Finalists released for Gala des Champions

The intern Racing Director for the Hippodrome 3R, François Carignan, has confirmed in recent days that the Gala des Champions 2021 will indeed take place in the coming months.

There is talk of a date around January 15. Details of the location, precise date, time and format will come later.

The process was set in motion already a few weeks ago and the list of nominees has been finalized, the vote even took place.

As a first step, the most involved members of H3R, Ms. Cynthia Thériault and Ms. Murielle Thomassin, as well as Mr. François Carignan, Mr. Guy Lafontaine, Mr. Maximilien Bradette and Daniel Delisle, made a list from which the vote was taken.

This vote involved five people, plus Mr. Carignan, the five people being Mr. René Quessy and Mr. Jacques Fortin of the ATAQ, Mr. Paul-André Lehoux of the CRCCQ and Mr. Maximilien Bradette and Daniel Delisle for H3R.

Five points were awarded to the first choice, three to the second and one to the third. In the event of a tie, François Carignan decided the debate.

And this is how the two finalists in each category are now known; the winners will be announced at the Gala.

Trainer of the Year

Francis Richard        88 starts ( 19-18-15 ) $142,250

Sylvain Tremblay     89 starts ( 31-7-12 ) $106,678

Driver of the Year

Pascal Bérubé          289 starts ( 63-24-43 ) $225,179

Samuel Fillion          253 starts ( 36-55-36 ) $178,071

Rookie of the Year

Antoine Desrochers         32 starts ( 1-4-6 ) $9,167

Jessica Turenne       103 starts ( 16-10-6 ) $42,791

Groom of the Year

Linda Bélanger Stable Dany Fontaine

Emma Bouchard      Écurie Alpha

Breeder of the Year

Kevin Maguire

Sylvain Tremblay

Trotter of the Year

Hall Win           13 starts ( 6-1-4 ) $46,574

XOXO               16 starts ( 7-3-0 ) $27,378

Pacer of the Year

DGS De Vito             17 starts ( 7-6-2 ) $26,830

Histoire Enchantee   15 starts ( 7-3-3 ) $19,786

Owner of the Year

Jean Fontaine

Jean-François Reid

Family of the Year

Desrochers family

Gagnon family

Last but not only, all the statistics compiled take into account what happened at H3R in 2021.

Congratulations to all the nominees and good luck with the final unveiling.

By Daniel Delisle, for the Quebec Jockey Club