EAU Naturelle, Kinnder Dangerous tally at H3R
June 26, 2018,from the Quebec Jockey Club
Trois-Rivieres, QC — EAU Naturelle and trainer/driver Simon Delisle posted a 22-1 upset when they nipped the favorite, YS Suzanne, by a nose in the second round of the Quebec-bred series for 4- and 5-year-old female trotters at the Hippodrome 3R Tuesday (June 26) evening.
YS Suzanne and driver Guy Gagnon went to the early lead with EAU Naturelle and Delisle just off the pace.
YS Suzanne cut fractions of :30 and 1:00.3 before hitting the three-quarter mile marker in 1:30, at which point Delisle moved his mare to the outside. EAU Naturelle responded, gaining on the leader around the final turn. She kept gaining down the stretch and caught YS Suzanne at the wire to win in 2:00.1.
The third race on the card was a lifetime mark for EAU Naturelle, a 5-year-old daughter of Windsong Espoir who is co-owned by Chantal Auger, Raymond Bouffard, Rejean Page and Anne Delisle of Quebec.
She paid $46.60 to win.
Lucky Promesses was third.
The track was fast all night: The winners of the second through seventh races all registered lifetime marks.
In the fifth race, the horse division of the Quebec-bred series, Kinnder Dangerous and driver Justin Filion led from start to finish while setting a lifetime mark of 1:58.1.