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We can easily guess the excitement of the organizers and hosts François Carignan, Guy Lafontaine and Sophie Mongeon approaching Quebec’s Gala des Champions, taking place tonight (April 8) at Hippodrome 3R.

Pylon-rider Stella Alpha zoomed into contention in the stretch and snatched victory from a game Seeyou Men to win the $10,500 Preferred Handicap Trot on closing night at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Sunday night (Dec. 18).

For one of the first times all season, Mother Nature unloaded a day of rain for the 10-race card at Hippodrome 3R on Sunday (Sept. 18) as the track was downgraded to 'sloppy' with a four-second allowance by the time the Preferred features were contested.

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.

There is more than $500,000 in purses up for grabs as Hippodrome 3R hosts its Super Sunday Quebec-Bred Championship Finals for two and three-year-old trotters and pacers on Sunday (Sept. 11).

Despite earlier thunderstorms that left the racetrack "sloppy" with a two-second allowance, the young trotters competing in the third and final leg of the Future Stars Series at the Hippodrome 3R plowed forward.

Stella Alpha scored in a romp in capturing the $10,000 final leg of the Breeders Trophy Series for three-year-old trotters at Hippodrome 3R on Friday (Aug. 19).

The winningest horse at Hippodrome 3R this season is Stella Alpha and she crossed the finish line first as the overwhelming 1-9 race favourite on Friday afternoon (July 29), but was taken down for interference in the stretch against second-place finisher HP Felicity, who thus inherited the victory.

Hippodrome 3R hosted the opening round of the Future Stars Series for two-year-old trotters on Friday afternoon (July 22) featuring two $10,000 divisions -- one for the colts and one for the fillies -- both won by driver Stephane Brosseau.

The 2022 stakes season in Quebec got underway on a beautiful warm and sunny Friday afternoon (July 15) at Hippodrome 3R with two $10,000 divisions of the opening round of the Breeders Trophy Series for three-year-old trotters.