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The opening round of the Quebec-Bred Series for older trotters takes place at Hippodrome 3R on Friday, June 16 with two $6,500 divisions.

Going into the Sunday afternoon (June 4) harness racing program at Hippodrome 3R, the Quebec racetrack was featuring an average win price per race this season of $14.49 -- one of the highest averages of any track in North America.

It will be a homecoming of sorts for the trotting mare X O X O (Angus Hall) as she returns to the Hippodrome 3R Sunday (June 4) where she began her exciting harness racing career.

With the 2-5 race favourite Little Manny going off-stride trying to take the early lead away from pacesetter Mickeymaksomespeed, it set up a great scenario for D Gs De Vito to upset at 14-1 in the Preferred Handicap Pace at Hippodrome 3R on Sunday, May 14.

He may not be the biggest horse on the racetrack, but not many others have the heart, lungs and desire to win as much as Little Manny currently has.

Harness racing driver Pascal Berube started the 2023 opening day at Hippodrome 3R in Trois-Rivieres, Que. the same way he ended the race meet in 2022: winning.

When Hippodrome 3R opens for the 2023 harness racing season in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec on Sunday, April 30, defending leading trainer Sylvain Tremblay says his stable is ready for another good season.

Donatover and Stephane Brosseau were the second choice in the evening night cap, but after they took over at the half, they never looked back to win the $10,000 Preferred Trot at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Wednesday (April 19) evening.

With an early break by odds-on favourite Donatover early in the mile, Seeyou Men capitalized on the opportunity and pulled a 22-1 upset in the $10,000 Preferred Trot on Wednesday night (April 12) at Rideau Carleton Raceway.

On Saturday (April 8) evening in Trois-Rivieres, Guy Lafontaine and Sophie Mongeon held a gala that brought together 160 people at the Hippodrome 3R Racetrack to crown the champions of the 2022 season.