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Two of the best drivers in Quebec, Pascal Berube and Stephane Brosseau, are in a hotly-contested battle for leading driver status at Hippodrome 3R this season. Currently, Berube leads Brosseau, 25 to 24 wins and the last couple of weekends both drivers have excelled. On Friday at 3R, Brosseau added one win, but Berube came up with a driving double to maintain his one-win lead in the driver standings. Come this Sunday, both drivers will again be in action. Berube has the slight edge as he has drives in eight of the 10 races while Brosseau is only listed to drive in five races.

When the Quebec Jockey Club added a special Friday race card in addition to its Sunday card of harness racing at Hippodrome 3R, there was little trouble filling both race programs. In fact, there are a total of 19 races over the two days and all but one race has full fields of eight starters and the one race that did not fill all the way has seven starters. “We are really pleased with the results from this quick double draw on Wednesday,” said Murielle Thomassin, Director of Racing at the Hippodrome 3R. “We only announced late Tuesday that we were adding the Friday card and then on Wedn...