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Harness racing driver Samuel Fillion stayed hot with a five-win performance on Monday (Jan. 27) while not missing a cheque in nine drives on the card at The Raceway at the Western Fair District. His evening was highlighted by a dominant Preferred Trot victory with Royalty Beer (Royalty For Life). The six-year-old cut :28.1, 1:00, […]
A big crowd attended closing night at Kawartha Downs on Friday (Sep. 13) as the track concluded its 2024 season with Customer Appreciation Night. The featured event was a charity Weiner Dog derby benefiting the Peterborough Humane Society. Mabel, number six, came flying to take the first elimination and returned to win the final. Hudson, […]
Kawartha Downs opened its doors for its 52nd season of harness racing on Friday (May 17), and 2023 leading driver Samuel Fillion started his title defense strong with a triple. The Quebec native got on the board in race two, steering Majestic Virgin (Always A Virgin) in a wire-to-wire win in 1:55. Fillion has driven […]
Arties Ideal (American Ideal) drew away down the stretch to close out a victory in the Horses and Geldings Preferred Pace at The Raceway at the Western Fair District on Monday (Dec. 8). The stallion, resuming after a three-week break, grabbed the front from post three under orders from Samuel Fillion. He controlled the pace […]
Chesapeake Sunrise (Shadow Play) added a seventh straight harness racing victory to his winning streak in his first start in four weeks on Friday (Aug. 11) at Kawartha Downs. The gelding pressed the pace in the first quarter for Samuel Fillion to take over on the first trip down the backstretch. He cut the middle […]
Trois-Rivieres, QC – The Quebec Jockey Club announced today (July 2) 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 […]
Trois-Rivieres, QC – It took the photo finish camera to declare Dreydl Hanover ($2.90) the winner by a nose over Mickeymaksomespeed Sunday at the Hippodrome 3R in the seventh race Preferred-Handicapped Pace. Four of the ten races on the program required use of the photo finish camera. Driver Samuel Fillion got the show started in the […]
Reys N A Rocket is at peak velocity currently, as the seven-year-old increased her harness racing winning streak to five on Thursday with a 1:54 score in the Rideau Carleton Raceway feature. Ryan Guy sent the mare three-wide from post five into a speed duel entering the first turn, and she battled past the quarter […]
Trois-Rivieres, QC – Harness racing driver Samuel Fillion, who is just beginning his second year as a professional driver, exploded for four victories Sunday at the Hippodrome 3R, including winning two of the three feature events. The fastest mile of the year at H3R was set in the ninth race Preferred-Handicap Pace as Fillion sent […]
