On Sunday (Aug. 20), the final preliminary round of the Breeders Trophy Series will take place at Hippodrome 3R. There are four $7,500 divisions for the three-year-olds, two for the fillies and two for the colts and geldings, but it’s the fillies that will be in the limelight.
After Sunday’s third leg of the series, the top eight point-earners will return to 3R on Sept. 10 for their respective $65,000 finals.
The first division is the third race, first division for the fillies and featured is Pocahontas Du Lac from post four for driver Pierre-Luc Roy. A daughter of Betterthancheddar, Pocahontas Du Lac is going for her third straight win for trainer David Pilon.
The filly was bred by three-time O’Brien Award winner Louis-Philippe Roy, who co-owns the filly with his older brother Pierre-Luc along with Maude Larouche and Jean Allaire.
Roy has revealed that he will be driving at 3R on Super Sunday, Sept. 10, when all eight Quebec championship finals will take place.
The second filly division is the sixth race where Pocahontas Du Lac’s main rival, Ladycorona (pictured above) is going for her fifth straight win. The daughter of Bettors Delight will start from post five for driver Pascal Berube and trainer Yves Tessier.
Her record this season is 1:55.2, just one-fifth of a second off the 3R track record for three-year-old pacing fillies. She has won six of her 11 starts this season for owner-breeder Sotirios Anastasopoulos.
The colts and geldings get underway in the fifth race where Kansas Panic is the race favourite and will be driven for the first time by Pierre-Luc Roy. The son of Sunshine Beach has been either first or second in his last five starts for trainer David Pilon and owner-breeder Brian Paquet.
The ninth race second division features Fantome En Joie from post three for driver Stephane Brosseau. The son of Shadow Play has won five of his last seven starts, all at 3R for trainer Maxime Velaye and owner-breeder Guy Corbeil.
First race post time on Sunday is 12 noon. For a free race program, visit hippodrome3r.ca. For entries, click the following link: Sunday Entries - Hippodrome 3R.
(Quebec Jockey Club)