Brosseau and Berube take co-features at H3R

The Hippodrome 3R’s leading harness racing drivers, Stephane Brosseau and Pascal Berube, both won one of the co-feature races Friday (July 7).

Brosseau started off the twilight card winning the 1^st race co-feature pace with the 9/5 race favorite Goldinthebadlands (Badlands Hanover).

Goldinthebadlands came first-over before the quarter pole and had the lead before the half mile. From there he held the field at bay and won by one length in 1:56.4. Pocket-sitting Lucky Leonard (Marie-Claude Auger) was second with Super FM (Pascal Berube) third.

It was the third win this season for Goldinthebadlands. The eight-year-old gelding is trained by Marc-Andre Simoneau, who co-owns the horse with the Desjardins Noreau Stable and Jean Fontaine. He paid $5.90 to win.

GOLDINTHEBADLANDS REPLAY

In the 3^rd race co-feature trot, it all belonged to Goaltender (Wheeling N Dealin) and driver Pascal Berube. They went off as the 8/5 favorite and wound up getting parked out by Bonfire Bash (Francis Picard) from the opening quarter until the three-quarters when Goaltender was able to clear to the lead.

Goaltender and Berube then started to pull away from the field in dramatic style, winning by three and one-half lengths in 1:59.3. La Bromontoise (Jerome Lombart) was second with Bonfire Bash third.

It was the second win this year for Goaltender, who is trained by Andre Champagne for owner Francois Morin. He paid $5.50 to win.

GOALTENDER REPLAY

Track Notes: Stephane Brosseau, Pascal Berube and Francis Picard all scored driving doubles Friday. Live racing resumes at H3R on Sunday featuring three $30,000 finals of the Quebec-Bred Series for older trotters and pacers. For a free race program for Sunday’s Quebec-Bred Series Finals, visit here.

For complete race results, click here.

by Steve Wolf, for the Quebec Jockey Club