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Kinnder Motown (Muscle Mass) gave notice that he can handle a half mile oval as the three-year-old gelding posted an easy four length victory in the opening round of the Breeders Trophy Series at the Hippodrome 3R Friday (July 14).
Kinnder Motown won the first of two $7,500 opening round divisions of the series. The 3rd race got underway with Auguste (Jocelyn Gendron) shooting to the early lead with Kinnder Motown and driver Robert Shepherd getting away in second place, but not for long as Shepherd kept Kinnder Motown to the outside and took the lead away from Auguste by the opening quarter mile in :31.1.
Kinnder Motown then held the field at bay, cruising to the half mile in 1:02 and then the three-quarters in 1:32 with no real challenges from the rest of the field.
Coming down the stretch, Kinnder Motown opened up to win in a romp in 2:01.3. Auguste was second with March Seven (Carl Duguay third.
It was the fourth straight win for Kinnder Motown and his fourth win in just five lifetime starts this season. He was unraced as a two-year-old.
Trained by Isabelle Darveau for owner Rejean Lemieux of Quebec City, Kinnder Motown was sent off as the overwhelming 1/9 race favorite and paid just $2.20 to win.
KINNDER MOTOWN REPLAY
The second $7,500 division for the colts and geldings was the 7th race which saw the even money favorite, last year’s Champion two-year-old, Timonier, go off-stride right at the start of the race and was out of contention.
C Un Bon Deal and driver-trainer Jerome Lombart get to the early lead with Free Wheels (Herve Kirouac) sitting the pocket seat at the first quarter in a speedy :28.4.
C Un Bon Deal cut the mile to the half in 1:00 as Wolinak (Robert Shepherd) started up first-over with BBC Sportsboy (Wheeling N Dealin) with trainer-driver (Marc Belanger second over as the field entered the backstretch.
Then Wolinak was able to clear by C Un Bon Deal as BBC Sportsboy moved three-wide at the three-quarters in 1:29.3. Then Wolinak went off-stride and that left just C Un Bon Deal on the inside and BBC Sportsboy on the outside on the final turn for home.
Those two raced as a team until mid-stretch when BBC Sportsboy wore down C Un Bon Deal to win by a half a length in 2:01.2. Free Wheels was third.
It was the second win in eight starts this year for BBC Sportsboy, who is co-owned by Andre Beaudoin, Marc Belanger and Jean Louis Chartier. He paid $17.10 to win.
BBC SPORTSBOY REPLAY
There was just one field of three-year-old fillies in the 5th race for a purse of $10,000 in Breeders Trophy Series and the race belonged to Kenogami Courage (Lookslikeachpndale) and driver Stephane Brosseau.
Dont Treat Me Bad and driver Jocelyn Gendron inherited the early lead when Sant Ambroggio (Francis Picard) jumped off-stride with the lead on the first turn. Then it was Kenogami Courage coming on the outside at the first quarter in :29.4 to take command.
Going to the half mile marker, Apocalypse Alpha (Pascal Berube) tried a first-over move to no avail as the field went by the half mile in 1:00.2 and then by the three-quarters in 1:31.2, it became a two-horse race to the finish.
Tried as hard as she could, Dont Treat Me Bad could not gain enough ground on Kenogami Courage, who won by three-quarters of a length in 2:01.2. Dont Treat Me Bad held for second with Duende (Jimmy Gagnon) third.
It was the second win in eighth starts this year for Kenogami Courage, who is trained by Jean-Francois Maguire, who co-owns the filly with Marie Claude Reid, Stephane Brosseau and Maurice Houle. She paid $3.40 to win as the race favorite.
KENOGAMI COURAGE REPLAY
Track Notes: Capteur De Reve (Muscle Mass) and driver Stephanie Brosseau sat a pocket trip in the Preferred-Handicap Trot and then caught pacesetter Fix A Drink to win by a neck in 1:59, paying $6.10 to win. Brosseau and Robert Shepherd both ended the day with a driving triple’s while Marc Belanger had driving double. Live racing resumes Sunday (July 16) at 12:00 noon with a 10-race program featuring the opening round of the Breeders Trophy Series for three-year-old pacing colts and fillies. Featured are both the colt and filly champions from 2022, Albert Alpha and Pocohontas Du Lac. For a free race program, visit here.
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by Steve Wolf, for the Quebec Jockey Club
