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When the 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. Tremblay is gunning for this third straight training title at H3R. “To win a trainer’s championship it takes very good horses,” Tremblay explained. […]
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 […]
Trois-Rivieres, QC – Harness racing driver Pascal Berube is all but a shoo-in to win this third straight driving title at the Hippodrome 3R and he put on a driving clinic Sunday, winning five of the eleven races on the card. From Portneuf, Quebec, Berube started off the day winning the first three races on the […]
Trois-Rivieres, QC – It will be the battle of the sexes come Friday (June 10) afternoon at the Hippodrome 3R when three fillies and mares take on three horses in the Preferred-Handicap Trot. In fact, the three harness racing ladies all received outside post postions. The 2nd race features XOXO (Angus Hall) for the new barn […]
Trois-Rivieres, QC – Last year was an unbelievable harness racing season for local star Platine Alpha. Bred, owned and trained by Sylvain Tremblay and his Alpha Stable of Metabechouan, Platine Alpha won nine times last season, some of those wins against older horses. Such is not the case in 2022. In fact, Platine Alpha has […]
The harness racing driving colony at the Hippodrome 3R continues to be a competitive group with top drivers who also ply their trade at Rideau Carleton Raceway. And leading the way the last two seasons have been none other than Pascal Berube. The Portneuf, Quebec resident won the H3R driving title with 63 wins over […]
Sometimes it takes years of hard work and a little luck to make it to the top in any profession and after just four years that goal was reached by Quebec harness racing trainer Sylvain Tremblay. In 2021 Tremblay had his breakout year at the Hippodrome 3R, soundly defeating five-time champion Francis Richard as the […]
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 […]
Since the beginning of July there have been harness racing stakes races every Sunday at the Hippodrome 3R (12:10 pm first post). This is the first weekend of no stake’s events, but that does not mean there are no stories about the excellent race card. A classic battle will take place in the ninth race […]
Trois-Rivieres, QC – Platine Alpha took sole possession as the winningest harness racing horse at the Hippodrome 3R this season, scoring a neck triumph in a nail-biting stretch drive finish Friday afternoon. The lone three-year-old filly racing against older mares in the 8th race Preferred-Handicap Pace, driver Pascal Berube looked to leave with Platine Alpha, then took […]
Trois-Rivieres, QC – Mother Nature provided a beautiful sunny afternoon for the return of harness racing fans to the Hippodrome 3R Saturday. Before the first race went off at 1:00 pm, more than 100 fans were already at the track and there were still more than 50 cars parked in the backstretch with fans watching […]
Trois-Rivieres, QC – A total of 17 two-year-old trotters and pacers will make their 2021 harness racing debuts at the Hippodrome 3R Saturday afternoon. The special 10-race program is devoted to the Quebec Regional Fair Circuit. Post time on Saturday is 1:00 pm and racing fans (only the first 250) will be allowed to come to the […]
