Trois-Rivieres, QC — The Quebec Jockey Club has announced that the 2020 edition, the seventh revival of the C$200,000 Prix d’Ete Pace, will now feature a C$50,000 consolation race the same day for those horses entered that did not make it into the final.

For anyone with a promising 4-year-old pacer, nominations for the 2020 C$200,000 Prix D’Ete at the Hippodrome 3R must be postmarked by Sunday (March 15).

One of only a handful of opportunities restricted to just 4-year-old pacers, the Prix D’Ete is the showcase stakes event of the season at the Hippodrome 3R and will take place on Sunday (Aug. 23).

“Management at the Quebec Jockey Club added the C$50,000 consolation race after we had so many entries for the final last year,” said Murielle Thomassin, General Manager at H3R. “We had 16 horses entered and only eight get into the final. Now, provided we have that many entries again this year, there will be the C$50,000 consolation race. And the consolation race can feature up to nine starters.”

Continued from 2018 in the conditions for the race is that horses that finish sixth through eighth will each get C$1,000. Only the top eight money winners this season, up until time of entry, will be allowed in the Prix d’Ete final.

To make nomination payments, owner/trainers can go to www.standardbredcanada.ca or www.quebecjockeyclub.com and get the necessary nomination forms.

Please note there are no supplemental payments allowed for the Prix d’Ete. This first nomination payment must be made to be eligible.

The 2020 40-day race season gets underway at the Hippodrome 3R on Sunday (May 3) with first race post time at 1 p.m.