St. Pierre Triples In Quebec-Bred Series
The Quebec-Bred Series for four and five-year-old trotters and pacers continued on Sunday afternoon at Hippodrome 3R.
Driver Denis St. Pierre captured three of the $6,500 divisions, winning with Gerald Lamarche's pacer Primeride (1:54.4) and sweeping the pacing mares divisions with D Gs Laurie (1:56.1) for trainer Guylaine Fortin and My Tallia Ideal (1:55.1), who was making her Canadian debut for Michel Allard.
Histoire Eternelle (1:55) pulled off a 12-1 upset, prevailing by just a head, in the other pacing division for horses and geldings. Marie Claude Auger drove the Eric Valiquette trainee.
Conditioned by O'Brien Award winner Richard Moreau, Ocean Mist Beauty (2:00.4) posted the biggest win margin, running away from her rivals in a trotting mares division for the 10-1/4 length score. Stephane Brosseau was along for the ride.
Noel Ferland's homebred La Neuvilloise (2:01.2) and driver Stephane Gendron earned a second series win in the other trotting mares division, prevailing by half a length, while the male trots went to the season-debuting Domino Cybele (2:00.1), with Guy Gagnon, and another repeat series winner, Decret Justiciale (1:59.3) and Denis Filion.
To view Sunday's harness racing results, click on the following link: Sunday Results - Hippodrome 3R.