Photo finish camera needed at H3R

Trois-Rivieres, QC – It took the photo finish camera to declare Dreydl Hanover ($2.90) the winner by a nose over Mickeymaksomespeed Sunday at the Hippodrome 3R in the seventh race Preferred-Handicapped Pace. Four of the ten races on the program required use of the photo finish camera.

Driver Samuel Fillion got the show started in the co-feature race by sending Dreydl Hanover to the lead off the starting gate and they hung Littlebitaswagger (Francis Picard) out to a speedy :26.4 opening quarter mile before allowing them to take the lead and then Fillion quarter-moved with Dreydl Hanover to take command of the race again.

Past the half mile marker in :56.3, Windsun Cheyenne and driver Pascal Berube came first-over and gave live second-over cover to Mickeymaksomespeed and driver Jonathan Lachance.

After the three-quarters in 1:26.4, Lachance sent Mickeymaksomespeed three-wide around the final turn and was gaining ground as they started down the stretch. While it looked as if Mickeymaksomespeed would pass Dreydl Hanover, Fillion found just enough speed for Dreydl Hanover to hold on for the nose triumph in 1:56.4. Littlebitaswagger was third.

DREYDL HANOVER REPLAY

Sent off as the overwhelming 2/5 favorite, it was the fourth win of the season for Dreydl Hanover. The eleven-year-old gelding by Cam’s Card Shark is trained by Francis Richard for owner Francois Martin of Beauceville.

Sophies Cam ($5.60) was given a textbook perfect drive by Stephanie Brosseau in capturing the sixth race Preferred-Handicap Pace for the mares.

Leaving alertly from post four, Brosseau used Sophies Cam to stretch out Shemaksmefelunreal (Marie Claude Auger) to the opening quarter mile in :27.3.

As the field came around the turn towards the half mile, Francis Picard came first-over with the 7/5 race favorite, Fancy Girl, and they started up after Shemaksmefelunreal to the half mile in :58.1. Meanwhile, Sophies Cam was enjoying the two-hole trip and Sieras Rose (Samuel Fillion) was following Fancy Girl second-over.

They raced that way down the backstretch to the three-quarters in 1:28. Then starting down the stretch, Fancy Girl and Shemaksmefelunreal both began to tire and bore out and this allowed Brosseau to send Sophies Cam up the rail to win by three-quarters of a length in 1:58.3. Shemaksmefelunreal held for second with Y C Easy (Jonathan Lachance) third.

SOPHIES CAM REPLAY

It was the second win this season for Sophies Cam. The seven-year-old mare by Yankee Cam is owned and trained by Yvnhoe Landry of Carleton-Su-Mer.

The three-year-old colt trotting colt, Hall Win ($5.70), showed he is ready for the start of the Breeders Trophy Series at H3R in July as the son of Angus Hall scored his third straight win this year in the fourth race trot against older horses.

Kevin Maguire of Sainte-Marie trains and drives Hall Win and his Maguire Stable owns and bred the colt. They came first-over from fourth place in the backstretch and blew by the field, winning with ease by four and one-half lengths in a lifetime best 1:59.3.

Track Notes: Jonathan Lachance scored a driving double on the day. Harness racing resumes at H3R next Friday, post time 4:00 pm. For more information, visit www.hippodrome3r.ca.

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From the Quebec Jockey Club