Two-year-olds on display at Hippodrome 3R

The Hippodrome 3R in Quebec will play host to the first two-year-old pari-mutuel harness racing stakes of the 2023 season on Friday (July 22) with the opening round of the Future Stars Series for colt and filly trotters.

There is two $10,000 divisions Friday with one for the fillies and one for the colts. The series features three preliminary rounds with the top eight point earners returning on Sunday, September 10 for their respective $55,000 finals. The freshman pacing series gets underway on Sunday.

The 6^th race is the first division for the filly trotters. The morning live favorite is Kenogami Queen (Wheeling N Dealin – Kenogami Darling) from post four for driver Stephane Brosseau.

Training by Jack Reid, who co-owns and bred the filly with Marie Claude Reid and Mario Menard, Kenogami Queen was third last week in her first pari-mutuel start.

Other contenders include Cleveland U Bet (Alarm Detector – Ulittleripper) in post six for driver Robert Shepherd and Sensi Amnesia (Muscle Mass – Torches Angel) in post three for driver Marie-Claude Auger. Auger owns the mare who was a $247,000 career winner.

The colts and gelding enter the limelight in the 8^th race with a full field of nine starters.

The entry of Wild Dream Men (Kadabra – Cersei Hanover) from post one and Robert Men (Muscle Mass – Secret Missy) from post four are both from the Guy Gagnon Stable and look very formidable.

Wild Dream Men just won a qualifier at Rideau Carleton where stablemate Robert Men was second.

Other contenders include Drinklikehenry (Lookslikeachpndale – Sos Malabar Woman) from post two and Vol De Danque (Wheeling N Dealin – Hawaiian Sweetie) from post three.

First race post time for the twilight race card at H3R is 4:00 pm. For a free race program, visit here.

For complete race entries, click here.

by Steve Wolf, for the Quebec Jockey Club