Robert Shepherd put on a driving clinic at Hippodrome 3R on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 29), scoring a driving quintuplet that was highlighted by a parade of David Pilon winners including Partyintheshadows in the featured $7,000 Preferred Handicap Pace.
Throughout North America harness racing it is becoming retirement time for 14-year-olds. And this Sunday, October 29, one of the first of these senior citizens of racing, Iron Phil (King Tutpankhamen), will hang up his shoes in a special ceremony at the Hippodrome 3R in Quebec. Iron Phil is not a household name in racing
With the inside post advantage, Plain Jane will take on a solid crew of pacing mares in the Thursday evening finale at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
After posting a 32-1 upset in the elimination, Blue Star Mercury returned on Saturday (Oct. 21) evening at Century Mile to win the $110,710 Western Canada Pacing Derby from gate-to-wire.
The first race on the Tuapeka harness racing card was won by the Robert Wilson trained Galleons Future (Majestic Son) which beat Kohli Trouble (Superfast Stuart) by a neck. The winner was driven by Nathan Williamson. In Race Two trainer driver Brian Norman took the third favourite Close, (Washington VC) straight to the top and won