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It’s being billed as the Clash of the Titans when Light The Torch goes against Frozen Hanover in the 10th race harness racing feature pace Sunday (Sept. 1) at the Hippodrome 3R (H3R) in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. Racing fans will have to wait until the very last race on Sunday to witness this battle royale, pitting […]
Sophie Mongeon, President of the Board of Directors of the Quebec Jockey Club, was proud to announce in the last few days, the appointment of Sylvain Descheneaux as a member of the Board of Directors. Well known in the greater Sorel area, Mr. Descheneaux is an entrepreneur whose business successes are countless. President of Construction […]
For the sixth consecutive year, Standardbred Canada is urging all racetracks in Canada to put forward prominence to harness racing workers such as caretakers for one day. To dedicate to them a day during which their merits are recognized and magnified. At the Hippodrome 3R, this day will take place on Sunday, September 3rd with […]
The news is not really new news. Brothers Louis-Philippe Roy and Pierre Luc Roy have been breeding for a few years and have successfully present us some of the harness racing products they have developed. The tasks are well distributed: the farm on which newborns are born and raised is the responsibility of Pierre-Luc and […]
A gala led by Guy Lafontaine and Sophie Mongeon, a gala that crowned the champions of the 2022 season, a gala that brought together 160 people at the Hippodrome 3R racetrack all dedicated to the success of harness racing in Quebec. The nominees were numerous, the winners were obviously happy to see their successes recognized […]
We can easily guess the excitement of the organizers and animators François Carignan, Guy Lafontaine and Sophie Mongeon at the dawn of this wonderful evening that is harness racing’s Gala des Champions every year. Eventually making such an organization requires know-how (and these people have it) and animating it is always a challenge. We told […]
Tomorrow is the big day! Saturday (April 8) is the big day of harness racing awards at the Gala des Champions at the Hippodrome de Trois-Rivières in Quebec. Track manager François Carignan had promised a full house and that is exactly what will happen in a few hours. An important gathering if ever there was […]
The leaders of the Quebec Jockey Club (QJC) are pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Sophie Mongeon to its Board of Directors. Ms Mongeon’s legal experience as well as her association with the Quebec harness racing industry will be an undeniable asset to the Board of Directors. Mongeon became known to the general public […]
Trois-Rivieres, QC – It was Saturday morning (May 14), after his usual warm-up with harness racing trainer Marc Lemay, his owner, in the sulky. He had been quiet as usual and there were no signs of heart trouble, as often happens in these cases, that his heart would suddenly stop beating. A few steps from […]
Trois-Rivieres, QC – It is always a little surprising to find in a harness racing stable a man with the professional career of Jean-François Reid. However, if one morning you venture to the side of the Malo Stable in St-Liguori, you will find a man who, until recently, was Vice-President of Human Resources at Québécor, […]
It was in a warm and febrile atmosphere that the Gala des Champions took place Saturday (April 16) at the Hippodrome 3R in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. The director of operations, François Carignan, had not neglected anything to make this event a great success. Celebrations that coincided with the unofficial start of activities for a new harness […]
Mr. François Carignan, Director of Operations at the Hippodrome 3R, was pleased to announce in recent days that the Gala des Champions, promised for a later date, has finally been set for Saturday, April 16, on the very premises of the racecourse. No one doubts that this formula has been a great success, every time […]
This is the first Sunday race card at the Hippodrome 3R since early July that there are no stakes races. Instead, there are some great match-ups of horses that are prepping for the rich finals Sunday, September 12. On Super Sunday, H3R will host all eight of the Quebec-Bred finals for two and three-year-old trotters […]
Trois-Rivieres, QC – Most everyone in harness racing awaits the start of the two-year-olds’ race season and it is getting underway also in Quebec with a field of pacers stealing the limelight at the Hippodrome 3R Friday afternoon. Four fillies and four colts will cross swords in the ninth race that promises to be interesting […]
