Driver J.R. Plante earned star of the card honours at Flamboro Downs on Friday night winning 70 per cent of the evening's races

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Plante opened the 10-race card with a natural hat trick aboard All Risque ($15.60) for trainer Andy Avery, Ring It Up ($11.60) for Matthew Dupuis and Safety Zone ($18.20) for Bill Robinson. Plante also won with Whirlwind ($5.00) for Dr. John Hayes in the fifth race before finishing the card with another hat trick. His final wins came aboard the David King-trained Zorgwijk Fortunate ($5.10), who inherited the victory after Were Rolling committed a pylon violation, A Sudden Twist ($6.90) for Emma Frieze and Fun Factory ($4.90) for Jean Kovacs.

Plante also finished in the money in his other three starts.

The resident of Burlington, ON has earned over half of his 131 victories and $671,778 in earnings this year at Flamboro Downs putting him amongst the top 10 drivers at the track. Lifetime, he sports 1,121 victories on his record and close to $6.4 million in earnings.

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