Dance With Joe and Kinnder Jackson scored their third straight wins at Hippodrome 3R on the Tuesday, June 5 program.
In the third race pace, Dance With Joe and driver Richard Simard unleashed a burst of speed from third over in the backstretch and looped the field by the three-quarters, then cruised home to win by four-and-one-quarter lengths in 1:55.2. It was the third straight win for the five-year-old gelded son of Roll With Joe.
Trained by Christine Davignon and owned by Daniel Dulude of Ste-Martine, Dance With Joe paid $3.10 to win. It was his third win in six starts this year and the fastest mile on the race card.
Undefeated Kinnder Jackson, with Justin Filion in the sulky, scored his third-straight win with an easy wire-to-wire 2:01 win by three-quarters of a length. The three-year-old gelding by Allamerican Native is owned, bred and trained by Denitza Petrova of Melbourne and paid $2.40 to win.
In the feature race, the 9-1 long shot, Maximus Decimus and driver Stephane Brosseau traded the lead with My Lucky Blue Jeans and then took control for good by the half mile marker and never let anyone else pass them by.
The race favourite, Hooter Shooter tried going three-wide in the backstretch the final time but could not catch the leaders.
Maximus Decimus went on to win by one-and-one-quarter lengths in 1:57.3. It was the first win this year for the eight-year-old gelding by Rambaran, who is trained and owned by Charles Gaudreault of Mont-Joli and paid $20.00 to win.
Live racing resumes at the Hippodrome 3R on Sunday, June 10 first race post time at 12:50 p.m.
(With files from the Quebec Jockey Club)
To view Tuesday's harness racing results, click on the following link: Tuesday Results - Hippodrome 3R.