Hippodrome 3R will begin live racing on Fridays starting June 9 with a nine-race card beginning at 4 p.m.

The track will now be open two days a week, Fridays and Sundays (12 p.m. post time) through the summer months.

To kick off the first Friday twilight program, the race office at H3R has scheduled a Preferred Pace headlined by Manhattan Joe, a son of Up The Credit who is seeking his fourth straight win.

The seventh race feature spots Flamboro Downs invader Manhattan Joe starting from post seven for H3R's leading driver Pascal Berube. The five-year-old gelding is now trained by Marc-Andre Simoneau. In his three-race winning streak, Manhattan Joe had led from start to finish, winning his last two starts in identical times of 1:54.3.

Another of the three return winners in the field is Arrhythmogenic from post nine for owner-driver Daniel St Pierre. He is coming off a 1:58 score. Windsun Cheyenne will start from the inside after his last start where he was able to take the lead at the quarter and win in 1:57.1.

Also on the card in the third race is a Preferred Trot featuring Frido PV, who was second by a nose to Stella Alpha last week in the top trot in 1:59.2. He has won two of his last three starts for driver Jonathan Lachance and will start from post five.

Other contenders include Morally Flexible (post six) for driver Stephane Brosseau and X O X O (post one) for driver Jocelyn Gendron.

For a free race program, visit the Hippodrome 3R website.

To view Friday's harness racing entries, click the following link: Friday Entries - Hippodrome 3R.

(With files from Quebec Jockey Club)