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Somewhere Fancy put the finishing touches on a splendid career in the Sunday afternoon (Dec. 12) Preferred Pace at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

When the chips are down, Bugsy Maguire goes hoof-to-hoof with whoever he faces. He will have more top company in the Sunday afternoon (Nov. 28) featured pace at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

Once Sunjet Ray was on the lead, no one could pass her by as she breezed to a 1-3/4-length triumph in the $28,000 Lucien Bombardier Pace for two-year-old fillies on Sunday, Oct. 3 at the Hippodrome 3R.

Driver Colin Kelly left quickly with Willyorwonthe from post 7 and gave the field the slip to win the $11,500 Preferred 2 & 3 Trot on Monday (Aug. 2) at Grand River Raceway. He employed similar tactics to take the $8,500 Horses & Geldings Preferred 3 Pace with Pretty Handsome. In the trot, Kelly secured the top with Willyorwonthe to a :28 first quarter with Katch Kanna sitting second. The Kyle Bossence trainee continued uncontested past a :57.2 half and remained free of pressure to three-quarte...

The Quebec Jockey Club announced today that starting on Sunday (July 4), the Hippodrome 3R will be allowed to increase harness racing spectators by 250 people. H3R will now have 250 race fans allowed in the outdoor section of the track and can have an additional 250 spectators in the Clubhouse/Grandstand indoor section. On the racetrack Friday, Mickeymaksomespeed was the public choice overwhelming 1-5 favourite in the sixth race Preferred Pace and he did not disappoint his fans. With the field ...

Platine Alpha took sole possession as the winningest harness racing horse at the Hippodrome 3R this season, scoring a neck triumph in a nail-biting stretch drive finish Friday afternoon. The lone three-year-old filly racing against older mares in the Preferred-Handicap Pace, driver Pascal Berube looked to leave with Platine Alpha, then took back as Fancy Girl (Francis Picard) went right to the front along with Godiva Mackiavelyc (Simon Delisle) to the opening quarter mile in :28. As the field c...

The capital oval will host nine dashes on Saturday evening, getting underway at 6 p.m. Bugsy Maguire is assigned the outside post 5 in the $3,400 Preferred Pace after winning the class his last two starts. Marc Campbell will pick up the catch drive for the Wade Sorrie stable and owner Walter Simmons. The Bettors Delight seven-year-old was driven aggressively the first two starts of the meet by Austin Sorrie, and now Campbell will look to engineer the horse’s third straight win. GA Speed Sam...

Last Comment: May 13, 2021 9:16 am ET | 1 Comment(s) | Jump to Comments Large purses are again for the taking at The Meadowlands, with this Saturday’s (May 15) program highlighted by a pair of Graduate preliminaries and the $141,250 Arthur J. Cutler Memorial. The Cutler Memorial, the second high-prize trot on the calendar, drew a stacked field of 10 mixed with heavy hitters of yester season and those trying to break through into the big leagues. Forbidden Trade, the 2019 Hambletonian winner,...

Driver Austin Sorrie put the pedal down on Bugsy Maguire from the start and never relinquished the lead on his way to a victory in the Preferred Pace on the opening program of the summer meet at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park Saturday (May 8). Leaving hard from post 4 in the $3,200 feature, Bugsy Maguire was first to the front over a rain-soaked oval in cool windy conditions with a five-second variant. He led through fractions of :30.1, 1:02.3 and 1:34.3 befor...

The track maintenance crew at the Hippodrome 3R had the half mile racing oval in prime shape for opening day of the 2021 harness racing season. Mickeymaksomespeed and driver Richard The Black Cat Simard took full advantage of the fast track, sizzling to the lead and never looking back in the Preferred Pace feature. Simard left with Mickeymaksomespeed from post five and had a three-length lead on the field by the opening quarter in :27.2, then led to the half mile in :56.4. Then they opened up a...