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Sunday’s (Oct. 25) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Hippodrome 3R and Saratoga Casino and Raceway.

Pop Goes Theweasel pops for big score at 3R

Trois-Rivieres, PQ — Pop Goes Theweasel popped for another big harness racing score Sunday at the Hippodrome 3R as the 3-year-old filly romped to her third straight victory.

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Pop Goes Theweasel romped to her third straight victory.

Driven confidently by regular reinsman Louis-Phillipe Roy, Pop Goes Theweasel started from the rail in the third race feature pace and got away in second place as Classic Breeze (Pascal Berube) shot to the early lead from post six.

But by the opening quarter in :29.4 on a rain-soaked track with a two second variance, Roy was on the move with Pop Goes Theweasel and the daughter of Mach Three was in command for the rest of the race.

Roy was able to slow down the pace with Pop Goes Theweasel to the half in 1:01.4 as Monster Magic (Steeven Genois) came first-over with Bemmol Kalie (Gaetan Lamy) following the outside cover.

Down the backstretch Monster Magic began to fade and Lamy moved three-wide with Bemmol Kalie and cleared by the three-quarters in 1:32.2. But it was too little too late as Roy merely just raised the lines on Pop Goes Theweasel and the filly pulled away from the field in the stretch to win by 7-1/4 lengths in 2:01.1. The pocket-sitting Classic Breeze was able to come on for second place with Bemmol Kalie third.

It was the seventh win this year for Pop Goes Theweasel. She is owned by Roland Trudel and paid $4.20 to win.

Driver Mario Charron was on fire Sunday as he scored five victories on the day and is now four wins away from catching Denis St Pierre (48 wins) for the 2015 driving title at 3R. Currently for the training title Maxime Velaye holds a slim one win lead (19) over Jean Tourigny at 18 wins going into the final day next Sunday.

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— Steve Wolf, for the Quebec Jockey Club

Saratoga Casino and Raceway
Cash Me Out (Cash Hall) set a lifetime mark as he out-closed his rivals to win the Open Trot at Saratoga Casino and Raceway on Sunday afternoon. Jim Devaux piloted the Kyle Spagnola-trained trotter and swung him three wide around the final turn before reeling in track record holder Bourbon Bay (John Cummings Jr.) in the final furlong. It was the first win in the $18,000 Open for Cash Me Out who set a new mark of 1:55.1 on Sunday. Bourbon Bay, who set the track record two weeks ago with a dazzling 1:53 romp in his local debut, had to settle for second this week while longshot Lucid Thoughts (John MacDonald) earned the show spot. Cash Me Out, who returned $20.80 to win in his upset score, moved his career earnings over the $400,000 mark with his score in the trotting feature. The exacta paid $92.50 while the triple returned $741. Live racing resumes on Thursday with a first post time set for 4 p.m.