Fastest mile of the season set at H3R

Trois-Rivieres, QC – The fastest mile of the harness racing season at the Hippodrome 3R took place on Sunday (June 12) when Siddhartha (So Sureal) won the Preferred Pace in 1:54.4.

The 6^th race co-feature saw Histoire Enchantee (Simon Delisle) shoot to the lead from the rail and park out Menlo Park (Stephane Brosseau) and three-wide Mickeymaksomespeed (Kiwon Waldron) to the first quarter in a speedy :26.3.

Menlo Park and Brosseau went on to take the lead while Waldron backed off with Mickeymaksomespeed and drop into third place.

Coming down the stretch to the half mile, Waldron came back first-over with Mickeymaksomespeed and gave second-over cover to the race favorite Siddhartha and driver Steeven Genois. They went by the half mile in :56.1.

They raced three in and two out down the backstretch to the three-quarters in 1:25.3 and around the final turn with Genois tipping three-wide with Siddhartha.

Coming to the wire, Siddhartha was an easy winner by two lengths over D Gs De Vito (Jonathan Lachance) with Mickeymaksomespeed third.

SIDDHARTHA REPLAY

It was the second straight win in the Preferred Class for Siddhartha. The six-year-old gelding is owned and trained by Louis-Philippe Turcotte of Trois-Rivieres and paid $5.40 to win.

If the name Platine Alpha (Control The Moment) sounds familiar, it should be. She just won at H3R on Friday in the Mares Preferred Pace and came back on Sunday and did it again.

Sunday’s 7^th race co-feature pace for the older mares started off with Fancy Girl (Francis Picard) grabbing the early lead with Platine Alpha (Pascal Berube) taking the two-hole spot as they raced to the first quarter in :27.4.

Going to the half mile there was little movement in :58.4, but then Sieras Rose came first-over for driver Steeven Genois with Bettimontheriver (Jocelyn Gendron) second-over down the backstretch to the three-quarters in 1:28.3. Meanwhile, Berube had a stranglehold on Platine Alpha in the two-hole.

Fancy Girl kept her lead coming down the stretch as Bettimontheriver had momentum and was gaining through the stretch. But as Fancy Girl started to drift to the outside, Berube found room along the rail and pointed Platine Alpha to it. Once she saw daylight, she took off for Berube and won going away by one and one-quarter lengths in 1:58.3. Bettimontheriver was second with Fancy Girl third.

PLATINE ALPHA REPLAY

It was the second straight win within two days for Platine Alpha. The four-year-old mare has three wins this season. Last year she was the winningest horse at H3R. Platine Alpha is trained by Sylvain Tremblay and was bred and is owned by Tremblay’s Alpha Stable of Metabechouan. She paid just $2.20 to win.

Track Notes: Pascal Berube captured the last race on the card Sunday and ended with a driving triple. Scoring driving doubles were Stephane Brosseau and Steeven Genois. Scoring a training double were Pierre Lepine and Sylvain Tremblay. Live racing resumes at H3R next Friday, post time at 4:00 pm. For more information, visit here.

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by Steve Wolf, for the Quebec Jockey Club