The Hippodrome 3R management team wants every horse owner and trainer in North America to not miss the March 15 nomination payment for the 2015 $200,000 Prix D’Ete.

The race is only eligible to four-year-old pacers with the top-eight money earners in 2015 at time of entry going into the final. The race will be held on Sunday, August 23.

Last year’s revival of the one-time richest stakes event in all of Canada saw trainer Jimmy Takter’s Sunfire Blue Chip rewrite the all-age track record at Hippodrome 3R with an amazing 1:50.3 mile over the half-mile oval. Driven by Yannick Gingras, Sunfire Blue Chip’s clocking erased the prior record by nearly two full seconds and he started the race from Post 8.

“Not only was it great to come back to my home track and win the Prix D’Ete with Sunfire Blue Chip,” said Gingras, “but it was so special to win in front of my family and friends. I can’t want to come back and compete in the Prix D’Ete again this year.”

There is a big resurgence of major stakes for four-year-old pacers in 2015 with the new formats for the Confederation Cup at Flamboro Downs and the Graduate Series at the Meadowlands and Tioga Downs. They will take place in May and June.

Last year the Prix D’Ete was the richest race in North America for four-year-old pacers.

To get the nomination form and for the payment schedule, rules and regulations for the Prix D’Ete head to quebecjockeyclub.com.

Nomination and sustaining payments for the Prix D’Ete can also be made through SC Stakes Online. Click here for more info on how to get started.

(Quebec Jockey Club)