Two-year-old fillies show off at Hippodrome 3R

Trois-Rivieres, QC – Two-year-old pacing fillies were in the harness racing spotlight Sunday at the Hippodrome 3R, getting tuned up for next week’s Lucien Bombardier Pace, the final stakes race of the year at H3R.

The 5^th race was dedicated to two and three-year-old pacing fillies. Starting from the rail was Pocahontas Du Lac, who last week won the C$55,000 Quebec Championship at H3R.

It was Double Gum and driver Claude Girard who left the gate like a rocket with race favorite Pocahontas Du Lac (Pierre-Luc Roy) a gaping pocket sitter to the first quarter in :29.

Coming first-over right away was YS Poisson Davril (Jocelyn Gendron) and they wanted the lead, but Girard said no with Double Gum. Meanwhile Ladycorona and driver Pascal Berube came second-over as they battled up front through the half mile in :59.

As the field entered the backstretch, Berube sent Ladycorona three-wide followed by Godiva Shadow Girl (Robert Shepherd) and they cleared to the front by three-quarters in 1:28.2.

From that point, Ladycorona started to edge away down the stretch to win by three and one-half lengths in 1:58.2. Godiva Shadow Girl held for second with Pocahontas Du Lac third.

LADYCORONA REPLAY

Sired by Bettors Delight, it was the maiden victory for Ladycorona. She is trained by Yves Tessier for owner-breeder Sylvain Descheneaux and Gaston Bibeau of Sorel-Tracy. She paid C$15.90 to win.

Histoire Enchantee (Shanghai Phil) and driver/trainer Simon Delisle were very determined to win the 8^th race Preferred Pace.  They took the early lead, then had to give way to Old Buck and driver Francis Picard, then came back to the lead, not giving up again.

Histoire Enchantee won by three lengths over BS Tyrrific (Pascal Berube) with Saskabush Steve (Robert Shepherd) third.

 It was Histoire Enchantee’s fourth win in his last five starts. He is owned by Aurelie Delisle and Raymond Bouffard and paid C$5.30 to win.

HISTOIRE ENCHANTEE REPLAY

In the 6^th race Preferred Pace for mares, it was Arrhythmogenic (Betterthancheddar) and driver-trainer Daniel St Pierre were able to lead from start to finish and score a two and one-half length triumph in 1:57.3.

The pocket sitting Shanghaibluebeach (Daniel LaFlame) was second with Lady My Luck (Francis Picard) third. It was the second straight win and fourth of the year for Shanghaibluebeach, who is also owned by Daniel St Pierre of Vaudreuil-Dorion. She paid $5.90 to win.

ARRHYTHMOGENIC REPLAY

Track Notes: Pascal Berube led all drivers Sunday with a triple. Simon Delisle and Pierre Luc Roy had driving doubles and Louis-Philippe Turcotte and Yves Tessier had training doubles. Raymond Vachon drove Captain Dragon (Dragon Again) to an upset win in the 9^th race pace in 2:00.3 at odds of 43-1, paying $88.80 to win. Stephane Brosseau was taken off his drives Sunday as he was playing in the provincial hockey championship. Live racing resumes next Sunday, Oct. 2 and will feature the $35,000 Lucien Bombardier Pace for two-year-old fillies. Post time Sunday is 12:00 noon. For more information, click here.

For complete race results, click here.

by Steve Wolf, for the Quebec Jockey Club