^rd race is a $6,500 Quebec-Bred Pace just for three-year-olds. Classic Jim (post 6) heads the field coming into the event on a two-race winning streak for trainer-owner Carl Duguay and driver Guy Gagnon. The fastest win a 1:56.2 lifetime mark last week at Rideau Carleton.

Other contenders are Sundance Leyo (post 2) and the lone filly in the race, JP In Paradise (post 1), who broke her maiden last week at Woodstock in New Brunswick with a 2:02.1 triumph.

The 6th race is the $6,500 Invitational Pace for the mares. The co-favorites are Rec Time (post 5) for driver Simon Allard and Era Of Love (post 6) with driver Pascal Berube. Last week these two mares raced against each other and finished in a dead heat for win in 1:56.3.

Also in the race is Beauty Is Blind (post 1), who is on a two-race win streak, winning last week in 1:57.4. She will be driven by Louis-Philippe Roy.

The 12^th and final race on the card is the $6,500 Invitational Pace for the older horses. The top contender is the local favorite Light The Torch (post 2) for driver Pascal Berube. Light The Torch won last week at H3R in 1:56.4 and the prior week at Rideau Carleton in 1:54.2.

He faces a tough task going against The Light Speed (post 4) for driver Guy Gagnon. The six-year-old gelding scored his 11^th win of the season in his last start, a 1:52 clocking at Rideau Carleton. Three starts back he finished in a dead heat for win in 1:51.1.

Also, on a winning streak his last two starts is Twin B Powerball (post 5) for driver LPR while Aladdin (post 3) for driver Stephane Brosseau is coming off a nose win at Rideau Carleton in 1:53.1.

First race post time is 12:00 noon Sunday. For more information and free race programs, visit here.

by Steve Wolf, for the Quebec Jockey Club