A case of sibling rivalry was settled at Flamboro Downs over the weekend as a pair of Alberta-bred pacing mares got the chance to compete against each other in a race for the first time in a combined 149 career starts.
Tyler Borth had a good idea that he'd win the dash title for drivers at Hanover Raceway in 2023, but Canada's leading dash winner this year came out of the season finale at Hanover on Saturday, Sept. 16 with more honours and awards than just the one.
The seven-year-old Dali mare Miss Rockadali ripped to the lead and never let go in progress to a 1:56.4 victory in the $13,000 Fillies & Mares Preferred Pace at Flamboro Downs on Thursday night (Dec. 22).
A packed house was on hand at Hippodrome 3R on Sunday (Sept. 11) for the richest day of racing in all of Quebec as the track hosted the $480,000 Quebec-Bred Championship finals for two and three-year-old trotters and pacers.
With sunny skies and 70 degrees, the racing conditions were perfect at Hippodrome 3R on Friday (Sept. 2) for horses that like racing on the front-end. Such was the case in both co-feature races and in five of the 10 races on the card.