from the Quebec Jockey Club

Trois-Rivieres, QC — It was most certainly “ladies night” at the Hippodrome 3R as two fillies outshined their male counterparts in winning both divisions of the C$200,000 Quebec-Bred Series on Wednesday (July 22).

In the fifth race first division, Meganou and driver Jocelyn Gendron, despite making a break out of the starting gate, regrouped and still was able to lead the entire mile race. She was able to hold off a strong challenge on the final turn by Promesses Imperial (Jerome Lombart) to win by a half-length in 2:03.2. D Espoir (Pascal Berube) was third.

The 2014 Quebec-Bred Series champion last year, it was the first win this year for Meganou. The daughter of Kadabra is trained by Daniel Martin for owner Jean Picard and paid $4.40 to win.

Then in the sixth race, second division of the series, the overwhelming favorite Intouchable, at odds of 1-5 for driver Mario Charron, could not stay on-stride before the start and was declared a non-starter in the race.

Double Chance and driver Sylvain Lacaille took full advantage of her rail post position and shot to the early lead and never looked back. She was challenged late by a fast flying Champagne Panic (Denis Filion), who looked like he was going to overtake Double Chance coming down the stretch, but went off-stride.

Double Chance went on to win in a romp by ten open lengths. The Sprinter (Gaetan Lamy) was second with National Trace (Stephane Brosseau) third.

Double Chance equaled her lifetime mark with a clocking of 2:01.3. Trained and owned by Serge Nadeau, it was the second win this year for the daughter of Majestic Son who paid $6.80 to win.

The undefeated 3-year-old pacing colt JT continued his winning ways Wednesday with his fifth straight score. The son of Badlands Hanover, driven by Stephane Brosseau, took the early lead away from Monster Magic (Gaetan Lamy) by the opening quarter-mile and then in a close stretch drive held off Monster Magic to win by three-quarters of a length in 1:58.2. JT paid just $2.50 to win for trainer Dominic Gladu.

This Sunday is the fourth and final preliminary round of the C$250,000 Quebec-Bred Series for 3-year-old pacers. After this Sunday’s program, the Hippodrome 3R will be closed for live racing due to the Trois-Rivieres Grand Prix auto races. Live racing will resume on Wednesday (Aug. 12) at 7 p.m.

For more information contact www.quebecjockeyclub.com.