Despite heavy downpours starting in the post parade, Kiss Me Bad and owner/driver Steven Gagnon were able to make a bold, three-wide move in the backstretch en route to winning the Preferred Pace on Sunday, June 9 at Hippodrome 3R.
For the second straight week, Thats Hooligan showed that he can grind it out against the best trotters at Hippodrome 3R in Trois-Rivieres, Que., winning the first Preferred Trot of the season on Sunday, May 26.
Ladycorona saw her five-race winning streak come to an end at Hippodrome 3R on Sunday, Sept. 3 as Kiss Me Bad scored an upset victory in the $7,000 Preferred Handicap Pace for fillies and mares.
Aladdin, at odds of 6-1, upset race favourite The Light Speed, who was gunning for his fourth straight win, on Sunday, June 11 at Hippodrome 3R in the opening round of the Quebec-Bred Series.
Throughout North America the harness racing industry over the next two months will pay tribute to horses that will be retiring from racing, and Hippodrome 3R has a special ceremony this Sunday for one such competitor.